Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News


Battle begins between Obama, Republican super PACs

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Independent groups favoring Mitt Romney already are launching TV advertisements for the general election in competitive states.

Obama returns amid foreign, economic uncertainties

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President Barack Obama returns a salute as he steps off the Marine One helicopter upon his arrival on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May, 2, 2012. Obama was returning from an unannounced trip to Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama returned from Afghanistan to the uncertainty of election year politics and the complications of foreign policy Wednesday after traveling halfway around the world on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death.


Analysis: Obama as war candidate

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As slogans go, President Barack Obama's promise of the "light of a new day" in Afghanistan isn't nearly as catchy as the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq in 2003.

Gingrich pulls plug on "wild ride" White House bid

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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich quits GOP presidential nomination race in VirginiaARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich ended his run for U.S. president on Wednesday after dazzling in televised debates but slumping to defeat in dozens of Republican primaries under attack from rivals who portrayed him as the consummate Washington insider. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker, the face of the Republican Party in the mid-1990s, badly trailed front-runner Mitt Romney in polls and his campaign piled up a debt of $4.3 million. ...


U.S. charges more than 100 for Medicare fraud schemes

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities have charged 107 people, including doctors and nurses, for trying to defraud the federal Medicare healthcare program for the elderly and disabled of about $452 million, the biggest Medicare fraud sweep to date, the Obama administration said on Wednesday. At least 91 people were arrested in Miami; Houston; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and four other cities on a variety of charges: from submitting false billing for home healthcare, mental health services, HIV infusions and physical therapy to money laundering and receiving kickbacks. ...

Mass. Senate hopeful explains heritage listing

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Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Elizabeth Warren faces reporters during a news conference at Liberty Bay Credit Union headquarters, in Braintree, Mass., Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Warren responded to questions on her Native American heritage. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday she listed herself as having Native American heritage in law school directories because she hoped to meet people with similar roots.


Romney wants US voters to see Jimmy Carter in Obama

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Former New York City Mayor Giuliani and former Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential candidate Romney visit Engine 24 Ladder 5 in New YorkCHANTILLY, Virginia (Reuters) - In a blast from the past, Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney is likening President Barack Obama's economic record to the weak performance of a Democratic predecessor, Jimmy Carter. Romney returned to the familiar ground of talking about the U.S. economy on Wednesday after the campaign trail was dominated for days by the first anniversary of the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, an issue that played more to Obama's strengths. ...


Obama returns amid foreign, economic uncertainties

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President Barack Obama returns a salute as he steps off the Marine One helicopter upon his arrival on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May, 2, 2012. Obama was returning from an unannounced trip to Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama returned from Afghanistan to the uncertainty of election year politics and the complications of foreign policy Wednesday after traveling halfway around the world on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death.


W.Va. Gov. Tomblin keeping Obama at arms' length

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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2012 file photo, West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin waves prior to delivering his state of the state address at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Count Tomblin as another West Virginia Democrat who's keeping his distance from President Barack Obama. Tomblin said Wednesday that neither Obama nor Republican Mitt Romney has earned his vote. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File)Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin joined U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday in the list of top West Virginia Democratic officeholders keeping their distance from President Barack Obama, saying that neither the Democratic incumbent nor the presumed Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has earned his vote.


Deal undone? Activist now wants to leave China

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In this photo released by the US Embassy Beijing Press Office, blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng is wheeled into a hospital by U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, right, and an unidentified official at left, in Beijing Wednesday May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/US Embassy Beijing Press Office, HO)The blind Chinese dissident who boldly fled house arrest and placed himself under the wing of U.S. diplomats balked Wednesday at a deal delicately worked out between the two countries to let him live freely in China, saying he now fears for his family

Romney and Santorum To Rendezvous in Pittsburgh

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ABC News' Shushannah Walshe and Michael Falcone report: Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney will meet in Pittsburgh Friday morning, a Santorum advisor has confirmed. Officials close to the former Pennsylvania senator said that while an endorsement will be discussed at the meeting, Santorum is not...

The Remarkable Campaign of Newt Gingrich

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The presidential campaign of Newt Gingrich was remarkable. He was endorsed by the likes of Rick Perry and Herman Cain.  Even Sarah Palin voted him.  And while he once boasted "I'm going to be the nominee," today the former Speaker of the House officially called...

Battle begins between Obama, Republican super PACs

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Independent groups favoring Mitt Romney already are launching TV advertisements for the general election in competitive states.

Chinese defense minister to tour U.S. next week

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie will visit the Pentagon and several U.S. military bases next week as part of a trip U.S. defense officials hope will help to deepen security cooperation between the two countries, officials said on Wednesday. The visit comes despite a flare-up in tensions between the two countries after a Chinese dissident escaped from house arrest and fled to the U.S. Embassy, where he remained for days while negotiating with China over the terms of his return. China accused U.S. diplomats of meddling and demanded an apology. ...

Gingrich ends campaign, urges party to back Romney

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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pauses while announcing that he is suspending his presidential campaign, Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Newt Gingrich, the colorful former House speaker and fiery partisan, formally exited the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and vowed to help Mitt Romney's bid to defeat President Barack Obama.


Canada OKs Ontario's Darlington nuclear expansion

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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada's natural resources minister said on Wednesday he approved Ontario Power Generation's plans for a multibillion-dollar expansion of the Darlington nuclear power station near Toronto, saying the project is not likely to cause adverse environmental impact. The project, which had been vetted by a joint review panel, would add four new reactors generating up to 4,800 megawatts. Government-owned Ontario Power Generation must now seek a site preparation license from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. ...

Ohio teen competent for trial in school shooting: judge

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T.J. Lane sits next to his new attorney Ian Friedman during a hearing into his competency to face trial in ChardonCHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday declared a teenager is competent to stand trial on juvenile charges in the deaths of three students and wounding of two in a February shooting rampage at a school in a small Ohio town. T.J. Lane, 17, who faces three counts of aggravated murder and other charges, came to court wearing a blue, collared shirt and sat next to his defense team. After a short hearing, Judge Timothy Grendell ruled without objection to accept the findings of Dr. ...


Elizabeth Warren Used Native American Heritage to Meet Friends

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Elizabeth Warren Used Native American Heritage to Meet FriendsSenate candidate Elizabeth Warren listed herself as Native American early in her career because she wanted to make friends, according to a published report. Warren said that she listed herself as a minority in the hopes that she might meet what she described as people...


Sarkozy, Hollande trade barbs in TV debate

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People work at the television studio in La Plaine Saint-Denis, near Paris, on the eve of the televised debate for the 2012 French presidential election campaignPARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist challenger Francois Hollande clashed repeatedly in their only televised debate on Wednesday, with the conservative incumbent sounding angry and on the defensive four days before the vote. Trailing Hollande in opinion polls by six to 10 points before Sunday's decisive runoff despite an energetic campaign and a lurch to the right to appeal to far-right voters, Sarkozy said he wanted the prime-time debate to be a "moment of truth". ...


Fearful China dissident wants to leave country: reports

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A handout photo from US Embassy Beijing Press office shows blind activist Chen sitting in a wheelchair at a hospital in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng told journalists he feared for his life and wanted to leave China on Wednesday, throwing into chaos an agreement between the United States and China under which he would have remained in the country. Guangcheng earlier left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing after a six-day stay after securing guarantees that, according to U.S. officials, would have allowed him to relocate within the country in safety with his family and pursue his studies. ...


Levi Johnston to Name Baby Daughter After a Gun

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Levi Johnston to Name Baby Daughter After a GunAlaskan baby daddy Levi Johnston, former fiancé of Bristol Palin and father of their child, has another baby on the way and plans to name her after his favorite pistol. Johnston said he and girlfriend Sunny Oglesby would name their baby "Breeze Beretta," after the...


Newt Gingrich Ends Presidential Campaign

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Newt Gingrich Ends Presidential CampaignARLINGTON, Va.–Newt Gingrich  officially ended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday. "Today I'm suspending the campaign, but suspending the campaign doesn't mean suspending citizenship," Gingrich said to a roomful of reporters who had waited a week for Gingrich to officially announce it. "Callista and...


Canada says on track to meet budget despite GDP drop

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Bank of Canada Governor Carney and Finance Minister Flaherty laugh while displaying new Canadian 20 dollar bills made of polymer during a photo opportunity in OttawaOTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government is set to meet economic goals laid out in its March budget despite a surprise drop in gross domestic product in February, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. Statistics Canada said on Monday that the economy shrank by 0.2 percent in February from January. Analysts were expecting a 0.2 percent month-on-month increase. "I'm very cautious about looking at statistics that relate only to one month ... So far I'm comfortable the indicators that I see (show) that we're on track with our budget expectations," Flaherty told BNN television. ...


Did Mitt Romney Steal Newt Gingrich's Joke?

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Newt Gingrich officially left the presidential race today, making Mitt Romney – but for Ron Paul – the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. But Gingrich's move could deprive Romney of something important on the campaign fundraiser circuit: joke material. Appearing at a private fundraising at the...

Theme of Wis. recall turns from unions to jobs

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When Wisconsin Democrats launched their recall drive against Republican Gov. Scott Walker last year, it was all about unions. They wanted Walker to pay with his job for pushing legislation that stripped almost all public workers of nearly all their collective bargaining rights.

Obama attends 2 high-dollar fundraisers

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President Barack Obama returns a salute as he steps off the Marine One helicopter upon his arrival on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May, 2, 2012. Obama was returning from an unannounced trip to Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama is mingling with donors at two high-dollar fundraising events, aiming to raise about $2 million toward his re-election effort.


Pro-Romney group readies 9-state ad buy

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An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy has placed a $4.3 million advertising buy in nine battleground states.

Analysis: Obama as war candidate

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As slogans go, President Barack Obama's promise of the "light of a new day" in Afghanistan isn't nearly as catchy as the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq in 2003.

U.N. committee sanctions three North Korea companies

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Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to United Nations, speaks to media following passing of UN Security Council resolution regarding ongoing hostilities between Sudan and South Sudan at UN headquarters in New YorkUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council sanctions committee on Wednesday added three North Korean state companies to a U.N. blacklist of firms banned from international trade in response to Pyongyang's rocket launch last month. The decision by the Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee came after China consented to sanctions on the trio of companies. It falls far short of the roughly 40 firms the United States, European Union, South Korea and Japan had wanted to blacklist after Pyongyang's launch. ...


John Edwards' daughter leaves courtroom crying

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Former Sen. John Edwards, right, leads his mother Bobbie Edwards, center, and father Wallace Edwards, into the Federal Courthouse in Greensboro, N.C. Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Edwards is accused of conspiring to secretly obtain more than $900,000 from two wealthy supporters to hide his extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter and her pregnancy from the media. He has pleaded not guilty to six charges related to violations of campaign-finance laws. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy)John Edwards' daughter left the courtroom crying during testimony on Wednesday about a confrontation between her father and deceased mother over the onetime presidential candidate's extramarital affair.


Gov't to speed tracking of E. coli in meat

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The government plans to speed up the process for tracking E. coli in meat, a move that will help authorities more quickly find the source of bacteria outbreaks and hasten recalls of tainted food.

Gingrich ends campaign, no endorsement for Romney

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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pauses while announcing that he is suspending his presidential campaign, Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Newt Gingrich, the colorful former House speaker and fiery partisan, formally exited the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and vowed to help Mitt Romney's bid to defeat President Barack Obama.


Gingrich ends campaign, vows to help defeat Obama

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FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speak in Cramerton, N.C. Gingrich is thanking his supporters a day before he officially suspends his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich released a video message on his website Tuesday saying he would bring the campaign to a close on Wednesday. The former House speaker said he would continue working to defeat President Barack Obama, whose re-election Gingrich said would be a Newt Gingrich can now call himself a former presidential candidate.


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