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• Obama launches new criticism of Romney and China
• Hours of preparation for Romney ahead of debate
• Obama trying to avoid miscue in first debate
• FDA warns Zimmer over manufacturing of hip devices
• Romney presses foreign policy criticism anew
• Arizona attorney general to face campaign finance complaint
• Butch Cassidy's gun draws $175,000 in California auction
• Sailors await resolution in prostitution scandal
• Deadline nears on judge's Pa. voter ID law ruling
• PROFILE-Once-reclusive billionaire eyes power in Georgia
• Investigators cite wasteful spending at VA events
• Ahead of debate, Romney calls Obama weak on foreign policy
• FDA chief says scarce funding hobbles sweeping food safety regulations
• RBS CEO says banks need culture change to regain trust
• WTO chief acknowledges failings, prods US to show leadership
• Peanut butter recall includes major retailers
• Cheating spouses keep Pakistani private detective busy
• How looming tax hikes would hit typical families
• Kenyan police post targeted, al Shabaab suspected
• Ryan Says Obama Plan Risks U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
• Obama launches new criticism of Romney and China
• Most Americans doubt Scientology is true religion: poll
• Econ recovery likely _ benefiting election winner
• Supreme Court may narrow law in human rights cases
• Ind. Senate: Dems, GOP launch on-air ad salvo
• Report: Campaigns overlook Spanish speakers
• Supreme Court rejects appeal on airport scanners
• Akin claims McCaskill benefited from stimulus
• Exclusive: Spain ready for bailout, Germany signals "wait"- sources
• Venezuela's Capriles vows to help Colombian peace talks
• Sighs, slogans among pitfalls for White House bids
• Can Supreme Court Take Overseas Case?
• Analysis: Obama, Netanyahu got what they hoped for at U.N. meeting

Obama launches new criticism of Romney and China Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:37 PM PDT President Barack Obama's campaign is stepping up criticism of rival Mitt Romney's past investments in China.

Hours of preparation for Romney ahead of debate Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:42 PM PDT If Republican Mitt Romney stumbles during Wednesday's presidential debate, it won't be for a lack of preparation.

Obama trying to avoid miscue in first debate Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:15 PM PDT President Barack Obama has one mission heading into his first debate with Republican Mitt Romney: Don't screw things up.

FDA warns Zimmer over manufacturing of hip devices Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:56 PM PDT (Reuters) - Zimmer Holdings Inc said it received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration citing problems with manufacturing and testing processes for artificial hip devices made at the company's Ponce, Puerto Rico, plant. The warning letter, dated September 19, does not restrict production or shipment of the hip devices, called Trilogy Acetabular Systems, or require withdrawal of any products from the market, Zimmer said in a regulatory filing. ...

Romney presses foreign policy criticism anew Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:58 PM PDT Amid violent flare ups in the Middle East, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is trying to prove his own readiness to be commander in chief and force President Barack Obama to answer for turmoil in places like Libya, where terrorists killed the U.S. ambassador on the anniversary of 9/11.

Arizona attorney general to face campaign finance complaint Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:52 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona county prosecutor will pursue a civil complaint against state Attorney General Tom Horne and a political associate, accusing them of violating campaign finance laws in 2010 when Horne ran for office, the prosecutor said on Monday. Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said the enforcement action accuses Horne, a Republican, of orchestrating the efforts of an independent committee run by ally Kathleen Winn that pumped an estimated $500,000 into campaign advertisements against Horne's opponent. ...

Butch Cassidy's gun draws $175,000 in California auction Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:40 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A gun the Wild West outlaw Butch Cassidy wielded in the late 19th century and later tried to exchange for amnesty has drawn a $175,000 bid at a California auction house, the owner of the company said on Monday. The Colt revolver was turned over to a sheriff in Utah in 1899 as part of Cassidy's failed attempt to obtain amnesty from the state's governor, said John Eubanks of California Auctioneers & Appraisers. "He tried to become a regular citizen by turning over his guns," Eubanks said. ...

Sailors await resolution in prostitution scandal Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:35 PM PDT Two Navy sailors have been stripped of their security clearances and pulled off their regular jobs, but they have yet to be charged in the prostitution scandal in Colombia that ensnared members of the U.S. military and Secret Service six months ago.

Deadline nears on judge's Pa. voter ID law ruling Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:34 PM PDT A court-imposed Tuesday deadline is looming for a judge to decide whether Pennsylvania's tough new law requiring voters to show photo identification can remain intact, a ruling that could swing election momentum with Republican candidates trailing in polls on the state's top-of-the-ticket races.

PROFILE-Once-reclusive billionaire eyes power in Georgia Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:32 PM PDT TBILISI (Reuters) - Until a year ago, few people in Georgia knew what billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili looked like. The 56-year-old tycoon was best known in the former Soviet republic as a free-spending philanthropist with a spectacular home overlooking Tbilisi, and for keeping penguins, kangaroos and lemurs at a private zoo at another home outside the capital. But he hated publicity and avoided photographers. When he bought Pablo Picasso's "Dora Maar au Chat" for $95. ...

Investigators cite wasteful spending at VA events Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:27 PM PDT Federal investigators are estimating that the Veterans Affairs Department wastefully spent about $762,000 at two conferences in Florida last year and that senior leadership failed to provide proper oversight in planning and executing the events.

Ahead of debate, Romney calls Obama weak on foreign policy Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:18 PM PDT BURLINGTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Republican challenger Mitt Romney launched a fresh attempt on Monday to paint President Barack Obama as weak on foreign policy, saying he has let U.S. leadership atrophy, while the two candidates prepared for Wednesday's critical first debate. Romney's aides said the weak U.S. economy remains his chief priority heading into the November 6 election, but the Democratic president's handling of national security is also fair game. ...

FDA chief says scarce funding hobbles sweeping food safety regulations Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is having difficulty implementing expansive new rules to improve food safety, nearly two years after President Barack Obama signed the standards into law, because of a lack of funding. FDA chief Margaret Hamburg predicted on Monday that her agency "very soon" will issue new regulations needed to enforce the Food Safety Modernization Act, a sweeping piece of legislation enacted to upgrade the security of the U.S. food supply after a deadly salmonella outbreak in 2009. ...

RBS CEO says banks need culture change to regain trust Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:08 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Banks must undergo a wholesale change in their culture and refocus their behavior on meeting the needs of customers to restore trust in the industry, Stephen Hester, chief executive of part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland , said on Monday Speaking at the London School of Economics, Hester said he believed the finance industry's problems had arisen as a result of banks losing sight of their role in serving customers. ...

WTO chief acknowledges failings, prods US to show leadership Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy on Monday acknowledged the Geneva-based body has been a "disappointing" forum for trade liberalization and invoked the memory of U.S. President John Kennedy to prod action from the United States. Lamy, in the prepared text of a speech to the Brookings Institution, said it was clear that reaching a comprehensive agreement in the Doha round of world trade talks launched in 2001 "is out of reach in the short term. ...

Peanut butter recall includes major retailers Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:03 PM PDT A recall of peanut butter and other nut products has some of the country's largest grocery stores pulling store-brand products off their shelves.

Cheating spouses keep Pakistani private detective busy Posted: 01 Oct 2012 02:03 PM PDT LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Twenty-three years of military service come in handy when Masood Haider gets a call from a suspicious spouse. He quickly dispatches a surveillance team to keep tabs on the partner believed to be heading off for an illicit rendezvous. In deeply conservative Muslim Pakistan where arranged marriages are common and adultery can be punished by death, it is an illustration of how much the society is changing that Haider's private detective agency exists at all. ...

How looming tax hikes would hit typical families Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:52 PM PDT A variety of tax cuts enacted during the tenures of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama expire at the end of December. Expiring provisions include Bush-era cuts on wage and investment income and cuts for married couples and families with children. Also expiring is a 2 percentage point temporary payroll tax cut.

Kenyan police post targeted, al Shabaab suspected Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - Suspected al Shabaab militants threw a hand grenade at a Kenyan police post on Monday in the northern town of Garissa close to the border with Somalia, police said, a day after two police officers were shot dead in the same town. Kenya has been rocked by a series of grenade and gun attacks since it sent troops into Somalia last October in pursuit of Islamist al Shabaab rebels whom it blamed for kidnapping its security personnel and Western tourists. ...

Ryan Says Obama Plan Risks U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:46 PM PDT Paul Ryan charged today that President Obama is risking  the lives of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan by making a political calculation to draw down  U.S. troops  just before the election rather than listen to military commanders in the field. Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate, said...

Obama launches new criticism of Romney and China Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:37 PM PDT President Barack Obama's campaign is stepping up criticism of rival Mitt Romney's past investments in China.

Most Americans doubt Scientology is true religion: poll Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:31 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most Americans do not think Scientology is a true religion, more people would prefer to win an Olympic gold medal than a Pulitzer prize and celebrity endorsements do not carry much weight, according to a new poll released on Monday. Seventy percent of respondents to the 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll said the controversial Church of Scientology, which is popular with Hollywood stars such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, was not a real religion, but 13 percent said that it was. ...

Econ recovery likely _ benefiting election winner Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:25 PM PDT Eventually, the economic recovery will pick up steam — whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney is in the White House.

Supreme Court may narrow law in human rights cases Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court seemed skeptical on Monday of allowing victims of human rights abuses to sue in American courts against the foreign corporations accused of aiding in the atrocities. But in oral arguments in one of the court's biggest human rights cases in years, some justices suggested they might not close U.S. courts to similar claims against individuals, including those who take refuge in the United States, or to claims involving U.S. companies. ...

Ind. Senate: Dems, GOP launch on-air ad salvo Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT Indiana is becoming a major battleground in the race for control of the Senate, with national Republicans and Democrats sending more cash this week to tea party favorite Richard Mourdock and Democrat Joe Donnelly.

Report: Campaigns overlook Spanish speakers Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT Democratic candidates for federal office have spent about twice as much as their Republican counterparts on Spanish-language political ads, according to a survey of 10 states with large Hispanic populations.

Supreme Court rejects appeal on airport scanners Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a Michigan blogger's challenge of the use of full-body scanners and thorough pat-downs at airport checkpoints. Without comment, the court declined to take up Jonathan Corbett's complaint that the Transportation Security Administration's use of the screening techniques violated passengers' protection against illegal searches under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. ...

Akin claims McCaskill benefited from stimulus Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:14 PM PDT Republican challenger Todd Akin is going on the offensive against Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill by claiming her husband's businesses profited from the federal stimulus act.

Exclusive: Spain ready for bailout, Germany signals "wait"- sources Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:11 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is ready to request a euro zone bailout for its public finances as early as next weekend but Germany has signaled that it should hold off, European officials said on Monday. The latest twist in the euro zone's three-year-old sovereign debt crisis comes as financial markets and some other European partners are pressuring Madrid to seek a rescue program that would trigger European Central Bank buying of its bonds. "The Spanish were a bit hesitant but now they are ready to request aid," a senior European source said. ...

Venezuela's Capriles vows to help Colombian peace talks Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:08 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles pledged to help Colombia in its peace talks with rebels and distance himself from Iran should he defeat President Hugo Chavez in an increasingly tight race ahead of Sunday's election. The government of neighboring Colombia is due to start talks with Marxist FARC guerrillas this month in Oslo to try to end five decades of conflict. Chavez's government, accused by Bogota of backing the rebels in the past, supports the talks. ...

Sighs, slogans among pitfalls for White House bids Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:07 PM PDT They spend hours mastering policy, learning to lean on the podium just so, perfecting the best way to label their opponents as liars without whining.

Can Supreme Court Take Overseas Case? Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:04 PM PDT When a Supreme Court Justice tells you that a sentence in your brief is "striking," it's not always a good thing. In fact, for Paul L. Hoffman, a lawyer trying to win a case before the court, it was a very bad thing. Hoffman appeared...

Analysis: Obama, Netanyahu got what they hoped for at U.N. meeting Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to get what they hoped for at the annual U.N. General Assembly after closing ranks to send a message to Iran that it may face war over its nuclear program. Obama and Netanyahu did not meet with each other at the United Nations, where leaders and foreign ministers from the world body's 193 member states have gathered since last week to give speeches and hold private talks to resolve conflicts and boost trade. But the two men left the U.N. ...

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