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• Obama: Voters face clearest choice in a generation
• Obama uses MTV to draw young viewers to speech
• Not heard in Charlotte: TARP, stimulus, climate
• Obama: Voters face clearest choice in a generation
• Obama's night: Making his case for a second term
• Rain, venue change don't dampen convention enthusiasm
• Recall news
• U.S. cargo ship captain detained in Venezuela, embassy says
• Colombia's FARC rebels to ask government for ceasefire
• Where'd the time go? Obama girls now young women
• Senate committee launches probe of JPM's "Whale" losses
• No, really: Govt warns of 'zombie apocalypse'
• Obama uses MTV to draw young viewers to speech
• Not heard in Charlotte: TARP, stimulus, climate
• Romney backs Russia trade bill only with human rights added
• For Democrats, a focus on middle class, not poor
• Kerry speech a possible tryout for job at State
• Ex-U.S. soldier pleads guilty to smuggling guns to China
• Canada PM says CNOOC's Nexen bid to get special treatment
• Democratic convention resumes in Charlotte
• Analysis: Clinton adds new hurdle to Romney's task
• US jobs outlook improves as campaign heats up
• Palestinian PM says willing to resign over economic protests
• US sends more spies, diplomats to Syrian border
• The Evolution of Obama's Convention Speeches
• France 'millionaire' tax to be watered down: report
• Clinton to campaign in Ohio, Florida
• SINGING FROM A CHAIR
• Obama faces obstacles in holding North Carolina
• Romney defends Afghanistan omission
• Party-hopper Crist aims to woo Florida independents for Obama
• Biden to make Obama's case to working class
• Hong Kong goes to polls with many fuming over China influence

Obama: Voters face clearest choice in a generation Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:36 PM PDT President Barack Obama is planning to tell voters that they face the clearest choice of any time in a generation.

Obama uses MTV to draw young viewers to speech Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT President Barack Obama is turning to MTV to get young people to tune in for his speech at the Democratic Party's national convention.

Not heard in Charlotte: TARP, stimulus, climate Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:57 PM PDT They are the missing pages of a convention story line, ideas and initiatives once prominently featured in President Barack Obama's agenda.

Obama: Voters face clearest choice in a generation Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:36 PM PDT President Barack Obama is planning to tell voters that they face the clearest choice of any time in a generation.

Obama's night: Making his case for a second term Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:31 PM PDT His re-election in doubt, President Barack Obama acknowledged slow progress toward solving the nation's economic woes Thursday night but said in a Democratic National Convention speech, "Our problems can be solved, our challenges can be met."

Rain, venue change don't dampen convention enthusiasm Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:28 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - With helicopters buzzing overhead and button-covered convention-goers milling about, Atlanta residents Gretta Tutson and Sherna Parson stood on a street corner on Thursday determined to get tickets to see President Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech live. "We went to Colorado without tickets. We got in," Tutson said, referring to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. "We will be in there tonight. ...

Recall news Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:15 PM PDT The following recall has been announced:

U.S. cargo ship captain detained in Venezuela, embassy says Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:02 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities have arrested the American captain of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship after finding three rifles on board, a U.S. Embassy official said. The other 14 crew members, also Americans, were initially confined to the ship and their movements have since been restricted by Venezuelan authorities, the official added. The detention followed last month's arrest of another U.S. citizen, who was accused of entering illegally from neighboring Colombia and denounced as a possible "mercenary" by President Hugo Chavez. ...

Colombia's FARC rebels to ask government for ceasefire Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT HAVANA/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's leftist FARC rebels said on Thursday they would seek a bilateral ceasefire next month at the start of peace talks with the government aimed at ending half a century of war, and expressed hope the latest bid to end the conflict would succeed. The proposal could complicate the process from the start because Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said this week there would be no ceasefire during the negotiations and military operations would continue in "every centimeter" of Colombia. ...

Where'd the time go? Obama girls now young women Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT Who are those tall, willowy young women with Barack and Michelle Obama — and where'd they hide little Sasha and Malia?

Senate committee launches probe of JPM's "Whale" losses Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:00 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee has launched a probe into JPMorgan Chase's "London Whale" trading losses, according to a source familiar with the investigation. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Carl Levin, is interviewing current and former employees of JPMorgan's Chief Investment Office in connection with the bank's $5.8 billion loss on trades in an obscure corner of the credit market, according to the source. A spokeswoman for the committee declined to comment. ...

No, really: Govt warns of 'zombie apocalypse' Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT "The zombies are coming!" the Homeland Security Department says.

Obama uses MTV to draw young viewers to speech Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT President Barack Obama is turning to MTV to get young people to tune in for his speech at the Democratic Party's national convention.

Not heard in Charlotte: TARP, stimulus, climate Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:57 PM PDT They are the missing pages of a convention story line, ideas and initiatives once prominently featured in President Barack Obama's agenda.

Romney backs Russia trade bill only with human rights added Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would support legislation to upgrade U.S. trade relations with Russia only if Congress also passes a measure to go after Russian human rights violators, his campaign said on Thursday. "Gov. Romney believes that permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) should only be granted to Russia on the condition that the Magnitsky human rights bill be passed," Lanhee Chen, policy director for the Romney campaign, said in a statement. Chen was referring to legislation being considered in Congress that would require the U.S. ...

For Democrats, a focus on middle class, not poor Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:53 PM PDT "Middle Class First," said the placards on display as Bill Clinton addressed the Democratic Convention. And indeed, speaker after speaker has invoked the party's devotion to the lot of middle-class Americans in 2012. The rich also have featured in the rhetoric, albeit as a punching bag.

Kerry speech a possible tryout for job at State Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:51 PM PDT Sen. John Kerry dismissed Republican Mitt Romney as "out of touch at home, out of his depth abroad and out of the mainstream" in a Democratic National convention speech that's the Democrat's audition of sorts for secretary of state if President Barack Obama is re-elected.

Ex-U.S. soldier pleads guilty to smuggling guns to China Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:46 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former member of the U.S. National Guard on Thursday pleaded guilty to smuggling shipments of firearms from New York City to China, federal prosecutors said. Joseph Debose, 30, formerly a staff sergeant with a unit of the U.S. Special Forces National Guard, was arrested in May in a sting operation by federal agents in North Carolina, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brooklyn. At the time of his arrest, he was carrying a .45 caliber pistol and 12 other firearms he intended to send illegally overseas, prosecutors said. ...

Canada PM says CNOOC's Nexen bid to get special treatment Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:46 PM PDT VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Canadian government must consider a range of additional factors in its review of Chinese oil company CNOOC's $15.1 billion takeover bid for Canadian oil company Nexen Inc because CNOOC is state owned, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday. "There are many issues at play. One of the issues that does make this somewhat different, and it is a different category under the (Investment Canada) Act, the fact that we're dealing with a state-owned enterprise," Harper said in an interview with Bloomberg. ...

Democratic convention resumes in Charlotte Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:41 PM PDT The Democratic National Convention has resumed in Charlotte, with the last night of speeches under way. The convention is expected to conclude with President Barack Obama accepting the Democratic nomination for president.

Analysis: Clinton adds new hurdle to Romney's task Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:41 PM PDT Republicans have no one who can match Bill Clinton's ability to deliver a forceful, point-by-point defense of President Barack Obama in the campaign's final two months. Luckily for Mitt Romney, Americans vote for candidates, not surrogates, and a coming cascade of Republican TV ads might drown Clinton's potent testimonial, which even GOP partisans call a masterpiece.

US jobs outlook improves as campaign heats up Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT The jobs outlook in the U.S. brightened a bit Thursday just before President Barack Obama was to make his case for re-election to the American people.

Palestinian PM says willing to resign over economic protests Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:31 PM PDT RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Thursday he was willing to resign if the public demanded, after three days of street protests against high living costs across the occupied West Bank, but did not say that he was going to do so. A fuel price increase of about 5 percent sparked the demonstrations in the Palestinian cities of Ramallah, Jenin and Hebron, where protesters burned an effigy of Fayyad, who presided over economic policy as finance minister until he was replaced in that role in May. ...

US sends more spies, diplomats to Syrian border Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:31 PM PDT The U.S. is ramping up its presence at Syria's Turkish border, sending more spies and diplomats to help advise the rebel forces in their mismatched fight against the better armed Syrian regime, and to watch for possible al-Qaida infiltration of rebel ranks.

The Evolution of Obama's Convention Speeches Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT As President Obama takes the stage tonight to accept his party's nomination in Charlotte, he'll make his pitch as an embattled president in a virtually neck-and-neck race for a second term. Here's a look at Obama's evolution on the convention speech stage, from up-and-comer in...

France 'millionaire' tax to be watered down: report Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:29 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - A hefty tax on France's top earners that President Francois Hollande had touted as a key measure of his election campaign may be less tough on the rich than originally expected, Le Figaro daily reported on Thursday. The right-leaning paper gave no indication of the source for its report, other than to say it was "according to our information". A source at Hollande's office said no decision had been taken as to how the proposed new tax rate would be applied. "There are several scenarios on the table as regards the tax base, the terms," the source said. ...

Clinton to campaign in Ohio, Florida Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:25 PM PDT Former President Bill Clinton plans to campaign for President Barack Obama in Ohio and Florida next week, seeking to bring the momentum of his convention speech to the nation's two largest battleground states.

SINGING FROM A CHAIR Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:24 PM PDT A political convention. A celebrity. An empty chair. Don't worry, says singer James Taylor, there's nothing to fear.

Obama faces obstacles in holding North Carolina Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:21 PM PDT Keeping North Carolina in the Democratic column this year may prove hard for President Barack Obama.

Romney defends Afghanistan omission Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his decision not to discuss the Afghanistan war in his convention speech. He said he didn't plan to watch President Barack Obama's convention address but offered some advice, saying Obama should discuss promises he has already made instead of offering new ones.

Party-hopper Crist aims to woo Florida independents for Obama Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:11 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - No longer a Republican and not yet a Democrat, former Florida Governor Charlie Crist will emerge from the political wilderness to address the Democratic Party convention in Charlotte on Thursday night in a bid to woo independent voters. Crist's appearance could boost Obama's appeal in Florida, a crucial swing state where the president is in a statistical tie with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and one voter in five has no party affiliation. Obama won Florida in 2008 and its 29 electoral votes would go a long way toward helping him to a second term. ...

Biden to make Obama's case to working class Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:10 PM PDT It's time for Joe Biden to show why President Barack Obama is keeping him as his running mate.

Hong Kong goes to polls with many fuming over China influence Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - A wave of protests in Hong Kong ahead of citywide elections is posing a major test for the new leader as the prospect of voter discontent threatens to shake up the political landscape in retaliation against perceived meddling by Beijing. This time round, the legislature will have a more democratic flavor - it has been expanded from 60 to 70 seats, with just over half of those to be directly elected in Sunday's polls. ...

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