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• Automatic spending cuts are issue in some races
• Auto bailout could be key to Obama victory in Ohio
• Ryan: Poverty winning in 'war on poverty'
• Va. attorney general to probe voter fraud claim
• Ryan: Poverty winning in 'war on poverty'
• Not supplying Stinger missiles to Syrian rebels: U.S.
• Symantec beats Street, new CEO begins to make his mark
• U.S. ITC judge says Samsung infringed Apple patents
• Obama talks 2nd term; Romney says economy matters
• New NYT CEO: BBC sex scandal doesn't alter Times support
• Obama offers a glimpse of his second-term priorities
• Tunisian man being investigated by U.S. for role in Benghazi attack
• Analysis: Canada's stance on buyers won't cut oil growth
• Indiana candidate sorry about rape comment; Romney stands by him
• US doctors can consider spinal taps for more steroid patients-CDC
• GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
• Barnes & Noble says thieves tampered with PIN pads
• Palin: Obama Did 'Shuck and Jive' On Libya
• Court gives "Millennium Bomber" tougher 37-year sentence
• Israel says 79 rockets fired at it from Gaza
• Editor of Mormon-themed website quits church to avoid discipline
• France gives Burkina Faso planes to tackle Mali Islamist threat
• Russia demands expulsion of reporters, envoys over U.N. leaks
• Romney takes slim lead as election nears
• Pan-African group reinstates Mali ahead of military action
• Mali war plan to be ready within weeks: AU
• Automatic spending cuts are issue in some races
• Insight: Pakistani death squads spur desperate voyage to Australia
• Sudan blames Israeli air strike hit for munitions plant blasts
• Romney Takes Lead on Economy
• Occupy Wall Street leads church to cancel Halloween party
• Fed sticks to stimulus plan, says economy a bit firmer
• Greece says it has been given more time on austerity

Automatic spending cuts are issue in some races Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:04 PM PDT In many ways, it's an odd topic to make a central campaign issue: sequestration.

Auto bailout could be key to Obama victory in Ohio Posted: 24 Oct 2012 11:53 AM PDT President Barack Obama's decision to help America's automakers could end up being what helps drive him back into the White House.

Ryan: Poverty winning in 'war on poverty' Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:05 PM PDT Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said Wednesday that, "in this war on poverty, poverty is winning" and he called for a retooled approach to help the 46 million people who are living in it.

Va. attorney general to probe voter fraud claim Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:05 PM PDT Virginia's Republican attorney general is expanding a criminal probe of alleged efforts to destroy voter registration applications statewide.

Ryan: Poverty winning in 'war on poverty' Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:05 PM PDT Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said Wednesday that, "in this war on poverty, poverty is winning" and he called for a retooled approach to help the 46 million people who are living in it.

Not supplying Stinger missiles to Syrian rebels: U.S. Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it has not supplied Stinger missiles to Syrian rebel forces and appeared to question Russian assertions that the U.S.-made surface-to-air missiles had made their way into the opposition's hands. Stinger missiles could be used against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's warplanes and helicopters, which have bombed residential areas where rebels are hiding. More than 32,000 people have been killed in the conflict. ...

Symantec beats Street, new CEO begins to make his mark Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:01 PM PDT BOSTON, Oct 24 - Symantec Corp reported results ahead of Wall Street expectations as its new chief executive took direct control of the company's sales force as part of an effort to turn around the maker of security software. Shares in the company, which had fired its previous CEO, Enrique Salem, in July after its stock had languished for years, rallied 9 percent in extended trade. "The company is performing pretty well in a tough environment. You have a new CEO who is off to a good start," said Daniel Ives, analyst with FBR Capital Markets. ...

U.S. ITC judge says Samsung infringed Apple patents Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of smartphones, infringed Apple patents to make its smartphones and tablets, a U.S. trade panel judge said in a preliminary decision issued on Wednesday. Apple had filed a complaint in mid-2011, accusing Samsung of infringing its patents in making its Captivate, Transform and Fascinate smartphones, as well as the Galaxy Tablet. Judge Thomas Pender said that Samsung infringed four Apple patents but did not violate two others listed in the complaint. ...

Obama talks 2nd term; Romney says economy matters Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:54 PM PDT President Barack Obama is confidently predicting speedy second-term agreement with Republicans to reduce federal deficits and overhaul immigration laws, commenting before setting out Wednesday on a 40-hour campaign marathon through battleground states that could decide whether he'll get the chance. Republican Mitt Romney looked to the Midwest for a breakthrough in a close race shadowed by a weak economy.

New NYT CEO: BBC sex scandal doesn't alter Times support Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:53 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Incoming New York Times chief Mark Thompson told Reuters on Wednesday that his U.S. employer had given him full support since a sexual abuse scandal erupted at Britain's BBC where he had been in charge until last month. His handling of the matter at the British Broadcasting Corporation should not prevent him from starting his new job in November as planned, he said in a telephone interview from New York. "All of my colleagues here in the management team of the New York Times have been very supportive on this and more broadly as I prepare to take on the job," he said. ...

Obama offers a glimpse of his second-term priorities Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:50 PM PDT DAVENPORT, Iowa (Reuters) - President Barack Obama predicted passage of immigration reform and a deficit-reduction deal, offering a fresh glimpse of his second-term agenda as he fights for votes in the final stretch of the tight race before the November 6 election. In a newspaper interview released on Wednesday ahead of an eight-state campaign blitz that began in Iowa, Obama also suggested Republicans were bolstering his re-election effort by alienating Hispanics. ...

Tunisian man being investigated by U.S. for role in Benghazi attack Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A suspected Islamic militant under arrest in Tunisia is being investigated by the United States in connection with the September 11 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, U.S. government sources said. The suspect, identified earlier this week by the Daily Beast website as Ali Ani al Harzi, was one of two Tunisians detained by authorities in Turkey early in October. News reports at the time of their detention said that the two men were stopped at an Istanbul airport as they tried to enter the country using false passports. ...

Analysis: Canada's stance on buyers won't cut oil growth Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:46 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - In other energy-rich countries, a decision to knock back a major foreign investment would likely provoke cries of resource nationalism and raise questions about prospects for oil and gas production growth. Canada's surprise move last week to block Malaysian state-run oil firm Petronas' $5.2 billion bid for Calgary-based Progress Energy has spooked some investors, and raised concerns that Chinese state firm CNOOC's $15.2 billion bid for Calgary-based Nexen may also be rejected. ...

Indiana candidate sorry about rape comment; Romney stands by him Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Republican candidate for the Senate in Indiana, Richard Mourdock, said on Wednesday he was sorry if anyone misunderstood a comment on rape and abortion, and White House hopeful Mitt Romney's campaign said he would stand by the controversial candidate. Mourdock made comments at a Senate debate on Tuesday night that some critics interpreted as condoning rape. At a hastily called news conference on Wednesday, Mourdock said he abhors rape and violence against women. "I apologize that they came away" with that interpretation, he said. ...

US doctors can consider spinal taps for more steroid patients-CDC Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:42 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. doctors monitoring patients for signs of fungal meningitis can consider performing spinal taps, possibly weekly, on some of those who received contaminated steroid injections, even if they show no symptoms, health officials said on Wednesday. The revised guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reflect concern that the last groups of patients who received the steroid may be at a higher risk of deadly infection. The recommendation took some physicians by surprise. "Are we going to do spinal taps on thousands of people once a week?" asked Dr. ...

GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:40 PM PDT Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward remark — that if rape leads to pregnancy it's "something God intended" — has propelled the emotional issue of abortion back to the political forefront. It's put GOP candidates in tight races, from the presidential candidate on down, on the defensive.

Barnes & Noble says thieves tampered with PIN pads Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:38 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Wednesday that customers who shopped at 63 of its stores as recently as last month may have had their credit or debit card information stolen in what the U.S. bookstore chain called a "sophisticated criminal effort." The retailer, which operates a total of almost 700 bookstores, said that federal law enforcement authorities have been informed of the breach and that it is supporting their investigation. ...

Palin: Obama Did 'Shuck and Jive' On Libya Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:26 PM PDT Sarah Palin has used racially charged language to accuse "300-400″ people in the Obama administration of ignoring the first signs that the deadly assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was a pre-planned terror attack. "President Obama's shuck and jive shtick with these Benghazi lies...

Court gives "Millennium Bomber" tougher 37-year sentence Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:25 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - "Millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam, whose original 22-year prison term was deemed too lenient by an appeals court, was re-sentenced to 37 years behind bars on Wednesday for a foiled New Year's Eve 1999 plot to set off explosives at Los Angeles International Airport. Federal prosecutors who appealed the original punishment had asked the Seattle-based district judge presiding over the case to impose a new sentence that would require Ressam, an Algerian national, to spend the rest of his life in prison. ...

Israel says 79 rockets fired at it from Gaza Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:23 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza on Wednesday and an Israeli air strike killed a militant, a day after the Emir of Qatar made a rare visit to the enclave's Hamas leadership. Hamas claimed responsibility for some of the rocket and mortar bomb attacks, prompting some Israelis to wonder whether it had been emboldened by the Qatari visit on Tuesday that broke the Islamist group's diplomatic isolation. ...

Editor of Mormon-themed website quits church to avoid discipline Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:19 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The Florida-based editor of a Mormon-themed website has left the church rather than face disciplinary action and possible excommunication over writings that he said prompted accusations of apostasy. David Twede's posts on MormonThink.com offer his account of the history of the church's political involvement, criticism of fellow Mormon and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and the author's take on Mormon beliefs about the nature of God and temple ceremonies. ...

France gives Burkina Faso planes to tackle Mali Islamist threat Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:17 PM PDT OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - France has provided Burkina Faso with three light aircraft to help it monitor its northern border with Islamist-occupied northern Mali, the head of the West African nation's army said on Wednesday. Islamist fighters, some with links to al Qaeda, seized the northern two-thirds of Mali earlier this year, raising fears that militant groups could spread their influence beyond the country's porous desert borders. ...

Russia demands expulsion of reporters, envoys over U.N. leaks Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:13 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia slammed leaks to the media from a closed-door Security Council briefing on Syria on Wednesday, saying diplomats and journalists involved should be stripped of U.N. accreditation for the release of confidential information. Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin was angry that some diplomats conveyed to Reuters that the U.N.-Arab League mediator for the Syrian conflict, Lakhdar Brahimi, told the 15-member council that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had accepted Brahimi's plan for an Eid holiday ceasefire. ...

Romney takes slim lead as election nears Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:10 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican candidate Mitt Romney was 1 percentage point ahead of President Barack Obama in Wednesday's Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll in a presidential race that is effectively a dead heat less than two weeks before the November 6 election. In a reversal of Tuesday's results, Romney led Obama among likely voters by 47 percent to 46 percent, a statistically insignificant margin, in the four-day online tracking poll. Romney held a wider lead among independent voters, who will be crucial to winning on Election Day. ...

Pan-African group reinstates Mali ahead of military action Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:08 PM PDT ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) lifted Mali's suspension from the bloc on Wednesday and said an African plan for military intervention to help the country reclaim territory from Islamist militants would be ready within weeks. The pan-African body also laid out a political road map which foresees elections by April in the beleaguered West African country that is still grappling with the fallout from a coup in March of this year. ...

Mali war plan to be ready within weeks: AU Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:07 PM PDT ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An African plan for military intervention in Mali to help government troops reclaim territory from Islamist militants will be ready within weeks, the head of the African Union (AU) said on Wednesday. Mali remains paralyzed by twin crises, with the leadership in Bamako still divided since a March coup that toppled the president and the occupation of the north of the country by Islamic militants. ...

Automatic spending cuts are issue in some races Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:04 PM PDT In many ways, it's an odd topic to make a central campaign issue: sequestration.

Insight: Pakistani death squads spur desperate voyage to Australia Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:04 PM PDT QUETTA, Pakistan/PUNCAK,Indonesia (Reuters) - It was 3 a.m. when Abid Warasi and his friend clambered into an Indonesian fishing boat, joining 300 other migrants packed into the hold. Only a few days away by sea, Australia seemed tantalizingly close. Six hours into the voyage, the craft overturned. The two teenagers clung to the upturned hull. One by one, survivors lost purchase and drifted away, their dreams swallowed by the warm waters of the Java Sea. ...

Sudan blames Israeli air strike hit for munitions plant blasts Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:02 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan said on Wednesday that an Israeli air strike had caused the huge explosion and fire at an arms factory in Khartoum that killed two people, but Israel's defense minister declined to comment. Sudan, which analysts say is used as an arms-smuggling route to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip via neighboring Egypt, has blamed Israel for such strikes in the past, but Israel has either refused to comment or said it neither admitted or denied involvement. ...

Romney Takes Lead on Economy Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT Mitt Romney has advanced to a slight lead over Barack Obama in trust to handle the economy, and Obama has slipped beneath a clear majority in who better understands the public's economic problems – two key metrics of the 2012 presidential race. These trends in...

Occupy Wall Street leads church to cancel Halloween party Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:56 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A historic Manhattan church has canceled its annual Halloween celebration due to an ongoing standoff with remnants of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Trinity Church, an Episcopalian congregation located where Wall Street meets Broadway, usually invites neighborhood children to watch classic silent films such as "Frankenstein" and "Dracula." The church is breaking the tradition this year due to Occupy protesters and the homeless camping on the sidewalk outside, the latest casualty in an ongoing standoff. ...

Fed sticks to stimulus plan, says economy a bit firmer Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:50 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday stuck to its plan to keep stimulating U.S. growth until the job market improves even as it acknowledged some parts of the economy were looking a bit better. In a statement after a two-day meeting, the central bank repeated its vow to keep rates near zero until mid-2015 and its pledge to keep supporting growth while the recovery strengthens. The Fed's policy-setting panel made no change in its plan to purchase $40 billion in mortgage-backed debt per month to push interest rates lower and spur a stronger recovery. ...

Greece says it has been given more time on austerity Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:48 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's finance minister said on Wednesday that his country had been given more time by its international lenders to implement austerity cuts, an assertion played down by leading European Union officials. European paymaster Germany said the EU would only decide on the matter after receiving a report on Greece's progress from the 'troika' of lenders - the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund - while ECB President Mario Draghi said no final decision had been made. ...

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