Fellow Mormons laud Romney for raising church's profile

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• Fellow Mormons laud Romney for raising church's profile
• For unions, holiday begins somber election countdown
• Charlotte ready but still waiting for big protests at Democratic convention
• Bad news for movie fans, U.S. drought hits popcorn crop
• Isaac's remnants bring rain to drought-hit Midwest
• Richard Bach still in hospital after plane crash
• Charlotte ready but still waiting for big protests at Democratic convention
• Energy firms boost U.S. Gulf oil, natgas output after storm
• For unions, holiday begins somber election countdown
• Isaac's remnants bring rain to drought-hit Midwest
• Fellow Mormons laud Romney for raising church's profile
• U.S. says 71.5 percent oil output shut in Gulf due to Isaac
• Utility restores electrical power to storage facilities: LOOP
• Richard Bach still in hospital after plane crash
• Bad news for movie fans, U.S. drought hits popcorn crop

Fellow Mormons laud Romney for raising church's profile Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT WOLFEBORO, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Mormon churchgoers on Sunday thanked Mitt Romney for raising the church's profile in his race for the White House and praised the Republican candidate's acceptance speech at a nominating convention in Tampa, Florida last week. Romney, who would be the first Mormon president if he wins the November 6 election, sat smiling with his wife, Ann, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, spoke about their faith and lauded the former Massachusetts governor's performance at the Republican National Convention (RNC). ...

For unions, holiday begins somber election countdown Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - After suffering a string of defeats in 2012, U.S. union leaders have little to celebrate, or to look forward to, as they mark the Labor Day holiday on Monday. Stung by losses in former strongholds such as Wisconsin and Indiana, organized labor has pledged to spend more than $100 million to help President Barack Obama win re-election over Republican nominee Mitt Romney and reverse the Republican Party sweep of state legislatures two years ago. ...

Charlotte ready but still waiting for big protests at Democratic convention Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:20 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The big protests that were planned outside the Republican National Convention last week in Tampa, Florida, never really materialized, doused in part by a tropical storm. But activists say they expect a stronger showing this week, when Democrats gather for their nominating convention in Charlotte. If Sunday's march in Charlotte was any gauge, those predictions might fizzle. ...

Bad news for movie fans, U.S. drought hits popcorn crop Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:05 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - For more than half a century, the Shew family has harvested mountains of popcorn kernels to be buttered, salted and munched by movie fans. But as a crippling Midwestern drought sends commodity soybean and grain prices soaring, the family's farmland in west-central Indiana is suffering. Plants are listing, stalks are spindly and corn ears small. It's an ill portent for the snack food world. All across the Midwest, where rows of popcorn normally thrive alongside fields of soybeans, U.S. ...

Isaac's remnants bring rain to drought-hit Midwest Posted: 02 Sep 2012 09:35 AM PDT (Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Isaac brought rain to drought-stricken parts of the lower U.S. Midwest on Saturday after the storm killed at least 30 people on its trek across the Caribbean and Louisiana and Mississippi, authorities said. Rainfall totals of no more than 3 inches were expected through the lower Ohio River Valley by Saturday night after Isaac lost much of its punch while passing over Missouri. Top sustained winds had dropped to 20 miles per hour and flash flood threats were diminishing, the National Weather Service said. ...

Richard Bach still in hospital after plane crash Posted: 02 Sep 2012 08:07 AM PDT (Reuters) - Richard Bach, the author of the 1970s bestselling book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," remained hospitalized in serious condition on Sunday, a day after the small plane he was piloting flipped during a landing in Washington state. Bach, 76, was being treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where a nursing supervisor said his condition was unchanged. ...

Charlotte ready but still waiting for big protests at Democratic convention Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:20 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The big protests that were planned outside the Republican National Convention last week in Tampa, Florida, never really materialized, doused in part by a tropical storm. But activists say they expect a stronger showing this week, when Democrats gather for their nominating convention in Charlotte. If Sunday's march in Charlotte was any gauge, those predictions might fizzle. ...

Energy firms boost U.S. Gulf oil, natgas output after storm Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:57 PM PDT HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy companies were restoring offshore oil and natural gas production and restarting refineries on Sunday as the recovery from Hurricane Isaac shifted into high gear. Shut offshore oil output in the Gulf of Mexico was down 22 percent from Saturday's 93.53 percent and natural gas output was down nearly 10 percent from 65.26 percent shut a day earlier, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said on Sunday. Phillips 66 said on Sunday that most of the floodwater had been cleared from its 247,000 barrel per day (bpd) Alliance, Louisiana, refinery. ...

For unions, holiday begins somber election countdown Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - After suffering a string of defeats in 2012, U.S. union leaders have little to celebrate, or to look forward to, as they mark the Labor Day holiday on Monday. Stung by losses in former strongholds such as Wisconsin and Indiana, organized labor has pledged to spend more than $100 million to help President Barack Obama win re-election over Republican nominee Mitt Romney and reverse the Republican Party sweep of state legislatures two years ago. ...

Isaac's remnants bring rain to drought-hit Midwest Posted: 02 Sep 2012 09:35 AM PDT (Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Isaac brought rain to drought-stricken parts of the lower U.S. Midwest on Saturday after the storm killed at least 30 people on its trek across the Caribbean and Louisiana and Mississippi, authorities said. Rainfall totals of no more than 3 inches were expected through the lower Ohio River Valley by Saturday night after Isaac lost much of its punch while passing over Missouri. Top sustained winds had dropped to 20 miles per hour and flash flood threats were diminishing, the National Weather Service said. ...

Fellow Mormons laud Romney for raising church's profile Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT WOLFEBORO, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Mormon churchgoers on Sunday thanked Mitt Romney for raising the church's profile in his race for the White House and praised the Republican candidate's acceptance speech at a nominating convention in Tampa, Florida last week. Romney, who would be the first Mormon president if he wins the November 6 election, sat smiling with his wife, Ann, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, spoke about their faith and lauded the former Massachusetts governor's performance at the Republican National Convention (RNC). ...

U.S. says 71.5 percent oil output shut in Gulf due to Isaac Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:16 AM PDT HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said 71.5 percent of daily oil production and 55.62 percent of daily natural gas output in U.S.-regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico remained shut on Sunday due to Hurricane Isaac, whose remnants were drenching sections of the Midwest. The amount of shut oil output was down 22 percent from Saturday's 93.53 percent and natural gas output was down nearly 10 percent from 65.26 percent shut a day earlier. The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said 986,698 barrels per day of oil was still shut, down from 1.291 million bpd on Saturday, and 2. ...

Utility restores electrical power to storage facilities: LOOP Posted: 02 Sep 2012 09:35 AM PDT HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, which handles 13 percent of foreign crude coming to the United States, said Entergy Corp had restored the electrical power supply to onshore oil storage facilities in Clovelly, Louisiana, on Saturday. The LOOP had been operating the Clovelly storage site, which has underground salt caverns and above-ground storage tanks, with diesel-powered generators. The LOOP completed the transition from diesel generators to the commercial power supply by Sunday, said LOOP spokeswoman Barb Hestermann. (Reporting by Erwin Seba)

Richard Bach still in hospital after plane crash Posted: 02 Sep 2012 08:07 AM PDT (Reuters) - Richard Bach, the author of the 1970s bestselling book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," remained hospitalized in serious condition on Sunday, a day after the small plane he was piloting flipped during a landing in Washington state. Bach, 76, was being treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where a nursing supervisor said his condition was unchanged. ...

Bad news for movie fans, U.S. drought hits popcorn crop Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:05 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - For more than half a century, the Shew family has harvested mountains of popcorn kernels to be buttered, salted and munched by movie fans. But as a crippling Midwestern drought sends commodity soybean and grain prices soaring, the family's farmland in west-central Indiana is suffering. Plants are listing, stalks are spindly and corn ears small. It's an ill portent for the snack food world. All across the Midwest, where rows of popcorn normally thrive alongside fields of soybeans, U.S. ...

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