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• 'Anything goes' now in campaign financing?
• Jeb Bush: 'I'm not going to be VP candidate'
• THE RACE: Weakening jobs outlook colors campaign
• Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools
• Clinton urges Democrats to vote out Wis. governor
• One murder charge dropped against US soldier accused in Afghan killings
• Edwards advised to keep low profile before 2nd act
• Appeals court rules against ex-Gitmo prosecutor
• Court: US must decide terrorist designation
• U.S. job growth trips again, opens door to more Fed moves
• Target sells shirts to help pro-gay marriage group
• Correction: Campaign-Ad Crush story
• Jobs report weakens Obama's election argument
• Mexico police scour highways after PepsiCo truck torched
• U.S. told to decide Iranian group's fate in four months
• Key U.S. lawmaker doubts Russia will help ease out Assad
• Target sells shirts to benefit equality advocates
• U.S. nuns push back against Vatican crackdown
• Staff Sgt. Bales Faces One Less Murder Charge, New Charges of Alcohol and Steroid Use
• Obama Friend Whitaker Denies Wright Allegation of Bribe
• Edwards' lover Rielle Hunter writes tell-all memoir
• 'Anything goes' now in campaign financing?
• Florida judge revokes bail for Trayvon Martin Killer
• Clinton declines comment on China espionage case
• Exclusive: China arrests security official on suspicion of spying for U.S.
• Obama says could end Washington gridlock in second term
• Justice Department tells Florida to end voter purge
• Israeli soldier, Gaza gunmen killed in clash
• Obama says economy will come back stronger
• FACT CHECK: Romney misses a mark on Solyndra claim
• From the Fact Check Desk - Did the Energy Department Inspector General Testify that Energy Loans Had Been Steered to Friends and Family?
• THE RACE: Weakening jobs outlook colors campaign
• Romney says May jobs report is 'devastating news'

'Anything goes' now in campaign financing? Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:51 PM PDT Is it "anything goes" now in America's campaign finance system?

Jeb Bush: 'I'm not going to be VP candidate' Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:10 AM PDT Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is reiterating that he won't join Mitt Romney on the GOP presidential ticket.

THE RACE: Weakening jobs outlook colors campaign Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney both made the economy the main focus of their respective campaigns. Friday's weak jobs report keeps it there.

Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:06 PM PDT (Reuters) - Louisiana is embarking on the nation's boldest experiment in privatizing public education, with the state preparing to shift tens of millions in tax dollars out of the public schools to pay private industry, businesses owners and church pastors to educate children. Starting this fall, thousands of poor and middle-class kids will get vouchers covering the full cost of tuition at more than 120 private schools across Louisiana, including small, Bible-based church schools. ...

Clinton urges Democrats to vote out Wis. governor Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:05 PM PDT Former President Bill Clinton urged Wisconsin Democrats to vote against Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday's recall election, saying the Republican has governed without compromise or honest negotiation.

One murder charge dropped against US soldier accused in Afghan killings Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:57 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Army on Friday dropped one of the murder charges against the soldier originally accused of killing 17 Afghan villagers in March, reducing the number of murder counts to 16. The amended complaint now also accuses Staff Sergeant Robert Bales of wrongfully possessing and using steroids and unlawfully consuming alcohol while deployed. ...

Edwards advised to keep low profile before 2nd act Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:57 PM PDT Now that he has survived his campaign corruption trial, John Edwards may face an even tougher fight to regain the public's respect.

Appeals court rules against ex-Gitmo prosecutor Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:45 PM PDT A divided federal appeals court Friday threw out a lawsuit by the former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay against his former boss at the Library of Congress, who fired the ex-prosecutor for publicly criticizing the Obama administration over Guantanamo detainees.

Court: US must decide terrorist designation Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:36 PM PDT A federal appeals court on Friday gave Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton four months to decide whether a group opposed to Iran should be removed from a list of foreign terrorist organizations.

U.S. job growth trips again, opens door to more Fed moves Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth braked sharply for a third straight month in May and the unemployment rate rose for the first time in nearly a year, raising chances of further monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve to support the sputtering recovery. Employers added a paltry 69,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, the least since May of last year, and 49,000 fewer jobs were created in the previous two months than had been thought, the Labor Department said on Friday. ...

Target sells shirts to help pro-gay marriage group Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:35 PM PDT Two years after Target Corp. angered gay marriage supporters with a political donation that benefited a fiery gay marriage opponent seeking the governor's office, the retailer is now upsetting same-sex marriage opponents by selling T-shirts to raise money for a group working to defeat a gay marriage ban in Minnesota.

Correction: Campaign-Ad Crush story Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:32 PM PDT In a story May 31 about TV ad spending in the presidential campaign, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the national sales director for KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids is Mike Lake. His correct name is Steve Lake.

Jobs report weakens Obama's election argument Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:30 PM PDT The suddenly dismal news on American jobs is a blow to President Barack Obama's re-election argument that he has been a steward of recovery. It's heightened White House anxiety over global threats to U.S. economic growth — and the president's political prospects, too.

Mexico police scour highways after PepsiCo truck torched Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:25 PM PDT MORELIA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police on Friday hunted assailants who set ablaze a delivery truck for PepsiCo's local snack food subsidiary in what appeared to be the latest attack against the firm by a drug cartel. A series of attacks on trucks and warehouses belonging to PepsiCo's Sabritas brand started last weekend and are thought to be the first to directly target a global company during Mexico's bloody war on drug traffickers. ...

U.S. told to decide Iranian group's fate in four months Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ordered Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to decide within four months whether to remove an Iranian dissident group from a U.S. terrorism list. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled for the group, Mujahadin-e Khalq, or MEK, which has sought to force the State Department to take it off the list or decide within a specified time period on its request to be removed. The appeals court ordered Clinton to either grant or deny the group's petition in four months. ...

Key U.S. lawmaker doubts Russia will help ease out Assad Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee expressed doubt on Friday that Russia could be convinced to help ease Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad out of power. Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said she hoped the Obama administration would be able to use diplomacy to "get Russia to do the right thing" - at least by stopping arms sales to Assad's government, which is using deadly force against an uprising in Syria. ...

Target sells shirts to benefit equality advocates Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:13 PM PDT Two years after angering gay marriage supporters with a political donation that benefited a fiery gay marriage opponent seeking the governor's office, Target Corp. is now upsetting same-sex marriage opponents by selling T-shirts to raise money for a group working to defeat a gay marriage ban in Minnesota.

U.S. nuns push back against Vatican crackdown Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:07 PM PDT (Reuters) - The largest organization of U.S. Catholic nuns on Friday rejected a Vatican assessment that they had fallen under the sway of radical feminism and needed to hand control of their group over to a trio of bishops. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, whose members represent about 80 percent of nuns in the United States, issued a sharp statement calling the Vatican's rebuke unsubstantiated and "the result of a flawed process that lacked transparency. ...

Staff Sgt. Bales Faces One Less Murder Charge, New Charges of Alcohol and Steroid Use Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:06 PM PDT Army prosecutors have dropped one of the 17 murder charges against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales for his alleged shooting rampage against Afghan civilians this past March.  Prosecutors also have added charges that he used alcohol and steroids during his deployment to Afghanistan.   During the pre-dawn hours...

Obama Friend Whitaker Denies Wright Allegation of Bribe Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:04 PM PDT One of President Obama's closest friends denied to ABC News a charge against him made by the president's former spiritual adviser, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. In a new book by conservative author Ed Klein, The Amateur, Rev. Jeremiah Wright says "after the media went ballistic on...

Edwards' lover Rielle Hunter writes tell-all memoir Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:58 PM PDT (Reuters) - Rielle Hunter, the woman whose affair with John Edwards wrecked both his U.S. presidential ambitions and his good name, will publish a tell-all memoir later this month. One day after the former U.S. Senator was acquitted on one charge of illegally using almost $1 million in campaign contributions to cover up the affair and the child he fathered, publishers BenBella Books told People magazine that the memoir will hit shelves on June 26. ...

'Anything goes' now in campaign financing? Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:51 PM PDT Is it "anything goes" now in America's campaign finance system?

Florida judge revokes bail for Trayvon Martin Killer Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:49 PM PDT SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida judge on Friday revoked bail for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder for killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester Jr., granting a motion from prosecutors that Zimmerman's bond be revoked, gave him 48 hours to surrender to the Seminole County Sheriff. ...

Clinton declines comment on China espionage case Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declined to comment on Friday on the arrest of a Chinese state security official suspected of spying for the United States, saying only that the two countries continued to cooperate on many issues. The official, an aide to a vice minister in China's security ministry, was detained early this year and accused of passing information to the United States for several years on China's overseas espionage activities, three sources earlier told Reuters. ...

Exclusive: China arrests security official on suspicion of spying for U.S. Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Chinese state security official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the United States, sources said, a case both countries have kept quiet for several months as they strive to prevent a fresh crisis in relations. The official, an aide to a vice minister in China's security ministry, was arrested and detained early this year on allegations that he had passed information to the United States for several years on China's overseas espionage activities, said three sources, who all have direct knowledge of the matter. The aide had been recruited by the U.S. ...

Obama says could end Washington gridlock in second term Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:31 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told his supporters on Friday he could break Washington's gridlock in a second term, and pushed Congress to enact his "to-do list" prescriptions to heal the economy in spite of it being an election year. At a political fundraiser in Minneapolis, Obama said that if he won re-election in November, Republicans in Congress who now oppose his every move would be more inclined to work with him. "I believe if we are successful in this election - when we're successful in this election - that the fever may break," Obama told the campaign event. ...

Justice Department tells Florida to end voter purge Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:18 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - The Justice Department has asked Florida, a key electoral battleground state where a small number of ballots can swing a presidential race, to end a controversial voter purge effort. In a two-page letter on Thursday, T. Christian Herren Jr., chief of the Justice Department's Voting Section, said the effort appeared to violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protects minorities. ...

Israeli soldier, Gaza gunmen killed in clash Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:01 PM PDT GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian gunman broke into Israel on Friday and killed a soldier before being shot dead himself in a rare cross-border attack that Israel blamed on the Islamist group Hamas. Israel hit back, with a missile-strike killing one militant and wounding two others in the southern Gaza Strip. Militants also fired rockets out of the Palestinian enclave, but they did not cause any damage, the Israeli army said. Sources in Gaza said the gunman killed in the cross-border attack was affiliated with the Islamic Jihad. ...

Obama says economy will come back stronger Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT President Barack Obama said Friday the latest employment report shows that the economy is not creating jobs "as fast as we want," but he pledged that the economy will improve.

FACT CHECK: Romney misses a mark on Solyndra claim Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:45 PM PDT Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has revived charges about the failed solar company Solyndra as he assails President Barack Obama' green energy policy. But he didn't get the story completely straight when he accused the administration of favoring "cronies."

From the Fact Check Desk - Did the Energy Department Inspector General Testify that Energy Loans Had Been Steered to Friends and Family? Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:45 PM PDT Yesterday in California, Mitt Romney stood in front of the failed Solyndra factory and said "an independent inspector general looked at this investment and concluded that the administration had steered money to friends and family, to campaign contributors." In a TV ad focused on Solyndra,...

THE RACE: Weakening jobs outlook colors campaign Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney both made the economy the main focus of their respective campaigns. Friday's weak jobs report keeps it there.

Romney says May jobs report is 'devastating news' Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT Seizing on what he called a "devastating" jobs report, Mitt Romney argued Friday that the best prescription for economic recovery is to replace President Barack Obama.

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