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• Obama: As president you represent entire country
• Half avoid taxes, get US help, but many not poor
• Romney: 'Great divide' exists over tax philosophy
• Obama: As president you represent entire country
• Pa. high court wants review of voter ID access
• Suu Kyi, in U.S. visit, says Myanmar reforms 'first hurdle'
• WWE aggressively defends itself in CT Senate race
• Obama: Muslim world must help protect Americans abroad
• Afghan militants say deadly blast was revenge for film
• Republicans Hit Obama for 1998 Remark
• Half avoid taxes, get US help, but many not poor
• Obama chides Romney for "writing off" big part of America
• French leaders sound alarm over planned Mohammad cartoons
• Arctic sea ice thaw may be accelerated by oil, shipping
• Obstacles may delay drones' access to US skies
• Fed will continue to weigh costs, benefits of QE3: Dudley
• Obama responds to Romney's 'victims' comments
• Temporary spending bill permits Egypt aid to flow
• Half avoid taxes, get fed help but many not poor
• Romney tries to stem damage from new controversy
• GOP Candidates Disagree With Romney Comments
• Romney's Libya comments landed with a thud: Reuters/Ipsos poll
• Sudan, South Sudan leaders to wrap up talks at summit in Ethiopia
• U.S. Senate panel targets offshore profits and taxes
• Myanmar's Suu Kyi supports easing of US sanctions
• Romney struggles to steady campaign after secret videos
• Factbox: Half of Americans pay no U.S. income tax? Well, sort of ..
• Carter grandson arranged Romney video's release
• Canada minister says voters split over CNOOC-Nexen deal
• What Romney told donors at private fundraiser
• Judge rules Arizona can enforce strict provision to immigration law
• Romney: 'Great divide' exists over tax philosophy
• Romney's '47 Percent' vs. Obama's 'Guns and Religion' Moment

Obama: As president you represent entire country Posted: 18 Sep 2012 03:14 PM PDT Rebuking Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Americans are not "victims" and that anyone seeking the presidency ought to be working for "everyone, not just some."

Half avoid taxes, get US help, but many not poor Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:56 PM PDT Mitt Romney got the math about right. But when he said 47 percent of Americans pay no income taxes and are "dependent on government," he blurred together half or more of the entire country, ranging from the nation's neediest to its middle class, and even some of its richest families.

Romney: 'Great divide' exists over tax philosophy Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday that Democratic President Barack Obama believes government should "take from some to give to the others" as he defended telling wealthy donors that half of Americans believe they are "victims" who are entitled to government assistance.

Obama: As president you represent entire country Posted: 18 Sep 2012 03:14 PM PDT Rebuking Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Americans are not "victims" and that anyone seeking the presidency ought to be working for "everyone, not just some."

Pa. high court wants review of voter ID access Posted: 18 Sep 2012 03:07 PM PDT Pennsylvania's highest court on Tuesday told a lower court that it should stop a tough new voter photo identification law from taking effect in this year's presidential election if the judge concludes voters cannot easily get ID cards or thinks they will be disenfranchised.

Suu Kyi, in U.S. visit, says Myanmar reforms 'first hurdle' Posted: 18 Sep 2012 03:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi warned on Tuesday that reforms in her country had cleared only the "first hurdle" and said she supported an easing of U.S. sanctions as part of a broad partnership with Washington. The Nobel laureate said the economic sanctions were a useful tool for putting pressure on Myanmar's military government in the past, but now the people need to consolidate democracy without outside help. "I do support the easing of sanctions, because I think that our people can start taking responsibility for their own destiny," she said at the U.S. ...

WWE aggressively defends itself in CT Senate race Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT The wresting empire that Connecticut Senate candidate Linda McMahon once ran is removing raunchy footage of wrestling performers from the Internet to keep it from being used by Democrats in the state's tightening race for Senate.

Obama: Muslim world must help protect Americans abroad Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday pressed leaders of the Muslim world to help ensure security for Americans in their countries after a wave of violence against U.S. diplomatic compounds. "The message we have to send to the Muslim world is we expect you to work with us to keep our people safe," Obama said during a taped interview with CBS's David Letterman in New York. "We expect their full cooperation because that's the only way the world works." Protesters have attacked U.S. ...

Afghan militants say deadly blast was revenge for film Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan militants claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a suicide bomb attack on a minivan carrying foreign workers that killed 12 people saying it was retaliation for a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad. A short film made with private funds in the United States and posted on the Internet has ignited days of demonstrations in the Arab world, Africa, Asia and in some Western countries. In a torrent of violence blamed on the film last week, the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in an attack in Benghazi and U.S. ...

Republicans Hit Obama for 1998 Remark Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:57 PM PDT Hoping to help Mitt Romney reframe the debate sparked by his comments on social class and taxes, Republicans are pointing to a newly resurfaced 14-year-old audio recording of Barack Obama appearing to endorse the redistribution of wealth. "There is a tape that just came out...

Half avoid taxes, get US help, but many not poor Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:56 PM PDT Mitt Romney got the math about right. But when he said 47 percent of Americans pay no income taxes and are "dependent on government," he blurred together half or more of the entire country, ranging from the nation's neediest to its middle class, and even some of its richest families.

Obama chides Romney for "writing off" big part of America Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:56 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama slammed Mitt Romney on Tuesday for "writing off a big chunk of the country" after a secretly made video showed the Republican presidential nominee dismissing Obama supporters as victims who are dependent on the government. "One of the things I've learned as president is you represent the entire country," Obama said on CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman." "My expectation is if you want to be president, you've got to work for everybody, not just for some," he said to applause from the studio audience. ...

French leaders sound alarm over planned Mohammad cartoons Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:54 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - The French government has called for restraint after learning that a satirical weekly plans to publish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday just as an anti-Islam video has ignited Muslim protests around the globe. The Paris offices of the paper, Charlie Hebdo, were firebombed last November after it published a mocking caricature of Mohammad, and in 2005 Danish cartoons of the Prophet sparked a wave of protests across the Muslim world in which at least 50 people were killed. ...

Arctic sea ice thaw may be accelerated by oil, shipping Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:46 PM PDT OSLO (Reuters) - Local pollution in the Arctic from shipping and oil and gas industries, which have expanded in the region due to a thawing of sea ice caused by global warming, could further accelerate that thaw, experts say. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said there was an urgent need to calculate risks of local pollutants such as soot, or "black carbon", in the Arctic. Soot darkens ice, making it soak up more of the sun's heat and quickening a melt. ...

Obstacles may delay drones' access to US skies Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:46 PM PDT A government watchdog says safety and security obstacles raise concern that the Federal Aviation Administration won't be able meet a deadline to allow civilian drones routine access to U.S. skies within three years.

Fed will continue to weigh costs, benefits of QE3: Dudley Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:43 PM PDT MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (Reuters) - An influential Federal Reserve policymaker said the costs and benefits of the latest round of bond buying will continue to be evaluated, and a key aim is instilling confidence in the U.S. economic recovery. New York Fed President William Dudley said on Tuesday that Europe's debt crisis and the so-called fiscal cliff of U.S. tax rises and spending cuts are two "wild cards" for the recovery. He added that the Fed will ensure monetary policy responds to the outcome of the fiscal cliff, which comes at the beginning of 2013. ...

Obama responds to Romney's 'victims' comments Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:43 PM PDT President Barack Obama is chiding Republican Mitt Romney for referring to supporters of the president as victims who depend on the government. Obama says anyone who wants to be president has to "work for everyone, not just for some."

Temporary spending bill permits Egypt aid to flow Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:42 PM PDT As anti-American sentiment boils in Islamic countries like Egypt, lawmakers are moving to permit billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid under a government-wide funding bill set to clear Congress this week.

Half avoid taxes, get fed help but many not poor Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:41 PM PDT Mitt Romney got the math about right when he said 47 percent of Americans pay no incomes taxes and are "dependent on government" for support. But he blurred together half or more of the entire country with his comment, from the neediest Americans to some of the richest.

Romney tries to stem damage from new controversy Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT His campaign at a crossroads, Mitt Romney said Tuesday the federal government should not "take from some to give to the others" as he sought to deflect a wave of criticism over recent remarks dismissive of nearly half of all Americans.

GOP Candidates Disagree With Romney Comments Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:35 PM PDT Democrats aren't the only ones taking issue with the now famous fundraiser video of Mitt Romney characterizing the 47 percent of voters who will vote for Obama as "dependent on government." Some Republicans have denounced his comments. Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, a Republican who supports...

Romney's Libya comments landed with a thud: Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was the loser in a political fight over U.S. reaction to attacks last week on American diplomatic compounds in Libya and Egypt, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Tuesday. Four in 10 U.S. voters felt less favorably toward Romney after hearing about his criticism of President Barack Obama's handling of the attacks in which the U.S. ambassador to Libya was killed. ...

Sudan, South Sudan leaders to wrap up talks at summit in Ethiopia Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:29 PM PDT ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will hold a summit with his counterpart from South Sudan, Salva Kiir, in Ethiopia on Sunday to wrap up two weeks of talks to end hostilities between the African neighbors, state media said on Tuesday. Diplomats had earlier said the former civil war foes Sudan and South Sudan were coming close at talks in Addis Ababa to a border security deal that would allow the resumption of oil exports vital to the economies of both countries. ...

U.S. Senate panel targets offshore profits and taxes Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:24 PM PDT (Reuters) - A powerful U.S. Senate panel on Thursday will examine the tax implications of how U.S. multinational corporations shift overseas profits around the world. The Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations put out some details about the hearing on Tuesday. The panel said it will focus on the "shifting of profits offshore by U.S. multinational corporations" and U.S. tax law. The committee said witnesses will include tax executives from Microsoft Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co; a tax executive from Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young; and senior officials from the U.S. ...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi supports easing of US sanctions Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:21 PM PDT Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi began her landmark visit to Washington by declaring Tuesday that she supports the easing of the remaining U.S. economic sanctions on her country.

Romney struggles to steady campaign after secret videos Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney struggled on Tuesday to steady his reeling White House campaign after a secretly recorded video showed him dismissing President Barack Obama's supporters as victims who are too dependent on government. The video from a closed-door fundraiser in Florida in May sparked a new wave of criticism of Romney's gaffe-plagued presidential campaign and raised fresh questions about his ability to come from behind in the polls and win in November. ...

Factbox: Half of Americans pay no U.S. income tax? Well, sort of .. Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:16 PM PDT (Reuters) - Mitt Romney's assertion that almost half of Americans pay no federal income tax is backed by a 2011 study, but the way he cited the figure, as some other mostly Republican politicians have in recent months, can be misleading. The Republican presidential challenger made the remarks in a video shot secretly at a fundraising event earlier this year. The video was posted online on Monday by a liberal magazine. In the video, Romney accused supporters of Democratic President Barack Obama of paying no income tax. "These are people who pay no income tax," he said. ...

Carter grandson arranged Romney video's release Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:12 PM PDT The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter says he persuaded the source who secretly taped Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at a fundraiser to release the full video to the media.

Canada minister says voters split over CNOOC-Nexen deal Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:02 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's junior finance minister, Ted Menzies, said on Tuesday his constituents in Alberta are split over Chinese state-owned CNOOC Ltd's $15.1 billion takeover bid for Canadian oil producer Nexen Inc, with some backing and others opposing the deal. The Conservative government, of which Menzies is a member, is deciding whether to approve the CNOOC bid on the basis of whether it is of net benefit to the country. Menzies is a legislator from the oil-rich province of Alberta where Nexen's Canadian assets are concentrated. ...

What Romney told donors at private fundraiser Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:02 PM PDT Republican Mitt Romney was secretly recorded at a May fundraiser in Boca Raton, Fla., making remarks about Americans who rely on government help, Palestinians and other topics. The video was posted late Monday afternoon on the website of Mother Jones magazine.

Judge rules Arizona can enforce strict provision to immigration law Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Arizona police could enforce the "show-your-papers" provision of the state's crackdown on illegal immigration that was upheld by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. In a written order, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton lifted an injunction blocking the measure, which required police to check the immigration status of people they stop and suspect are in the country illegally. Arizona passed the controversial law targeting illegal immigrants in the U.S.-Mexico border state in 2010. ...

Romney: 'Great divide' exists over tax philosophy Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday that Democratic President Barack Obama believes government should "take from some to give to the others" as he defended telling wealthy donors that half of Americans believe they are "victims" who are entitled to government assistance.

Romney's '47 Percent' vs. Obama's 'Guns and Religion' Moment Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:51 PM PDT Today's Questions for the White House: MARY BRUCE, ABC NEWS:  The president has  also had his fair share of private moments that have later been made public.  During the 2008 campaign, he said that rural voters "get bitter" and "they cling to their guns or religion." ...

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