Tuesday, August 28, 2012

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Republicans nominate Mitt Romney for president

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Texas delegates cheer as Mitt Romney is nominated for the Office of the President of the United States at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)When Republicans nominated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president, their vote brought to an end a long primary fight and set the stage for a close contest against President Barack Obama.

Republicans nominate Romney, lambaste Obama

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Delegates from the state of Georgia applaud after casting their votes for presidential candidate Mitt Romneyduring the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney swept to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night at a storm-delayed national convention, every mention of his name cheered by delegates eager to propel him into a campaign to defeat President Barack Obama in tough economic times.

Christie's blunt style tested in convention speech

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:37 PM PDT

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his wife Mary Pat looks over the podium during a sound check at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Blunt and brash, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would seem the perfect Republican to skewer President Barack Obama and fire up thousands of GOP loyalists.

Republicans nominate Mitt Romney for president

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Texas delegates cheer as Mitt Romney is nominated for the Office of the President of the United States at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)When Republicans nominated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president, their vote brought to an end a long primary fight and set the stage for a close contest against President Barack Obama.

Republicans nominate Romney, lambaste Obama

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Delegates from the state of Georgia applaud after casting their votes for presidential candidate Mitt Romneyduring the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney swept to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night at a storm-delayed national convention, every mention of his name cheered by delegates eager to propel him into a campaign to defeat President Barack Obama in tough economic times.

Marines testing women in combat jobs

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:38 PM PDT

There may be some anxiety from male Marines as female officers work their way into infantry and other combat jobs that historically have been open only to men, Gen. James F. Amos, the Marine Corps commandant, said Tuesday.

Christie's blunt style tested in convention speech

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:37 PM PDT

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his wife Mary Pat looks over the podium during a sound check at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Blunt and brash, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would seem the perfect Republican to skewer President Barack Obama and fire up thousands of GOP loyalists.

THE ALSO-RANS

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:37 PM PDT

Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann, second right, listens as Minnesota delegates casts their vote during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)They're long gone from the presidential race, but not totally forgotten.

Ann Romney says her husband will lift up America

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:34 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann, arrive to board their plane to Tampa with one of their grandchildren on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 in Bedford, Mass. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Ann Romney is declaring that her husband Mitt Romney will lift up America if elected president.

GOP convention not boom for Tampa merchants

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:31 PM PDT

A street in downtown Tampa is shown Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. It's supposed to be an honor to be picked as the host city of a presidential nominating convention. But so far, a combination of nasty weather, tight security that blocks off streets and a delay in convention activities has left Tampa's streets deserted, its restaurants nearly empty. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)Streets in the heart of downtown are eerily quiet, key intersections blocked off. Even the best restaurants are easy to get into without a reservation or much of a wait.

Republicans nominate Paul Ryan for vice president

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, center, R-Wis., works on the speech he will deliver at the Republican National Convention, with senior adviser Dan Senor, left, and senior aid Conor Sweeney. during the campaign charter flight from Wisconsin to Tampa, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Republicans have nominated Rep. Paul Ryan for vice president, rounding out the GOP ticket that will challenge President Barack Obama in November.

SEC alleges insider trading ring in deal for IcyHot maker

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:29 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Securities regulators on Tuesday charged eight men with participating in an insider trading ring that made more than $500,000 on confidential information that French drugmaker Sanofi planned to buy the Tennessee-based maker of pain reliever IcyHot. The Securities and Exchange Commission said a Georgia accountant, Thomas D. Melvin Jr, received confidential information in 2009 about the acquisition from a client who was on the board of directors at Chattem Inc and was seeking professional advice. ...

US Republicans nominate Romney as presidential candidate

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:23 PM PDT

Delegates stand for a prayer and the U.S. national anthem at the start of the second session of the Republican National Convention in TampaTAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republicans formally nominated Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate on Tuesday to face Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election. By voice vote in a raucous arena, delegates to the Republican National Convention united behind the former Massachusetts governor, who this year outlasted a series of conservative challengers to come out on top. Romney, 65, is in a close fight with Obama with 70 days to go until the election and Republicans hope he will gain some much-needed momentum from the Tampa convention this week. ...

Automakers to Obama and Romney: stay away

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:22 PM PDT

A GM sign is seen outside the Medved General Motors car dealership in Arvada, Colorado(Reuters) - General Motors Co and Chrysler Group LLC, U.S. automakers that received billions of dollars in government help to stay afloat during the recession, said they will not allow presidential candidates to make stops at their plants. President Barack Obama often touts the financial health of both GM and Chrysler and has appeared at auto plants of both companies frequently in the past several years. While the federal government still owns 26 percent of GM's shares, Obama cannot go to a GM plant until after the November 6 election, GM said. ...

A meeting a decade ago sets Romney's path

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2005, file photo, Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, right, speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston, Thursday, April 28, 2005, as Gov. Mitt Romney, left, listens. Romney's path to the Republican presidential nomination started more than a decade ago. As CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, he was at a crossroads as the closing ceremonies approached. Political and professional suitors were all around. That's when he met with Kerry Healey, head of the Massachusetts GOP. During a meeting that ran an hour too long, she pressed the successful businessman to run for governor. Romney would soon agree to run, and the decision would open the next phase of his life. Romney's role as Massachusetts governor became the launching pad for a political career that reaches its pinnacle Thursday when he accepts the Republican presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)Mitt Romney may not have set out on the road to the Republican presidential nomination if not for a private meeting between strangers.

Rick Santorum To Press Welfare Attack Against Obama In Republican Convention Speech

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:18 PM PDT

ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: TAMPA, Fla. — He was perhaps Mitt Romney's most bitter enemy during the protracted Republican presidential primary, but on Tuesday night Rick Santorum plans to give his most hearty pat on the back yet to a former rival he spent...

California leaders strike public pension reform deal

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:11 PM PDT

Brown speaks at a news conference to announce the Public Employee Pension Reform Act of 2012 at Ronald Reagan State Building in Los AngelesLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown and lawmakers have reached a deal to raise public employees' retirement ages, have them pay more into their pension accounts, and cap retirement payments in a vast overhaul of the state's pension system that he says will save $30 billion. Union leaders panned the deal between Brown and fellow Democrats who control the legislature and hope to drum up support for his tax measure on the November ballot by showing voters they can tackle big challenges. ...

Obama knocks Republicans, courts students in campaign swing

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:10 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at Iowa State University in AmesAMES, Iowa (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tried some campaign counterprogramming on Tuesday, telling a college audience in Iowa to beware of the rhetoric from the Republican Party convention in Florida. "This week in Tampa, my opponents will offer you their agenda," Obama said during a campaign stop at Iowa State University. "I'm sure they'll have some wonderful things to say about me, but what you won't hear from them is a path forward that meets the challenges of our time. ...

Obama's juggle: Doing the job, fighting to keep it

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:09 PM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 28, 2012, President Barack Obama speaks about Tropical Storm Isaac, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. Trying to keep his job as he does his job, President Barack Obama assures the nation his administration is on top of the looming Gulf Coast hurricane Isaac, then gets on a waiting helicopter to head out for votes. The swift pivot illustrates the president's juggle of governing and campaigning -- neither of which ever stops. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Trying to keep his job as he does his job, President Barack Obama assured the nation Tuesday that his administration was capably ready for a menacing Hurricane Isaac. And then he climbed aboard his helicopter and went searching for votes.

Red Cross halts most Pakistan aid after beheading

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Hospital staff and rescue workers carry the casket of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a British doctor working with the International Committee of the Red Cross, to an ambulance at a hospital in QuettaGENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday it was halting most of its aid programs in Pakistan due to deteriorating security and the beheading of a British staff doctor in April blamed on Taliban insurgents. The independent agency, which had already suspended operations in three of Pakistan's four provinces in May pending a security assessment, said it would carry on working in the country "but on a reduced scale". "All relief and protection activities are being stopped. ...

Boy charged with attempted murder in Baltimore school shooting

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:08 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting a fellow student on the first day of classes at a Baltimore-area high school has been charged with first-degree attempted murder, but police say they do not know the motive for what apparently was a well-planned attack. Robert Wayne Gladden Jr. also left an ominous message on his Facebook page before heading off to Perry Hall High School in Baltimore's northeast suburbs on Monday morning. "First day of school, last day of my life," the posting read. It concluded: "fuck the world. ...

Showcasing Romney's softer side is wife's mission

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:07 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann, arrive to board their plane to Tampa with one of their grandchildren on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 in Bedford, Mass. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Meet Mitt Romney's sweetheart.

ACLU: Legal voters questioned on status in Colo.

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:05 PM PDT

U.S citizens are among those who received letters from Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler questioning their right to vote, the American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday.

Former nominee McCain steps aside for Romney

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 28, 2012 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain was the toast of the Republican convention four years ago, the GOP's comeback kid crowned as the party's presidential nominee. He'll attend the 2012 party celebration Wednesday but won't stay for long. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)John McCain was the toast of the Republican convention four years ago, the GOP's comeback kid crowned as the party's presidential nominee.

Documents show White House interest in bin Laden film

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Documents released by the Pentagon and CIA shed light on White House officials' interest in a Hollywood film project dramatizing the U.S. commando raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed. The documents released to Judicial Watch, a conservative group, under the Freedom of Information Act and made public on Tuesday include emails between top Pentagon and White House officials discussing efforts to cooperate with film director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal on the bin Laden raid movie. ...

Suicide bomber kills Muslim cleric as Putin urges unity

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT

Said Atsayev, a leading Sufi Muslim cleric in the mostly Muslim region, addresses the audience during the Dagestan Peoples Congress in MakhachkalaBOLGAR, Russia (Reuters) - A woman suicide bomber killed an influential Islamic cleric and six of his followers in Russia's southern Dagestan region on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin visited another mainly Muslim province and called for an end to religious violence. Said Atsayev, 74, a popular Sufi Muslim spiritual leader also known as Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkavi, was killed when the woman entered his home disguised as a pilgrim and detonated an explosive belt around her waist, police sources said. ...

Ohio Democratic officials fired for attempt to extend early voting

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Two Democratic officials in Ohio, a key battleground state and huge electoral prize in the November 6 presidential election, were fired for trying to extend early voting to weekends in defiance of a state ban, officials said on Tuesday. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, issued a directive earlier this month that the hours for early in-person voting should be consistent throughout the state, where voting rules are a hot-button issue. Voters will be able to cast absentee ballots from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ...

Calderon promises answers on U.S. staff shot in Mexico

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:58 PM PDT

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Earl Anthony Wayne and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon sit together during an event in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Felipe Calderon promised on Tuesday to get to the bottom of how two U.S. officials were shot at by federal police officers, allegedly in plain clothes, while heading to a Mexican marine base. Speaking alongside the U.S. ambassador in Mexico, Calderon said the shooting incident should not hinder bilateral efforts to fight Mexico's violent drug cartels. "We can't allow these things to happen, whether it is because of negligence, lack of training, lack of trust or complicity," Calderon said. ...

Republicans nominate Romney at storm-hit convention

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:54 PM PDT

Delegates stand for a prayer and the U.S. national anthem at the start of the second session of the Republican National Convention in TampaTAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republicans formally nominated Mitt Romney on Tuesday to challenge President Barack Obama for the White House, kicking off their storm-delayed convention with a barrage of sharp attacks on Obama's economic leadership. The nomination sets up a two-month dash to the November 6 election, with polls showing Romney running even or slightly behind the Democratic president. ...

G7 urges higher oil output, warns on reserves

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:51 PM PDT

A customer uses a petrol nozzle to fill up his tank in a gas station in NiceWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven finance ministers urged oil-producing countries on Tuesday to raise output to ensure the market is well supplied, while warning that Western nations were ready to tap strategic oil reserves to offset rising prices that could hurt global growth. "We stand ready to call upon the International Energy Agency to take appropriate action to ensure that the market is fully and timely supplied," the G7 said in a statement. "The current rise in oil prices reflects geopolitical concerns and certain supply disruptions. ...

BREAKING THE NEWS

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:51 PM PDT

He knows.

Republicans nominating Romney, blasting Obama

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:50 PM PDT

Delegates from the state of Georgia applaud after casting their votes for presidential candidate Mitt Romneyduring the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Making up for lost time, Republicans streamed into their storm-delayed national convention Monday to certify Mitt Romney's nomination for the White House and tear into President Barack Obama in a close race for the White House in dreary economic times.

Obama Counter-Programs GOP Convention With Appeal to Young Voters

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:48 PM PDT

AMES, Iowa — As Mitt Romney readies to formally accept his party's nomination, President Obama is courting young voters on the trail, telling students in Iowa today that come November, "Your voice will matter more than it ever has before." "Your generation chooses which path...
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