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• GOP fires vendor after questionable registrations
• Republicans assail Obama on 9/11 attack in Libya
• Debates a shot at finding that 'defining moment'
• U.S. answers Florida cry to end tomato pact with Mexico
• World powers open to more nuke talks with Iran
• Ryan wants Romney to beat Obama 'by acclamation'
• California man linked to anti-Islam film in custody: court spokesman
• Judge dismisses charges against 92 Occupy Chicago demonstrators
• In rare appearance, Germany's Kohl makes plea for European unity
• NATO rebuilding partner operations with Afghans
• GOP fires vendor after questionable registrations
• Some Administration Officials Were Concerned About Initial White House Push Blaming Benghazi Attack on Mob, Video
• Factbox: Sudan and South Sudan border tensions
• Puerto Rico jury rejects death penalty in drug dealer case
• Conservatives Fund backs Akin in Mo. Senate bid
• Spain's crisis budget aims at spending cuts not tax rises
• PM Note: Red Red Lines, Electoral States of America, How Obama Pulled Ahead
• California schools, employers banned from social media snooping
• Factbox: Obama, Romney to square off in presidential debates
• Analysis: Obama-Romney debate challenge: handling the off-script moment
• U.S. official sees eventual resumption of Iran nuclear talks
• Germany, France may seek combined 27 pct stake in EADS-BAE: paper
• Tennessee judge tosses challenge to state voter ID law
• Netanyahu draws "red line" on Iran's nuclear program
• US pulls out more staff from embassy in Libya
• Arkansas court upholds medical marijuana ballot initiative
• U.S. temporarily reduces staff in Libyan embassy
• Tight Nevada Senate race despite ethics issues
• Q+A: What is Israel's "clear red line" on Iran?
• Major powers urge Iran to take urgent action on nuclear program
• Militants attack Iraq jail, free prisoners
• Yemen should repeal Saleh immunity, open inquiry: HRW
• Witnesses recall hurdles to get Pennsylvania voter ID

GOP fires vendor after questionable registrations Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:17 PM PDT Republicans are firing a vendor who submitted 106 questionable voter registration forms in Florida's Palm Beach County.

Republicans assail Obama on 9/11 attack in Libya Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:22 PM PDT Republicans lashed out at President Barack Obama and senior administration officials over their evolving description of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, a late campaign-season broadside challenging the veracity and leadership of an incumbent on the upswing.

Debates a shot at finding that 'defining moment' Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:54 PM PDT In presidential politics, everybody's searching for "the moment." The campaigns don't know when or how it will come, but they watch for something — awkward words, an embarrassing image — that can break through and become the defining symbol of the other guy's flaws.

U.S. answers Florida cry to end tomato pact with Mexico Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration took a big step on Thursday toward terminating a 16-year-old tomato trade agreement with Mexico following a request from growers in Florida, an important swing state in the presidential election. The decision surprised Mexican officials and tomato producers, who have offered to renegotiate the pact. They argue the 1996 agreement has benefited U.S. consumers and brought stability to the North American market. Florida growers, who traditionally compete with Mexico for the U.S. ...

World powers open to more nuke talks with Iran Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:32 PM PDT World powers decided Thursday to lay the groundwork for another round of negotiations with Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a senior U.S. official said, but they want a significantly improved offer from the Islamic republic.

Ryan wants Romney to beat Obama 'by acclamation' Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:32 PM PDT Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said Thursday that he wants the Republican campaign message to be so detailed and compelling that Mitt Romney will be elected president "by acclamation."

California man linked to anti-Islam film in custody: court spokesman Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California man linked to an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests across the Muslim world was in custody on Thursday, a court spokesman said ahead of bail hearing in Los Angeles. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, has been under investigation by probation officials looking into whether he violated the terms of his 2011 release from prison on a bank fraud conviction while making the film. As a condition of his release, he was barred from accessing the Internet or using aliases without the permission of a probation officer, court records show. ...

Judge dismisses charges against 92 Occupy Chicago demonstrators Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:25 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Cook County judge on Thursday dismissed charges against 92 people arrested last October during two anti-Wall Street Occupy demonstrations in Chicago and said a rarely applied city curfew law violated their constitutional right to free assembly. Police arrested more than 300 people during the protests for violating a city ordinance when they did not leave a park near Lake Michigan when it closed at 11 p.m. Violation of a city ordinance was the lowest possible misdemeanor charge. ...

In rare appearance, Germany's Kohl makes plea for European unity Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:23 PM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who reunified Germany and pushed the country into the euro, urged Europe to press ahead with closer integration despite a crisis of the single currency, saying the continent must never again descend into conflict. In a rare public appearance to mark 30 years since he became chancellor, Kohl was celebrated by party allies, an array of former presidents and prime ministers, as well as Angela Merkel, a former protégé with whom he has had a frosty relationship since she turned on him over a decade ago. ...

NATO rebuilding partner operations with Afghans Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:19 PM PDT Most U.S. and coalition combat units in Afghanistan have returned to their practice of partnering with Afghan forces, nearly two weeks after the top U.S. commander put restrictions on such arrangements, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday.

GOP fires vendor after questionable registrations Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:17 PM PDT Republicans are firing a vendor who submitted 106 questionable voter registration forms in Florida's Palm Beach County.

Some Administration Officials Were Concerned About Initial White House Push Blaming Benghazi Attack on Mob, Video Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:13 PM PDT Even before Defense Secretary Leon Panetta contradicted the initial story about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, today, Obama administration officials told ABC News they were concerned after the White House began pushing the line that the attack was spontaneous and not...

Factbox: Sudan and South Sudan border tensions Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:11 PM PDT (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan signed deals on Thursday to secure their shared border and boost trade, but failed to resolve other conflicts remaining after the South seceded last year. Here is a look at areas along the 1,800 km (1,200 mile) boundary where tensions remain high. * ABYEI: The fertile central region is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan and their armies have clashed there a number of times. Abyei's residents were promised a referendum on which country to join under the same deal that granted the South its independence last year. But that vote has not materialized. ...

Puerto Rico jury rejects death penalty in drug dealer case Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:10 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - A Puerto Rico jury on Thursday rejected handing down the death penalty in the case of a drug dealer convicted of killing his girlfriend after he discovered she was an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Edison Burgos Montes was sentenced to life in prison for the 2005 killing of Madeline Semidey Morales, who cooperated with the DEA in its investigation of him. The case was closely watched in Puerto Rico, where capital punishment is prohibited by the U.S. commonwealth's constitution. ...

Conservatives Fund backs Akin in Mo. Senate bid Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:10 PM PDT A conservative fundraising group backed embattled Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin with a much as $290,000 for his campaign Thursday. A few hours later, Akin handed new fundraising fodder to his foes by suggesting that Sen. Claire McCaskill had behaved in a less "ladylike" manner than she has in the past.

Spain's crisis budget aims at spending cuts not tax rises Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:08 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spain announced a crisis budget for 2013 based mostly on spending cuts on Thursday in what many see as an effort to pre-empt the likely conditions of an international bailout. Ministry budgets were slashed by 8.9 percent for next year and public sector wages frozen for a third year as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy battles to trim one of the euro zone's biggest deficits. "This is a crisis budget aimed at emerging from the crisis ... ...

PM Note: Red Red Lines, Electoral States of America, How Obama Pulled Ahead Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:06 PM PDT Meet ABC's "The Electoral States of America" – Who is deciding the election? – http://abcn.ws/Q04CiP Color Coded – While Bibi was talking red lines in New York, the candidates were in the purple state of Virginia, and George Soros was throwing some green on the...

California schools, employers banned from social media snooping Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:04 PM PDT SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - Californians who use social media like Twitter and Facebook have a little more privacy protection from employers or universities who may want access to usernames or passwords after the governor signed two bills into law on Thursday. Job applicants and employees will have protection from employers who demand their login credentials to social media platforms or personal e-mail accounts, according to one of the bills, authored by Assembly member Nora Campos, a Democrat from San Jose. ...

Factbox: Obama, Romney to square off in presidential debates Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney will spar over whose vision is best for boosting the U.S. economy and navigating thorny foreign issues among other topics during three debates before the November 6 election. Vice President Joe Biden will also face Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman known for his conservative budget proposals. Below are key facts about the widely anticipated debates, the first of which is next Wednesday. The encounters will each be moderated by a journalist and will air from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ...

Analysis: Obama-Romney debate challenge: handling the off-script moment Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If history is a guide, Democrat Barack Obama will have a tough time in the first presidential debate on Wednesday, Republican Mitt Romney will be particularly aggressive, and both will risk committing a damaging gaffe if they wander off their talking points. The 90-minute showdown in Denver - the first of three televised Obama-Romney encounters in October that will set the tone for the final month of the presidential campaign - will feature two experienced and competent debaters who are at their best in scripted settings. ...

U.S. official sees eventual resumption of Iran nuclear talks Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States expects major powers' consultations on Iran's nuclear program to continue and eventually lead to another round of talks with Tehran, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. The official, speaking after talks among representatives of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council - United States, France, Britain, Russia and China - and Germany at the United Nations, said "at some point" the group would likely return for a fourth round of talks with Iran. ...

Germany, France may seek combined 27 pct stake in EADS-BAE: paper Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and France may seek to secure a 27 percent combined share holding in a company formed from a merger of EADS and BAE Systems Plc , but Britain is opposed, the Financial Times Deutschland said. The stake would create a shareholder counterweight with the power to block decisions by the management of the new company, the FTD said, citing sources familiar with the matter, in an article due to appear in its Friday edition. ...

Tennessee judge tosses challenge to state voter ID law Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:57 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A civil rights lawyer said on Thursday he may appeal a Tennessee judge's ruling that rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the state's voter identification law. Two Memphis women who had sought to use library cards that include photographs during early voting for an August election, were not harmed and do not have the standing to challenge the law, Davidson County Judge Carol McCoy ruled on Wednesday. ...

Netanyahu draws "red line" on Iran's nuclear program Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:56 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew his "red line" for Iran's nuclear program on Thursday despite a U.S. refusal to set an ultimatum, saying Tehran will be on the brink of a nuclear weapon in less than a year. By citing a time frame in an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu - who has clashed with President Barack Obama over the urgency of military action against Iran - appeared to suggest no Israeli attack was imminent before the November 6 U.S. presidential election. ...

US pulls out more staff from embassy in Libya Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:53 PM PDT The State Department is further drawing down staff at the U.S. Embassy in Libya for security reasons.

Arkansas court upholds medical marijuana ballot initiative Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A proposal to legalize medical marijuana can appear on the November ballot, the Arkansas Supreme Court said on Thursday, in a ruling that could make Arkansas the first southern state to allow certain patients to use the drug. The Coalition to Preserve Arkansas Values filed suit in August to keep the measure off the ballot. The group argued that its title - the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act - was misleading and the proposal was hard to understand. In a unanimous ruling, the court rejected the coalition's argument. Associate Justice Karen R. ...

U.S. temporarily reduces staff in Libyan embassy Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:24 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States is temporarily withdrawing more staff from its embassy in Libya's capital for security reasons, but hopes to send them back early next week, the State Department said on Thursday. "This is a temporary further drawdown of staff for security reasons. We will review our posture again early next week with the goal of restoring staff as soon as conditions allow," a State Department official said in New York, where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is attending the U.N. General Assembly. U.S. ...

Tight Nevada Senate race despite ethics issues Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:44 PM PDT Rep. Shelley Berkley ended her speech at a recent gathering of union members and retirees here by bringing up a potentially risky subject — her husband, Dr. Larry Lehrner.

Q+A: What is Israel's "clear red line" on Iran? Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:43 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday the world must set a "clear red line" that Tehran must not cross in its nuclear program if Iran is to avoid military action against its atomic facilities. He appeared to suggest that a decision on whether or not military force could be used against Iran's nuclear facilities may come by the spring of 2013 at the earliest if Iran continues enriching uranium. Following are questions and answers about Netanyahu's speech to the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly. ...

Major powers urge Iran to take urgent action on nuclear program Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:41 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Thursday the major powers had discussed the need for Iran to take action urgently regarding its nuclear issue. "We discussed at length the need for Iran to take action urgently as we considered the Iranian nuclear issue," she said. "I will, from that meeting, now be in touch again with Iran to continue this process." The group is made up of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council - United States, France, Britain, Russia and China - and Germany. ...

Militants attack Iraq jail, free prisoners Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:33 PM PDT TIKRIT (Reuters) - Militants attacked a prison in the Iraqi city of Tikrit late on Thursday, freeing dozens of inmates and clashing with security guards in the surrounding area, security sources and an eyewitness said. The prison, which housed several hundred inmates, many of whom are suspected of links with al-Qaeda, was attacked by unidentified gunmen following a car bomb explosion outside the main gate. "Until now, the prison is in the hands of the gunmen. ...

Yemen should repeal Saleh immunity, open inquiry: HRW Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:33 PM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen should repeal former president Ali Abdullah Saleh's immunity from prosecution and open a new investigation into one government attack on protesters during last year's uprising that left 45 people dead, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, Saleh stood down in February - after a year of protests and infighting among his army and tribal allies that left over 2,000 dead - in return for immunity for himself and his relatives. ...

Witnesses recall hurdles to get Pennsylvania voter ID Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A dozen witnesses testified on Thursday about the hours-long waits, multiple trips and misinformation they experienced in getting the voter ID cards required under a Pennsylvania law that a judge will soon decide whether to block. On the second day of hearings called by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson, a parade of witnesses, including one in a wheelchair and another who walks with a cane, spoke about the hurdles they faced to get the mandatory cards before the November 6 presidential election. ...

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