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• Mavs introduce 5 new veteran players
• How iPhone availability has grown in US
• For once, 9/11 attacks play small role in election
• Jury could decide sticky issues of September 11 airlines lawsuit
• Minaj confirms her rap was no Romney endorsement
• Tunisian man dies after being tortured -lawyer
• U.S., Israel still at odds over Iran 'red line'
• U.S. to cover cancer treatment for 9/11 responders
• Dutch PM candidates face off in last-ditch TV debate
• White House Downplays Leadership 'Gaps' in Debt Negotiations
• Romney: Chicago teachers turning backs on students
• WHY IT MATTERS: The Economy
• Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
• Turbulent Somalia gets new president in vote for change
• Lawyers for Trayvon Martin's killer accused of "witch hunt"
• Crucial Ohio at the heart of presidential campaign
• United States transfers Bagram prison to Afghan control
• For once, 9/11 attacks play small role in election
• Amtrak funding in crosshairs in presidential race
• IRS issues ruling on UBS tax whistleblower case: lawyers
• What Obama can do with cash from fundraising surge
• 9/11 attacks play little role in presidential race
• AP sources: al-Qaida leader in Yemen killed
• South Carolina congressman confronted by woman with gun, police say
• Coe to stand for BOA leadership
• Pizza Man Bear Hugs Obama, Starts 'Yelp' Troll War
• AIG shares slip on plans for large U.S. Treasury sale
• Colleagues mourn officer killed in Obama motorcade
• Israel's budget a political hot potato
• Consumer credit falls unexpectedly in July
• Russian lawmakers move to eject Kremlin critic
• Paul Ryan to Return to Capitol on Thursday
• Yemen says kills deputy regional head of al Qaeda

Mavs introduce 5 new veteran players Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:33 PM PDT There was no secret about the Dallas Mavericks' plans going into free agency and their heavy pursuit of Deron Williams.

How iPhone availability has grown in US Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:27 PM PDT Since Verizon Wireless broke AT&T's exclusive grip on the iPhone last year, several other phone carriers now offer Apple's popular smartphone. On Monday, T-Mobile said it will make a stronger bid for used iPhones from AT&T as Apple prepares to launch a new version.

For once, 9/11 attacks play small role in election Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:48 PM PDT For the first time in a decade, the Sept. 11 attacks and the wars that resulted are not the focus of the presidential campaign.

Jury could decide sticky issues of September 11 airlines lawsuit Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:36 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most of the lawsuits arising from the hijacked plane attacks on the World Trade Center 11 years ago have been settled, but one demanding that United Airlines and American Airlines be held liable for loss of property and business could go to trial. Two recent rulings by a federal judge in New York denying the airlines' bid to dismiss the lawsuit over a narrow insurance dispute have opened the door to the entire case ending up in the hands of a jury. ...

Minaj confirms her rap was no Romney endorsement Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:33 PM PDT It's official: Nicki Minaj did not endorse Mitt Romney in a recent rap.

Tunisian man dies after being tortured -lawyer Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:32 PM PDT TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian man who died on Monday in hospital in Tunis was tortured in a police station, his lawyer said, while the government confirmed he had died of a concussion. The death of Abd Raouf Kammassi was the first of its kind to be reported in the North African country since the overthrow of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his dictatorial regime last year. "Abd Raouf Kammassi died today at Charles Nicole Hospital due to being hit with a sharp object on his head by security forces during his interrogation in a police satation," lawyer Abd Elhak Triki told Reuters. ...

U.S., Israel still at odds over Iran 'red line' Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:31 PM PDT JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel and the United States were in talks on setting a "clear red line" for Iran's nuclear program, but the two allies remained at odds on Monday over whether to spell out a clear threshold for military action against Tehran. The Israeli leader, who has been pressing President Barack Obama for a tougher line against Iran, again signaled that a sharper U.S. ultimatum for Tehran could deter it from developing nuclear weapons and mitigate the need for a military response. ...

U.S. to cover cancer treatment for 9/11 responders Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:27 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 70,000 surviving firefighters, police officers and other first responders who raced to the World Trade Center after the attacks of September 11, 2001 will be entitled to free monitoring and treatment for some 50 forms of cancer. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health announced on Monday that responders as well as survivors exposed to toxic compounds from the wreckage, which smoldered for three months, will be covered for cancer under the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. ...

Dutch PM candidates face off in last-ditch TV debate Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:23 PM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The two men vying to become the next Dutch prime minister played down the option of governing together in a televised debate on Monday night as each made a last-ditch attempt to win over undecided voters two days before a general election. But the tone of the debate between caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Liberal Party leader, and Diederik Samsom of the moderate left opposition Labour Party, was less confrontational than during the preceding weeks. ...

White House Downplays Leadership 'Gaps' in Debt Negotiations Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:20 PM PDT The White House is seeking to downplay a report that "gaps" in President Obama's leadership contributed to the failure of a "grand bargain" in the debt crisis negotiations of last year. In his latest book, "The Price of Politics," and in an interview with ABC...

Romney: Chicago teachers turning backs on students Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:15 PM PDT Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that striking Chicago teachers are turning their backs on thousands of students and that President Barack Obama is rooting for the absent educators. Obama's top spokesman said the president has not taken sides but is urging both the teachers and the city to settle quickly.

WHY IT MATTERS: The Economy Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:11 PM PDT The issue:

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues:

Turbulent Somalia gets new president in vote for change Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:00 PM PDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Members of parliament overwhelmingly elected political newcomer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president of Somalia on Monday, a result hailed by supporters as a vote for change in the war-ravaged country. Bursts of celebratory gunfire crackled through the streets of the capital, Mogadishu, after the first vote of its kind in decades in Somalia drew to a close. Mohamud won in a secret ballot with 190 votes, against 79 lawmakers voting for Ahmed. "I congratulate all Somalis. The people are taking a new direction. ...

Lawyers for Trayvon Martin's killer accused of "witch hunt" Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:59 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla., Sept 10 - Lawyers defending the neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin have launched a "witch hunt" by seeking Martin's school and social media records, the family's lawyer said on Monday. "I think certainly it is a witch hunt to try to find something to attack the character of a dead child and it's completely irrelevant because his school records had nothing to do with him (George Zimmerman) shooting Trayvon Martin in the heart on February 26," said Martin family attorney Ben Crump. ...

Crucial Ohio at the heart of presidential campaign Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:54 PM PDT It's all about Ohio — again.

United States transfers Bagram prison to Afghan control Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:48 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - The United States handed control of the controversial giant Bagram prison and its 3,000 suspected Taliban inmates to Afghan authorities on Monday, amid concerns by activists over rights abuses and U.S. questions about Kabul's ability to keep key detainees behind bars. Hundreds of Afghan soldiers watched as an Afghan flag was hoisted in front of the prison at the huge U.S.-run airfield north of Kabul, as part of a plan to withdraw foreign troops from combat operations in 2014. ...

For once, 9/11 attacks play small role in election Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:48 PM PDT For the first time in a decade, the Sept. 11 attacks and the wars that resulted are not the focus of the presidential campaign.

Amtrak funding in crosshairs in presidential race Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:40 PM PDT Warning to Amtrak from Mitt Romney and Republicans: You're on your own.

IRS issues ruling on UBS tax whistleblower case: lawyers Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for a whistleblower who helped the U.S. government in a major tax fraud case against Swiss bank UBS AG said on Monday that authorities have made a decision in their client's case claiming a whistleblower payment. Attorneys for Bradley Birkenfeld said in an emailed statement that the Internal Revenue Service has ruled on the claim and that they will announce it at a press conference on Tuesday. Birkenfeld is seeking a large payout under the IRS' whistleblower program. He turned over information about UBS to authorities. ...

What Obama can do with cash from fundraising surge Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:34 PM PDT President Barack Obama dramatically increased his fundraising last month by finding 317,000 donors who hadn't previously given money to his re-election campaign, a surge that happened around the time of the Republican National Convention. How will Obama spend it?

9/11 attacks play little role in presidential race Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT For the first time in a decade, the Sept. 11 attacks and the wars that resulted are not the focus of the presidential election.

AP sources: al-Qaida leader in Yemen killed Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:26 PM PDT Senior U.S. officials are confirming that the No. 2 al-Qaida leader in Yemen has been killed, dealing a major blow to the terror group.

South Carolina congressman confronted by woman with gun, police say Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:16 PM PDT CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Representative Trey Gowdy of South Carolina was confronted by a woman with a gun in a parking lot over the weekend who then chased after his car on foot, the congressman's office and police said on Monday. Gowdy, who was not injured, said he was waiting for his teenage daughter on Sunday in a church parking lot in Spartanburg, an area he has represented in Congress since being elected in 2010, when the woman walked up to his car and told him to stop following her, a police report showed. ...

Coe to stand for BOA leadership Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:13 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Sebastian Coe will stand for the leadership of the British Olympic Association (BOA), saying he wanted to show his gratitude to the organisation that helped him to win gold in the 1980s and guide the London 2012 Games to a roaring success. Coe, twice an Olympic 1,500 meters champion who won his first gold at the 1980 Moscow Games and was appointed the chairman of the 2012 Games, will go for election when current BOA head Colin Moynihan, in charge since 2005, steps down later this year, with a vote likely in November. ...

Pizza Man Bear Hugs Obama, Starts 'Yelp' Troll War Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:07 PM PDT In the world of the web trolls, this was an unqualified call to arms. When Big Apple Pizza owner Scott Van Nuzer bear-hugged and hoisted President Obama off the ground during their brief meeting in Fort Pierce, Fla., Sunday, it wasn't only the (startled) press...

AIG shares slip on plans for large U.S. Treasury sale Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:05 PM PDT (Reuters) - American International Group shares fell 2 percent on Monday as investors braced for the Treasury Department to unload at least $18 billion worth of stock in what could be the largest follow-on offering in the history of the U.S. stock market. The offering represents the government's biggest sell-down of AIG since rescuing the insurer with bailouts in 2008 and 2009. The planned stock sale would be the largest secondary stock offering since December 2009, and the largest equity offering since Facebook Inc's initial public offering in May, according to Thomson Reuters data. ...

Colleagues mourn officer killed in Obama motorcade Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT The danger in seemingly banal police work of directing traffic and shutting down roadways gained new attention Monday as colleagues mourned an officer who died while working on President Barack Obama's motorcade.

Israel's budget a political hot potato Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whether or not Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls for early elections is a toss-up, according to the nation's finance minister, who said he did not expect to deliver a budget until early October. The budget is the political arena in which Netanyahu will see if his thin majority in the Israeli Knesset, which includes ultra-orthodox religious parties, can agree on spending priorities for 2013. Asked if elections will be called early, Steinitz replied: "I don't know. 50/50 percent." A national ballot is due in late 2013. ...

Consumer credit falls unexpectedly in July Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer credit fell in July for the first time in nearly a year as Americans reduced credit card debt, a worrisome sign for an economy that has struggled to create jobs. Consumer credit shrank by $3.28 billion in July, the Federal Reserve said on Monday. That was well below the $9.1 billion advance Wall Street economists had forecast in a Reuters poll. However, in a more positive sign, the Fed revised substantially higher its estimate for credit growth in June. The data follows a report on Friday that showed U.S. ...

Russian lawmakers move to eject Kremlin critic Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:54 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers said on Monday they had found evidence that a prominent opposition deputy violated curbs on business activity of parliament members, but he denounced their findings as a political reprisal. A ruling by a State Duma committee based on the evidence paved the way for Gennady Gudkov's ejection from the lower parliament house in a vote that may be held a day before protests on Saturday against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the ruling United Russia party. ...

Paul Ryan to Return to Capitol on Thursday Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:54 PM PDT Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee for vice president, is expected on Thursday to make his first return to the Capitol since Mitt Romney chose him as his running mate last month, according to his spokesman Michael Steel. Ryan, R-Wis., is expected back in the...

Yemen says kills deputy regional head of al Qaeda Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:50 PM PDT ADEN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Saudi national freed by U.S. authorities from detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who then became second-in-command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, was killed in Yemen, a Yemeni government website said. The Yemeni Ministry of Defense website said Said al-Shehri was killed on Monday, along with six other militants, in what it called a "qualitative operation" by Yemen's army in the remote Hadramout province in eastern Yemen. It gave no further details. There were conflicting reports on how Shehri died. ...

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