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• Romney: Sept. 11 time to renew resolve
• Lack of Southerners on US presidential tickets
• Obama: US safer, resilient on 9/11 anniversary
• Putin says Romney stance shows Russia right about missile shield
• IRS pays whistleblower $104 million
• Seattle officials express support for NBA arena plan
• Lebanese clan hands Turkish hostage to security forces
• Partisan jibes on hold for 9/11 _ but not politics
• Vast crowds demand Catalan autonomy from crisis-hit Spain
• Clashes at U.S. consulate in eastern Libyan city
• France pushes for strategic food stocks to cool prices
• In unusual snub, Obama to avoid meeting with Netanyahu
• Peregrine Financial CEO Wasendorf signs plea agreement
• Paul Ryan Thanks First Responders on 9/11
• Missouri Farm Bureau reaffirms support of Akin
• Palestinian PM scraps price hikes to appease protesters
• Whistleblower in UBS tax case gets record $104 million
• Republicans Nervously Eye Swing State Polls
• Obama Chats with 'Pimp the Limp' DJ Laz on 9/11 Morn
• Congress leaders differ on 'fiscal cliff' prospects
• Alabama professor pleads guilty to gunning down 3 co-workers
• Ed secretary is neutral in Chicago teachers strike
• U.N. says Liberia lacks resolve to stamp out blood-diamond trade
• In truce, Obama, Romney debate role of military
• FDA warns L'Oreal about claims for anti-aging creams
• Obama Will Not Meet With Israel's Netanyahu This Month
• Turkish hostage held by Shi'ites in Lebanon released
• Ryan visits Milwaukee area on Sept. 11 anniversary
• Congress courts veterans leading up to election
• In fashion circles, lawyers becoming sought-after accessories
• EU states working on new Iran sanctions, Hague says
• U.S. House leader says support lacking for Russia trade bill
• FDA warns L'Oreal about drug-like claims for anti-aging creams

Romney: Sept. 11 time to renew resolve Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:42 AM PDT Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says Sept. 11 is a time to renew the resolve of protecting Americans against "evil" attacks.

Lack of Southerners on US presidential tickets Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT For decades, Southerners put a firm imprint on national politics from both sides of the aisle, holding the White House for 25 of the past 50 years and producing a legion of Capitol Hill giants during the 20th century. But that kind of obvious power has waned as Democrats and Republicans in the region navigate the consequences of tidal shifts in demographics, migration and party identity.

Obama: US safer, resilient on 9/11 anniversary Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:19 AM PDT President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are at Arlington National Cemetery visiting the graves of service members killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Putin says Romney stance shows Russia right about missile shield Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney's critical stance on Russia proves that Moscow's opposition to an American anti-missile shield in Europe is sound policy, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. In his second public remarks about the Republican nominee in a week, Putin said there were "pluses and minuses" to Romney's attitude toward Washington's former Cold War enemy. "The fact that Mr. Romney considers us enemy No. 1 and clearly has a poor opinion of us is a minus. ...

IRS pays whistleblower $104 million Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:59 PM PDT First, the government threw Bradley Birkenfeld in prison for helping a former client at UBS AG hide his wealth from the Internal Revenue Service. Now, as part of the same case, the IRS has awarded the former banker $104 million — yes, million — for helping expose the widespread tax evasion scheme by the Swiss banking behemoth.

Seattle officials express support for NBA arena plan Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:55 PM PDT (Reuters) - The city of Seattle took a key step on Tuesday toward the goal of bringing the NBA back to town as three City Council members gave their support for an arena financing deal with hedge fund manager and aspiring NBA franchise owner Chris Hansen. Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess said he expected the deal to have enough support to win approval when he and the other two council members present the proposal to the full nine-member council as early as Monday. The council had earlier expressed skepticism about the arena plan. ...

Lebanese clan hands Turkish hostage to security forces Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:54 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - A powerful Shi'ite Muslim clan handed over a Turkish hostage to Lebanese security forces on Monday, freeing a man believed to be the only remaining captive among more than 20 people abducted by the group last month. The armed wing of Lebanon's Meqdad clan kidnapped Turkish businessman Aydin Tufan Tekin in mid-August along with a group of Syrian men. The hostages were taken in retaliation for the abduction of a Meqdad relative in Damascus, seized by rebels trying to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Partisan jibes on hold for 9/11 _ but not politics Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:53 PM PDT President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney declared a fleeting truce for partisan digs Tuesday as the nation remembered the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but campaign politics crackled through even their somber observances.

Vast crowds demand Catalan autonomy from crisis-hit Spain Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:50 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Catalans took to the streets of Barcelona on Tuesday in an unprecedented show of mass support for autonomy from Madrid, blaming Spain's economic crisis for dragging their wealthy region down. Surging unemployment and financial disarray have stoked a fever of separatism in Catalonia, a comparatively prosperous part of Spain whose leaders say their wealth is being sucked dry by the central government. ...

Clashes at U.S. consulate in eastern Libyan city Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:43 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Gunmen and security forces clashed at the U.S. consulate office in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday as the armed group protested over a film being produced in the United States, a security official said. The incident followed a protest in neighboring Egypt where demonstrators scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy, tore down the American flag and burned it during a protest over what they said was a film that insulted Prophet Mohammad. "There are fierce clashes between the Libyan army and an armed militia outside the U.S. ...

France pushes for strategic food stocks to cool prices Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:41 PM PDT RENNES, France (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande has launched a global campaign to win support for creating strategic stockpiles of agricultural commodities, he said on Tuesday, one of the boldest measures yet to tame volatile food prices. Amid fears that the world could be on the brink of a third food price panic in four years after dire droughts in the U.S. Midwest and the Black Sea area, Hollande's comments once again put France in the vanguard of efforts to give major producers and consumers greater power to prevent price spikes. ...

In unusual snub, Obama to avoid meeting with Netanyahu Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - In a highly unusual rebuff to a close ally, the White House said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama would not meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a U.S. visit later this month, as tensions escalated over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program. The apparent snub, coupled with Netanyahu's sharpened demands for a tougher U.S. line against Iran, threatened to plunge U.S.-Israeli relations into crisis and add pressure on Obama in the final stretch of a tight presidential election campaign. ...

Peregrine Financial CEO Wasendorf signs plea agreement Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - Russell Wasendorf Sr., the futures brokerage CEO accused of stealing more than $200 million from his customers and lying to regulators to cover his tracks, has signed a plea agreement in the criminal case against him. The disclosure of the plea agreement was made during a court hearing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday. The agreement signals that Wasendorf has agreed to plead guilty to charges that he lied to federal regulators, likely in return for a reduced sentence. Details of the agreement were unknown, and the court hearing was ongoing. ...

Paul Ryan Thanks First Responders on 9/11 Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:36 PM PDT Oak Creek, Wisconsin–Paul Ryan returned home to his Wisconsin congressional district Tuesday and visited first responders on the eleventh anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The GOP's vice presidential nominee – and also a still a canddidate for reelection to Congress – visited the Oak Creek...

Missouri Farm Bureau reaffirms support of Akin Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT The Missouri Farm Bureau provided a boost for Senate candidate Todd Akin on Tuesday by reaffirming its endorsement of the Republican congressman despite his remarks about women's bodies being able to avert pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape."

Palestinian PM scraps price hikes to appease protesters Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Western-backed Palestinian Authority will roll back tax increases, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Tuesday, in a U-turn aimed at ending protests that have swept the West Bank, but a union leader rejected the concession. The protests are also being eyed with growing concern by Israel, which fears the frustration against the Palestinian leadership could turn into a third, full-blown uprising against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. ...

Whistleblower in UBS tax case gets record $104 million Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:27 PM PDT (Reuters) - The whistleblower in a breakthrough tax fraud case against Swiss bank UBS AG has won a record-setting $104 million reward from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, a handsome payout that could entice more informants to come forward. Bradley Birkenfeld, who once confessed to smuggling diamonds in a toothpaste tube, was not present at the news conference on Tuesday where his award was announced by his lawyers. ...

Republicans Nervously Eye Swing State Polls Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:25 PM PDT For Mitt Romney's campaign, the outlook in the battleground states is even worse than the national polls. According to a GOP source with access to private polling being done by independent Republican groups (who are spending a lot of money tracking public opinion in the...

Obama Chats with 'Pimp the Limp' DJ Laz on 9/11 Morn Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:19 PM PDT President Obama hit the South Florida airwaves this 9/11 Anniversary morning in a 10-minute radio interview with Miami's "Pimp the Limp" DJ Laz from 106.7 WRMA-FM. "You're big time. You've got Pitbull and Flo Rida and all these guys just beating a path to your...

Congress leaders differ on 'fiscal cliff' prospects Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:17 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday he had no confidence a divided Washington could avoid a "fiscal cliff" that threatens to push the nation into a recession, but the top Democrat voiced optimism there would be a deal. "I'm not confident at all," House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said, accusing President Barack Obama of failing to provide needed leadership. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid fired back by expressing disappointment in Boehner's comments. ...

Alabama professor pleads guilty to gunning down 3 co-workers Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:14 PM PDT BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A former biology professor at the University of Alabama at Huntsville avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty on Tuesday to murder and attempted murder charges for fatally shooting three co-workers on campus in 2010, court officials said. Amy Bishop, 47, last year had pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. She was accused of shooting dead three colleagues and wounding three others during a biology department staff meeting in February 2010. ...

Ed secretary is neutral in Chicago teachers strike Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:09 PM PDT Education Secretary Arne Duncan isn't taking sides in the Chicago teachers' strike that is keeping more than 350,000 students out of the classroom.

U.N. says Liberia lacks resolve to stamp out blood-diamond trade Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:07 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Liberia is showing only limited commitment to efforts to stop the trade in blood diamonds that has fueled conflicts in Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report on Tuesday. The report to the U.N. Security Council said Liberia's capacity to control diamond mining and trade - a vital part of the global Kimberly Process agreed in 2003 to regulate the $30 billion rough-diamond industry - remained weak. ...

In truce, Obama, Romney debate role of military Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT Looking to win voters even as they swore off negative attacks, President Barack Obama touted his administration's military accomplishments on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks while rival Mitt Romney warned against budget cuts that he said would be devastating to the armed forces.

FDA warns L'Oreal about claims for anti-aging creams Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:50 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators warned L'Oreal SA, the world's biggest cosmetics group, to stop advertising skincare products using language that makes them sound like drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Lancome USA, a L'Oreal unit, claimed some of its skin creams could "boost the activity of genes" or "stimulate cell regeneration" to reduce signs of aging. Any product that is intended to affect the structure or function of the human body is classified as a drug, the FDA said, according to a warning letter posted on its website on Tuesday. ...

Obama Will Not Meet With Israel's Netanyahu This Month Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:45 PM PDT President Obama will not meet with Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli prime minister is in the United States later this month for the U.N. General Assembly,  because the two leaders' schedules make a meeting impossible, the White House said today. "The President arrives in New...

Turkish hostage held by Shi'ites in Lebanon released Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:43 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Turkish national abducted by a Lebanese Shi'ite clan in Beirut was released to security forces on Tuesday, a Reuters witness at the scene said. The hostage was a Turkish businessman abducted in mid-August, along with around 20 Syrians, to put pressure on rebels in Syria who had seized one of their kinsmen in Damascus. The Turkish national was the last in the group to be released. (Reporting by Ezzat Baltaji; Editing by Michael Roddy)

Ryan visits Milwaukee area on Sept. 11 anniversary Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:43 PM PDT Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan stopped at a military refueling wing and a fire station in his home state Tuesday, staying away from partisan politics on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and instead thanking troops and first-responders for their service.

Congress courts veterans leading up to election Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:39 PM PDT Both parties are using a brief pre-election session of Congress to make campaign appeals to returning veterans.

In fashion circles, lawyers becoming sought-after accessories Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:29 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the hottest new trends in fashion is emerging from an unlikely venue: law school. Fashion law is a burgeoning niche practice in New York and Los Angeles, both hubs of the approximately $200 billion U.S. apparel market, with both legal firms and design houses hiring specialist attorneys. Their charge is to negotiate real estate deals, advise on mergers and acquisitions, deal with employment disputes and, in some of the most high-profile work, litigate copyright claims. Those claims can be crucial to fashion labels. ...

EU states working on new Iran sanctions, Hague says Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:21 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - European Union states are putting together a new set of sanctions to increase pressure on Iran to give up its controversial nuclear activity, British Foreign Secretary William Hague told Reuters on Tuesday. "We are working on those sanctions ... quite urgently and I hope we will be able to discuss them further when we meet again in the middle of October," he said in an interview at the British embassy in Cairo. Hague said a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Cyprus on Friday had shown "a very strong level of support for further sanctions". ...

U.S. House leader says support lacking for Russia trade bill Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor said on Tuesday he did not see adequate support emerging to pass legislation upgrading American trade relations with Russia. "Unfortunately, we don't see the bipartisan coalition we need to pass it," Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House, told reporters. He added that House Republicans were continuing to work with Senate leaders to try to find support for the measure. Congress is under pressure to approve "permanent normal trade relations" with Russia to ensure that U.S. ...

FDA warns L'Oreal about drug-like claims for anti-aging creams Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators warned L'Oreal SA, the world's biggest cosmetics group, to stop advertising skincare products using language that makes them sound like drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Lancome USA, a L'Oreal unit, claimed some of its skin creams could "boost the activity of genes" or "stimulate cell regeneration" to reduce signs of aging. Any product that is intended to affect the structure or function of the human body is classified as a drug, the FDA said, according to a warning letter posted on its website on Tuesday. ...

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