| After debate, Obama campaign signals 'adjustments' Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:22 PM PDT  His performance panned, President Barack Obama is changing his debate strategy against Republican Mitt Romney, aides conceding the president must find a crisper way to sell his agenda and counter his opponent without getting lost in the weeds.
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| Biden: Romney changed his position on tax cut Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:06 PM PDT  Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged Thursday that he and President Barack Obama want to raise $1 trillion in taxes on the wealthy as part of a plan to let some Bush-era tax cuts expire, giving Republicans fresh fodder to criticize the Democratic ticket just days after the vice president said the middle class has been buried during the past four years.
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| Romney shifts to center as his confidence grows Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:59 PM PDT  Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is shifting sharply to the political center as he begins to deliver a closing argument aimed at a slice of moderate, undecided voters a month before Election Day.
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| U.S. investigators visit Libya compound where ambassador was killed Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:52 PM PDT  BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A team of U.S. investigators travelled for the first time to the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday to analyze the crime scene where the U.S. ambassador was killed in an attack last month, Libyan and U.S. sources said. FBI agents were sent to Libya after the September 11 assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission and on another facility in which Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed. ...
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| Obama, Romney debate sheds little light on healthcare issues Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:40 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney agree that the $2.8 trillion U.S. healthcare system is broken, but neither candidate on Wednesday presented voters with a clear idea of how to fix it. Their comments about Medicare, Medicaid and healthcare in general dominated more than one-quarter of a presidential debate and gave both candidates a chance to articulate their policies for an estimated 50 million viewers. Healthcare is a top issue in the November 6 election. The U.S. ...
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| Obama-Romney debate draws bigger TV audience than 2008 Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:36 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 58 million Americans tuned in to Wednesday's first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, early figures show, higher than the television audience for the first 2008 match-up between Obama and Republican John McCain. More than 37 million watched the 90-minute encounter on the four leading broadcast networks and 21 million turned to cable news channels CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen media. ...
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| Feathers fly over Romney's "Big Bird" debate comments Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:35 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forget about financial reform, Obamacare and job creation. The biggest newsmaker in Wednesday night's presidential debate may have been Big Bird, the lovable "Sesame Street" character whose public TV funding Republican candidate Mitt Romney vowed to end. Romney told debate moderator Jim Lehrer, whose "PBS News Hour" program is also subsidized by the Public Broadcasting Service, that if elected to the White House he would end federal PBS funding - long a goal for some U.S. conservatives. "I'm sorry, Jim, I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. ...
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| Americans have mixed feelings about healthcare: Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:35 PM PDT  (Reuters) - It's no secret that 2010's Affordable Care Act is unpopular - except when it's not. Reuters/Ipsos polling reveals a remarkably high level of approval for nearly all the provisions of the act, often in the 80 percent range, even though respondents oppose the legislation, commonly known as "Obamacare," by 55 to 45. Remarks made during the October 3 presidential debate added confusion rather than clarity to the healthcare issue. ...
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| Poll shows dead heat in Connecticut Senate race Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:33 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Connecticut Senate race is essentially tied one month before the November election as Democratic Representative Christopher Murphy tries to fend off former wrestling magnate Linda McMahon, a Quinnipiac University poll showed on Thursday. McMahon, a former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment who lost a Senate race in the state two years ago, has battered Murphy with negative television ads since before the August 14 primaries. The poll showed McMahon leading the three-term congressman 48 percent to 47 percent. ...
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| For Obama, words not said in debate spoke the loudest Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:32 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During their 90-minute debate on Wednesday night, President Barack Obama talked four minutes longer than Republican challenger Mitt Romney. But when the debate was over, it was what Obama didn't say that defined the evening - and helped make it a good one for Romney. In a debate that largely was a mix of campaign talking points and tedious policy detail, the themes that Obama's campaign have emphasized to drive down Romney's approval ratings did not surface. ...
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| Ex-Greek deputy interior minister in wealth probe kills himself Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:27 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - A former Greek deputy interior minister being investigated by the financial police on suspicion of amassing ill-gotten wealth has committed suicide, police said on Thursday. A family member found Leonidas Tzanis, a socialist politician, at his home in the central Greek town of Volos on Thursday evening, a police official said. He had hanged himself. Tzanis served as deputy interior minister from 1999-2000 after being elected to parliament as a lawmaker for the socialist PASOK party in 1993. A lawyer, he was married with two children. ... |
| Obama fights back after debate setback Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:25 PM PDT  DENVER (Reuters) - A day after a muted performance in a presidential debate, President Barack Obama fought back against Republican rival Mitt Romney on Thursday and the Democrat's re-election campaign vowed to learn lessons from the setback. A feisty Obama told a rally of some 12,000 people that the former Massachusetts governor was untruthful during Wednesday's 90-minute debate in Denver, which most observers reckoned the Republican won. "When I got onto the stage, I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney," Obama said. ...
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| After debate, Obama campaign signals 'adjustments' Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:22 PM PDT His performance panned, President Barack Obama is changing his debate strategy against Republican Mitt Romney, aides conceding the president must find a crisper way to sell his agenda and counter his opponent without getting lost in the weeds. |
| U.N. Security Council condemns Syria attack on Turkish town Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:21 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned on Thursday a mortar attack by Syria on a Turkish border town that killed five people and demanded that "such violations of international law stop immediately and are not repeated." "The members of the Security Council underscored that this incident highlighted the grave impact the crisis in Syria has on the security of its neighbors and on regional peace and stability," the 15-member council said in a statement. ... |
| Debate thrusts Big Bird into presidential campaign Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:20 PM PDT  Big Bird has never been so hot.
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| World Bank chief Kim signals changes to come Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:15 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the World Bank said on Thursday he is preparing broad reforms at the development lender to make it more effective in ending global poverty and will discuss the changes with member countries at meetings in Tokyo next week. The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank from October 11-14 in Japan will be the first opportunity for Jim Yong Kim to put his mark on the institution since becoming president in July. "We're not ready to ask for specific changes yet ... ...
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| U.S. backs Turkey, hopes Syria dispute doesn't escalate Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expressed hope on Thursday that Turkey's border clash with Syria does not escalate further, but stood by its NATO ally's right to defend itself against aggression spilling over from Syria's internal armed conflict. The State Department said Turkey's decision to mount retaliatory artillery strikes after a Syrian mortar killed five civilians in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday was appropriate and proportional. Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters, "We hope that this doesn't escalate into a broader conflict. ... |
| Son of ex-Mexican opposition party chief shot dead Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:13 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The son of the embattled former leader of the Mexican political party set to take power in December was found shot to death in a town south of the U.S. border notorious for drug cartel violence, authorities said on Thursday. Jose Eduardo Moreira, 28, the son of the former chairman of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, and ex-Coahuila state governor Humberto Moreira, was found shot to death near Ciudad Acuna, across the Rio Grande river from Texas, late on Wednesday, the state's public safety director said. ...
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| Colombian president says doing well after cancer surgery Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:13 PM PDT  BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos made his first public appearance after prostate cancer surgery on Thursday and said he was fine and working from his hospital room. At a critical time in his presidency when Santos is about to start peace negotiations with Marxist rebels, the 61-year-old shocked the Andean country this week when he announced he was suffering from prostate cancer and needed surgery. "Everything went fine ... ...
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| Top military officer opposes general's demotion Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:11 PM PDT America's top military officer is opposing the demotion of a four-star general who is accused of spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on lavish travel and other expenses in a case that has been sitting on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's desk for weeks, U.S. officials said Thursday. |
| Biden: Romney changed his position on tax cut Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:06 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged Thursday that he and President Barack Obama want to raise $1 trillion in taxes on the wealthy as part of a plan to let some Bush-era tax cuts expire, giving Republicans fresh fodder to criticize the Democratic ticket just days after the vice president said the middle class has been buried during the past four years. |
| EADS-BAE merger could be hostage to U.S. politics Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:01 PM PDT  WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - To win approval for their planned $45 billion merger, EADS and BAE systems must persuade Washington to let a pan-European behemoth control some of the most sensitive U.S. defense contracts, without triggering a political backlash. Defense industry experts say it should not be difficult for Washington to protect its security interests in allowing the deal to go ahead, but the politics could become complicated if Boeing and other competitors lobby against the deal. ...
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| Focus on Germany as EADS, BAE inch closer to deal Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:01 PM PDT BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - EADS and BAE Systems have edged closer towards winning political backing for a $45 billion merger amid positive signals from Britain and France, but German misgivings over control remain a major hurdle, sources close to the talks said. EADS Chief Executive Tom Enders bowed to pressure for guarantees on safeguarding jobs but the offer drew no immediate response as the German government considered if and how to proceed with the deal to create a European aerospace giant. ... |
| CNOOC bid for Nexen raises tough issues, says Canada PM Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:55 PM PDT  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada admitted on Thursday that a Chinese bid for domestic oil company Nexen Inc raises difficult policy questions, but the government gave no sign it would bow to an opposition demand to veto the deal. Speaking hours after the main opposition party demanded a veto on CNOOC Ltd's $15.1 billion bid, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the government would look at a range of issues as it determines whether the transaction, the largest foreign takeover ever launched by a Chinese firm, is of net benefit to Canada. ...
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| Italy moves to rein in graft, local government finances Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:49 PM PDT  ROME (Reuters) - Italy's cabinet approved emergency legislation on Thursday to rein in the spending of regions and provinces and avoid any repetition of recent financial scandals involving local government. In one such incident, which came to light last week, police seized documents related to expense claims at the regional government of Piedmont and on Wednesday the head and four employees of a tax collection agency were arrested for allegedly pocketing some 100 million euros ($130 million) of the money they had gathered. ...
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| Romney: 'Victory is in sight' after first debate Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:47 PM PDT  Buoyed by a powerful debate showing, Mitt Romney said Thursday he offers "prosperity that comes through freedom" to a country struggling to shed a weak economy. President Barack Obama accused the former Massachusetts governor of running from his own record in pursuit of political power.
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| Biden Turns Attack Dog on Romney Day After Debate Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:38 PM PDT COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – One day after President Obama delivered what was by all accounts a lackluster debate performance, Vice President Joe Biden went on the attack against Mitt Romney, delivering zinger after zinger against the GOP nominee and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan. Biden... |
| Debate viewers learn that Romney can be wonky, too Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:33 PM PDT  Both men relish the wonky talk in their own way. Mitt Romney, like an executive making a forceful sales pitch, shows an easy confidence that suits a presidential contender. Barack Obama sounds like a long-winded professor a tad annoyed at having to go over this stuff one more time for the students in the back.
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| FBI came to Benghazi and left in past 24 hours Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:29 PM PDT  A team of FBI agents arrived in Benghazi, Libya, to investigate the assault against the U.S. Consulate and left after about 12 hours on the ground as the hunt for those possibly connected to the attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans narrowed to one or two people in an extremist group, U.S. officials said Thursday.
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| Libya PM-elect withdraws government list after discontent Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:28 PM PDT  TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's prime minister-elect said on Thursday he had withdrawn his proposed government list, just a day after presenting it to the national congress for approval, after protesters stormed the assembly and politicians voiced discontent over his nominations. Speaking on Libyan television, Mustafa Abushagur said he was ready to change some of his nominations in his proposed line-up which excluded the biggest party in congress, the liberal National Forces Alliance (NFA). ...
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| DEA gets rid of 2M pounds of prescription drugs Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:26 PM PDT A two-year Drug Enforcement Administration initiative called Drug Take-Back Day has taken 2 million pounds of unused, potentially dangerous prescription medications out of circulation. |
| Canada's XL Foods to increase safeguards after huge beef recall Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:26 PM PDT  (Reuters) - XL Foods, the owner of the Canadian beef plant that is at the center of one of Canada's largest meat recalls, said on Thursday it will increase food safety measures once the government allows the Brooks, Alberta, facility to reopen. It was the company's first statement since the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) suspended the plant's operating license last week, as more steaks, roasts, ground beef and other products are recalled that may contain E. coli bacteria. ...
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| AARP: Not backing any presidential candidates Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:25 PM PDT AARP is reminding voters that it's not endorsing any candidates after President Barack Obama cited the group in the first presidential debate. |
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