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• Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain
• THE RACE: Obama walking fine line in Bain critique
• Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage
• General sees progress in US-Pakistan relationship
• Congressional panels reviewing Facebook IPO issues
• Woman won't be charged for US Airways scare
• No verdict yet in ex-U.S. Senator Edwards' trial
• Obama officials press Senate to ratify sea treaty
• Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage
• Rubio Laments Divisive Politics
• Spain bails out Bankia, seeks plan for troubled regions
• Spain struggles to meet regions' 36 billion-euro debts
• Obama Pride: President Courts Gay Vote With Jane Lynch Narrated Video
• Mexico opposition party chides ex-governor in drug probe
• US reaches pollution agreement at BP Indiana plant
• Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon, too close to filmmakers
• Nancy Reagan recovering from rib fractures: spokeswoman
• Air Force Academy Graduates First Openly Gay Cadets
• Recall news
• Secret Service chief apologizes for prostitution scandal
• China activist worried about nephew's legal plight
• Housing market recovery gains traction
• Tunisian prosecutor demands death penalty for Ben Ali
• Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official
• Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain
• Russian rights chief urges Putin to veto protest law
• Mexico opposition party chides ex-governor in drug probe
• Mali leader flies to France for health checks after attack
• Romney opens new front against Obama, saying schools are failing
• Russia tests new missile, in warning over U.S. shield
• THE RACE: Obama walking fine line in Bain critique
• Medvedev cozies up to U.S. cowboys - in Russia
• Romney: American kids get 'third-world education'

Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain Posted: 23 May 2012 01:48 PM PDT Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of the private equity firm he co-founded and declaring he's a far more qualified steward of the economy than President Barack Obama.

THE RACE: Obama walking fine line in Bain critique Posted: 23 May 2012 01:32 PM PDT President Barack Obama has to tread carefully in targeting Republican rival Mitt Romney's business resume.

Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage Posted: 23 May 2012 02:47 PM PDT President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace of gay marriage may not hurt him in the November election.

General sees progress in US-Pakistan relationship Posted: 23 May 2012 03:13 PM PDT America's relationship with Pakistan has been battered by a string of recent setbacks, but a top U.S. general said Wednesday that the fact that the two countries have finally started talking again is at least a positive sign.

Congressional panels reviewing Facebook IPO issues Posted: 23 May 2012 03:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House and Senate committees that oversee financial sector matters are planning to look into the issues surrounding Facebook Inc's initial public offering, aides to both committees said on Wednesday. Sean Oblack, a spokesman to the Senate Banking Committee, said the review will focus on "issues raised in the news" and that staff will be conducting briefings with "Facebook, regulators and other stakeholders. ...

Woman won't be charged for US Airways scare Posted: 23 May 2012 03:03 PM PDT (Reuters) - The passenger who said she had a surgically-implanted device in her body and caused a US Airways jetliner flying across the North Atlantic to divert to Maine will not face criminal charges in the security scare, prosecutors said on Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty said Lucie Zeeko Marigot, 41, a French citizen originally from Cameroon, would be taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and returned to France. ...

No verdict yet in ex-U.S. Senator Edwards' trial Posted: 23 May 2012 03:03 PM PDT GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - The North Carolina jury deciding whether former U.S. Senator John Edwards violated federal election laws while trying to hide an affair during his 2008 presidential bid finished its fourth day of deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict. The 12 member-panel, which is deliberating in a courthouse in Greensboro, gave no hint at what issues were being considered or whether the deliberations might be nearing an end. ...

Obama officials press Senate to ratify sea treaty Posted: 23 May 2012 03:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's failure to ratify the Law of the Sea Convention puts the U.S. military at increasing risk of confrontation with rising powers like China, U.S. officials said on Wednesday as the Obama administration began a new push to join the 30-year-old treaty. Senior defense officials told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that without the treaty, the U.S. military is forced to base rights of navigation around the globe on customary international law, or long-standing practice, which is subject to differing interpretations. ...

Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage Posted: 23 May 2012 02:47 PM PDT President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace of gay marriage may not hurt him in the November election.

Rubio Laments Divisive Politics Posted: 23 May 2012 02:40 PM PDT Speaking before a crowd of Latino business leaders, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. lamented the state of politics, accusing politicians of fostering a culture of partisanship and campaigning on a message of division.  Without mentioning President Obama by name, Rubio swiped at the president for failing...

Spain bails out Bankia, seeks plan for troubled regions Posted: 23 May 2012 02:38 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spain announced a 9-billion-euro ($11 billion) bailout for troubled lender Bankia on Wednesday, while also seeking ways to help its highly indebted regions meet huge refinancing needs that threaten to drag the country deeper into the eurozone crisis. The country's weak banks and overspending regions are at the heart of the European debt crisis due to concerns that expensive bail-outs of ailing lenders and regions could force the country to seek international aid. ...

Spain struggles to meet regions' 36 billion-euro debts Posted: 23 May 2012 02:38 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Top Spanish officials are at odds over how to help the country's highly indebted regions refinance 36 billion euros of debt this year, government sources told Reuters on Wednesday. The figure, revealed in the budget plans from 17 autonomous communities, compares with previous public data of around 8 billion euros of bonds maturing in 2012. The difference is due to bilateral loans from Spanish banks to the regions worth 28 billion euros that were not made public previously. ...

Obama Pride: President Courts Gay Vote With Jane Lynch Narrated Video Posted: 23 May 2012 02:31 PM PDT President Obama is marking Gay Pride Month with a concerted push to mobilize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender  voters, who his re-election campaign believes are a key constituency in hotly contested swing states. In a new five-minute, documentary-style campaign video, Obama appeals to his supporters by...

Mexico opposition party chides ex-governor in drug probe Posted: 23 May 2012 02:30 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's opposition party, leading by double digits in presidential polls, on Wednesday said one of its former governors must face up to charges in the United States of accepting millions of dollars from drug cartels. In an effort to contain what is likely to become a hot campaign issue, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) said they are deciding if Tomas Yarrington, former governor of the state of Tamaulipas, should be thrown out of the party. On Tuesday, U.S. ...

US reaches pollution agreement at BP Indiana plant Posted: 23 May 2012 02:29 PM PDT BP North America Inc. has agreed to install $400 million in new air pollution controls at its northwestern Indiana oil refinery and pay an $8 million fine under a deal announced Wednesday with the government and environmental groups.

Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon, too close to filmmakers Posted: 23 May 2012 02:27 PM PDT A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Nancy Reagan recovering from rib fractures: spokeswoman Posted: 23 May 2012 02:27 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former first lady Nancy Reagan is recovering from fractured ribs she suffered in a fall at her Los Angeles home, her spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The injury forced Reagan, 90, to miss a speech by U.S. Representative Paul Ryan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Tuesday, spokeswoman Joanne Drake said in a statement emailed to Reuters. "Weeks ago Mrs. Reagan took a fall at her home and fractured a number of ribs," Drake said. ...

Air Force Academy Graduates First Openly Gay Cadets Posted: 23 May 2012 02:05 PM PDT COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Eight months after a repeal of the military's "don't ask , don't tell" policy, the U.S. Air Force Academy today graduated its first group of openly gay cadets. As President Obama addressed the graduates, no rainbow flags could be seen on...

Recall news Posted: 23 May 2012 02:04 PM PDT The following recalls have been announced:

Secret Service chief apologizes for prostitution scandal Posted: 23 May 2012 02:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Secret Service, in his first public appearance since a Colombian prostitution scandal involving his employees surfaced last month, apologized for the misconduct on Wednesday as lawmakers expressed doubt it was an isolated incident. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan, gray-haired in a blue striped suit and tie, faced the Senate Homeland Security Committee and asserted that the behavior of a dozen employees in Cartagena in April did not reflect the culture of the agency that protects the president. ...

China activist worried about nephew's legal plight Posted: 23 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is worried his nephew will be subjected to a revenge show trial by Chinese officials and will work to publicize his plight from New York, a supporter said on Wednesday after meeting Chen. Chen, who escaped from house arrest last month and sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, arrived in New York with his family on Saturday after China let him leave a hospital to quell a diplomatic rift with the United States. ...

Housing market recovery gains traction Posted: 23 May 2012 01:57 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. spring home-selling season got off to a strong start in April, with rising sales and prices providing evidence that a housing market recovery was gaining some traction. The housing sector has been the Achilles' heel of the economy ever since the home-price bubble burst. Data this week, however, has painted a relatively upbeat picture for the market and underscored the economy's resilience. ...

Tunisian prosecutor demands death penalty for Ben Ali Posted: 23 May 2012 01:56 PM PDT TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian military prosecutor demanded on Wednesday that the death penalty be imposed in absentia on ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali over his alleged role in the deaths of protesters in the towns where the Arab Spring began. Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia as protests swept Tunisa on January 14, 2011, has already been sentenced to decades in jail on charges ranging from corruption to torture. He has not so far been convicted of any charges that carry the death penalty, which is rarely carried out in the North African country. ...

Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official Posted: 23 May 2012 01:55 PM PDT Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary requirements, meaning the president's name will appear on Arizona's ballot in the fall.

Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain Posted: 23 May 2012 01:48 PM PDT Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of the private equity firm he co-founded and declaring he's a far more qualified steward of the economy than President Barack Obama.

Russian rights chief urges Putin to veto protest law Posted: 23 May 2012 01:43 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin's human rights adviser said on Wednesday he will urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to veto a bill to increase fines for protesters deemed to have broken the law, unless it is rewritten. The bill has been proposed by the dominant United Russia party to try to suppress protests against Putin's rule. It proposes raising fines to 1.5 million roubles ($48,000) for protest organizers and 1 million roubles ($32,000) for demonstrators for violating public order during government-sanctioned rallies. ...

Mexico opposition party chides ex-governor in drug probe Posted: 23 May 2012 01:42 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's opposition party, leading by double digits in presidential polls, on Wednesday said a former governor must face up to charges in the United States of accepting millions of dollars from drug cartels. In an effort to contain what is likely to become a hot campaign issue, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) said they are deciding if Tomas Yarrington, former governor of the state of Tamaulipas, should be thrown out of the party. On Tuesday, U.S. ...

Mali leader flies to France for health checks after attack Posted: 23 May 2012 01:38 PM PDT BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's interim leader Dioncounda Traore was flown to France on Wednesday for medical checks after he was attacked by protesters this week, Mali's government spokesman said. Traore suffered facial injuries when hundreds of protesters broke into the presidential palace on Monday. The full extent of his injuries was not clear but two diplomatic sources said he was due to have checks on his pacemaker. Hamadoun Toure, Mali's interim government spokesman, said on state television the medical visit had been long planned and Traore would return once he was cleared by his doctor. ...

Romney opens new front against Obama, saying schools are failing Posted: 23 May 2012 01:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney opened a new front on Wednesday in his fight against President Barack Obama, accusing him of presiding over a failing U.S. education system that is in the grip of union bosses who refuse to accept reforms. In a rare diversion from his campaign focus on the weak U.S. economy, Romney laid out an education plan in a speech that represented his most overt appeal to date to Hispanic voters who have largely sided with the Democratic incumbent. ...

Russia tests new missile, in warning over U.S. shield Posted: 23 May 2012 01:35 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia tested a new long-range missile on Wednesday that should improve its ability to penetrate missile defense systems, the military said, in Moscow's latest warning to Washington over deployment of a missile shield in Europe. The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) was successfully launched from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia and its dummy warhead landed on target on the Kamchatka peninsula on the Pacific coast, the Defense Ministry said. ...

THE RACE: Obama walking fine line in Bain critique Posted: 23 May 2012 01:32 PM PDT President Barack Obama has to tread carefully in targeting Republican rival Mitt Romney's business resume.

Medvedev cozies up to U.S. cowboys - in Russia Posted: 23 May 2012 01:31 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - He's had cheeseburgers with U.S. President Barack Obama, palled around with ex-Hollywood movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger and gushed with praise on a visit to Silicon Valley. On Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev encountered another American phenomenon: the cowboy. He did so not in the United States but in the western Russian region of Bryansk, where some American cattle wranglers are working to help train Russians to develop the domestic beef industry. ...

Romney: American kids get 'third-world education' Posted: 23 May 2012 01:30 PM PDT Charging that American students are getting a "third-world education" under President Barack Obama, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney on Wednesday proposed a voucher-style system that could significantly alter the public school system and revive the debate over school choice.

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