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- White House race offers voters many clear choices
- Romney touches 'birther' issue he avoided before
- Romney to feature personal side at convention
- Akin makes first Mo. appearance since rape remarks
- U.N. to invade Texas? "Ridiculous," says world body
- Todd Akin, at News Conference: I'm Staying In
- County chair: Booker weighs bid for NJ gov in '13
- Republicans not alone in hot, sticky Florida
- Romney touches 'birther' issue he avoided before
- New Syria mediator tells U.N. chief he is "scared"
- Akin making first Mo. appearance since rape remark
- Mexican police shoot two U.S. Embassy staff in botched chase
- Romney to feature personal side at convention
- New York gunman described as quiet, friendly Upper East Side neighbor
- Putin critic Garry Kasparov cleared over Pussy Riot protest
- Gay marriage backers ask high court to decline California case
- Conservatives Flock to Anti-Obama Documentary
- Tennis Channel's upgrade on Comcast stalled pending appeal
- Hamas leader gets invite to summit in Iran
- IAEA gets no deal with Iran on bomb research suspicions
- Obama's team seeks to counter GOP message
- Teachers must make the grade under new guidelines
- Obama Campaign Uses Romney 'Birther' Joke to Raise Funds, Question GOPer's Fitness for Office
- Business spending plans hint at factory weakness
- AP Exclusive: Romney uses secretive data-mining
- Jailed Western Sahara activists stage 48-hour hunger strike
- Even as war rages, Syrian group plans for "Day After"
- Romney birth certificate remark rekindles Obama controversy
- Russia must counter nationalist threat, Putin says
- Fed ponders more clarity on policy framework
- Democratic incumbent is content for Akin to stay
- Akin making first appearance in Mo. since remarks
- Immigrants march in Greece against racist attacks
| White House race offers voters many clear choices Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:40 AM PDT
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| Romney touches 'birther' issue he avoided before Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:55 PM PDT
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| Romney to feature personal side at convention Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:34 PM PDT Mitt Romney is about to get personal. |
| Akin makes first Mo. appearance since rape remarks Posted: 24 Aug 2012 03:24 PM PDT
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| U.N. to invade Texas? "Ridiculous," says world body Posted: 24 Aug 2012 03:10 PM PDT
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| Todd Akin, at News Conference: I'm Staying In Posted: 24 Aug 2012 03:10 PM PDT Todd Akin's message to Missouri: I'm staying in the race. Akin, the sixth-term Republican congressman who is running for the U.S. Senate in Missouri, held his first news conference on Thursday after top Republicans heaped pressure on him to withdraw as a candidate following his... |
| County chair: Booker weighs bid for NJ gov in '13 Posted: 24 Aug 2012 03:09 PM PDT
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| Republicans not alone in hot, sticky Florida Posted: 24 Aug 2012 03:03 PM PDT
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| Romney touches 'birther' issue he avoided before Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:55 PM PDT
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| New Syria mediator tells U.N. chief he is "scared" Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:55 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday that he was "honored, flattered, humbled and scared" at the prospect of leading international efforts to broker peace in Syria's worsening 17-month conflict. Brahimi met with Ban for the first time since agreeing last week to replace Kofi Annan as the U.N. and Arab League joint special representative on Syria. While he is not due to take up the post officially until September 1, diplomats said Brahimi had already filled Annan's role. ... |
| Akin making first Mo. appearance since rape remark Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:44 PM PDT Embattled Missouri Congressman Todd Akin is reaffirming plans to stay in Missouri's U.S. Senate race despite a political uproar over remarks he made about rape and pregnancy. |
| Mexican police shoot two U.S. Embassy staff in botched chase Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:38 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two U.S. Embassy employees were shot at and wounded by Mexican police on Friday after they were caught up in a police chase on the outskirts of the capital, Mexico's Navy said. Police fired on vehicle in which the embassy employees were traveling, which carried diplomatic plates, after the driver veered out of the way when he saw the officers' weapons. "At that moment those in the ... (police) vehicle opened fire on the diplomatic vehicle," the Navy said in a statement. "Moments later, three other vehicles joined the chase and fired shots at the U.S. Embassy vehicle. ... |
| Romney to feature personal side at convention Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:34 PM PDT Mitt Romney is about to get personal. |
| New York gunman described as quiet, friendly Upper East Side neighbor Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:32 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Neighbors of Jeffrey Johnson assumed the man who greeted them as he left home in a suit each morning was on his way to work -- until Friday when police say he started a gunfight near the Empire State Building that left him and a former co-worker dead. It turns out Johnson, 58, was not headed off to a job all those mornings. He had lost his position as an accessories designer a year ago, police said. He returned with a loaded .45-caliber handgun on Friday to his old workplace, Hazan Imports on West 33rd Street, across the street from the Empire Street Building. About 9 a.m. ... |
| Putin critic Garry Kasparov cleared over Pussy Riot protest Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:26 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former world chess champion turned Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov was cleared on Friday of taking part in an unsanctioned protest over the conviction of punk band Pussy Riot in a rare Moscow court ruling in his favor. Kasparov, an opposition leader, was among dozens of activists picked out of a crowd and detained outside the court where the Pussy Riot trial ended in two-year jail sentences for three female band members on August 17. The 49-year-old was speaking to journalists when police grabbed him and carried him to a waiting van. ... |
| Gay marriage backers ask high court to decline California case Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:23 PM PDT (Reuters) - Two California couples asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to refuse to hear an appeal by gay marriage foes, an outcome that would let same-sex marriage stand in the nation's most populous state. Two lower courts have struck down the 2008 ban known as Proposition 8, and last month backers of the measure asked the Supreme Court to step in. Their request came a week after the high court was asked to review a separate Massachusetts case challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. ... |
| Conservatives Flock to Anti-Obama Documentary Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:19 PM PDT The anti-Obama documentary "2016: Obama's America" began showing in more than 1,000 theaters nationwide on Friday, more than any political documentary in the past eight years, since Michael Moore's 2004 film "Sicko" was released in 1,117 theaters. "2016," which argues that President Obama's father's Kenyan... |
| Tennis Channel's upgrade on Comcast stalled pending appeal Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comcast Corp will not have to move the independent Tennis Channel to a tier in line with competing sports networks until a pending court challenge is concluded, a U.S. appeals court said on Friday. The Federal Communications Commission in July upheld an administrative law judge's ruling that Comcast discriminated against the Tennis Channel when it placed the network in a more expensive viewing tier than Comcast's affiliated sports networks. ... |
| Hamas leader gets invite to summit in Iran Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:08 PM PDT GAZA (Reuters) - Iran has invited a leader of the Islamist group Hamas to attend a summit of 120 developing nations, officials said on Friday, a move that could antagonize Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and anger Western powers who consider Hamas a terrorist group. Iran hopes to earn diplomatic kudos by hosting a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement from August 29-31 at a time when the West is seeking to cripple its economy and isolate it diplomatically over its disputed nuclear program. U.N. ... |
| IAEA gets no deal with Iran on bomb research suspicions Posted: 24 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT
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| Obama's team seeks to counter GOP message Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:58 PM PDT Democrats want to cause a stir — or at least stay in the conversation — while the spotlight is on Republicans next week at the GOP convention in Tampa. |
| Teachers must make the grade under new guidelines Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:51 PM PDT
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| Obama Campaign Uses Romney 'Birther' Joke to Raise Funds, Question GOPer's Fitness for Office Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:41 PM PDT The Obama campaign pounced on comments made by presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Commerce, Mich., today, in which he seemed to joke about the nonsensical suggestion that President Obama wasn't born in the U.S. At a rally in which he talked about having... |
| Business spending plans hint at factory weakness Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:38 PM PDT
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| AP Exclusive: Romney uses secretive data-mining Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:37 PM PDT
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| Jailed Western Sahara activists stage 48-hour hunger strike Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:37 PM PDT RABAT (Reuters) - Twelve activists from the disputed Western Sahara began a 48-hour hunger strike inside a prison in the Moroccan-controlled city of Laayoune to denounce their detention conditions, fellow activists said. Morocco's Communication Minister Mustafa el-Khalfi said authorities were not aware of the hunger strike but he strongly denied what the two activists said was a heavy security deployment around Laayoune on the day a U.S. human right group was expected to arrive in the former Spanish colony. ... |
| Even as war rages, Syrian group plans for "Day After" Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While war rages in Syria and the international community tries to unify the country's disparate opposition forces, a small group of Syrians has completed plans for the day after President Bashar al-Assad falls. Their report, due out next week, is among the first substantive efforts by Syrians themselves to map out a transition for post-Assad Syria and avoid what many fear will be continued bloodshed even if he leaves power. ... |
| Romney birth certificate remark rekindles Obama controversy Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:32 PM PDT
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| Russia must counter nationalist threat, Putin says Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:32 PM PDT SARANSK, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia must counter a serious threat from nationalists he said were taking advantage of democratic freedoms to gain influence in a country with a fragile mix of ethnic groups. He rebuked local authorities, saying recent outbreaks of ethnic violence were "primarily the result of the inaction of law enforcement organs and irresponsibility of bureaucrats". "Today more and more often, under the guise of development of democracy and freedom, various ethnic nationalist groups are raising their heads. ... |
| Fed ponders more clarity on policy framework Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:26 PM PDT
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| Democratic incumbent is content for Akin to stay Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:26 PM PDT
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| Akin making first appearance in Mo. since remarks Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:23 PM PDT Republican Congressman Todd Akin is holding his first Missouri press conference since his U.S. Senate campaign was shaken by his remarks about rape and pregnancy. Campaign spokesman Ryan Hite says Akin is reaffirming that he will remain in the race. |
| Immigrants march in Greece against racist attacks Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:11 PM PDT
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