By THOMAS BEAUMONT MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama squeaked out a fundraising victory over Mitt Romney in August as the candidates gear up for the final stretch of… Read more »
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Draft order seeks to improve US digital defenses
By RICHARD LARDNER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is preparing an executive order with new rules to protect U.S. computer systems, after Congress failed earlier this summer to pass… Read more »
Man charged over organs found in storage unit
PENSACOLA, Florida (AP) — A former medical examiner has been arrested on charges of keeping human remains in a rented storage unit in the Florida Panhandle. Dr. Michael Berkland, 57,… Read more »
Texas pilot killed in Iowa air show crash
By NOMAAN MERCHANT — DALLAS (AP) — Glenn Smith left a lucrative job at a Dallas-area technology firm for an early retirement of restoring Soviet fighter jets and flying to… Read more »
In convention warm-up, Obama sees economic gains
By BEN FELLER and CALVIN WOODWARD — TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — In the warm-up to the Democratic National Convention, both parties jockeyed for the economic high ground Monday, with Republican… Read more »
Romney makes jobs pitch; both sides to visit Gulf
CHARLES BABINGTON TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan plunged headlong into the fall campaign Friday on a two-track mission to convince Americans that the GOP nominee is… Read more »
Farm Bureau reconsiders Akin support
DAVID A. LIEB,Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Farm Bureau is reconsidering its endorsement of Republican Rep. Todd Akin for U.S. Senate because of comments he made… Read more »
Rescues as Isaac floods outside New Orleans
CAIN BURDEAU MICHAEL KUNZELMAN NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Isaac’s whistling winds lashed this city and the storm dumped nearly a foot of rain on its desolate streets, but the system… Read more »
Obama team launches critique of Ryan before speech
By JULIE PACE FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Even before Paul Ryan takes the stage at the Republican convention, President Barack Obama’s campaign is seeking to cast the GOP running… Read more »
Republican convention is in full-throated roar
By CALVIN WOODWARD DONNA CASSATA TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — With the Republican National Convention at last in full-throated roar, nominee Mitt Romney and his team are reaching out in all… Read more »