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Romney: Obama focused on 'character assassination'
The Nebraska billionaire who considered a plan to resurrect incendiary comments by President Barack Obama's former pastor shelved the idea Thursday after Obama and Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney denounced the tactic.

Obama's home-turf summits will test his leverage
President Barack Obama will find his diplomatic clout tested at twin summits on his own turf beginning Friday. The big global problems are the economic mess in Europe and finding scarce money to boost a postwar Afghanistan — and in both cases the solutions lie mostly overseas.

THE RACE: Politics a factor in weekend summits
President Barack Obama is taking a break from active campaigning for a few days to host back-to-back world summits. Yet U.S. presidential politics will be lurking just offstage at both.

Shun freebies, cut costs, French ministers told
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande tried to distance himself from his conservative predecessor's showbusiness style on Thursday, ordering his ministers to cut transport costs, refuse freebie holidays, and surrender expensive gifts. The guidelines were contained in a code of ethics presented to the first meeting of his 34-member left-wing cabinet that he unveiled after an election victory that made him France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades. A statement on the ethics code said ministers needed to lead by example and avoid all conflicts of interest. ...

Kochs help Republicans catch up on technology
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama was famously effective in using new technologies to raise money, mobilize voters and target his message of change. In this year's campaign, his opponents are determined to turn the tables. Republican political operatives, some with deep financial backing from the billionaire Koch brothers and others, are unleashing about a half dozen major projects that take advantage of advanced database technologies to manage campaigns and target voters with personalized messages. ...

Driver in NY bus crash may have been fatigued
The driver involved in a deadly New York bus crash last year may not have had the sleep he claimed in the days prior to the accident, according to evidence gathered by federal investigators.

Rising conservative maverick behind Wright blitz
The wealthy executive who considered and then dropped a proposal to revive controversy over the relationship between President Barack Obama and his former pastor is a rising conservative maverick with ties to the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

Romney: Obama focused on 'character assassination'
The Nebraska billionaire who considered a plan to resurrect incendiary comments by President Barack Obama's former pastor shelved the idea Thursday after Obama and Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney denounced the tactic.

MGIC sues Freddie Mac in insurance dispute
(Reuters) - Mortgage insurer MGIC Investment Corp has sued mortgage financier Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Administration to settle a dispute over coverage limits on certain insurance policies. MGIC said on Thursday it filed the suit in federal court in Wisconsin. The disagreement has been going on for some time, and centers on loss limits on policies that insure Freddie Mac, the No. 2 provider of U.S. mortgage money. ...

Justice Breyer Is Robbed Again
  Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been robbed again. This time a housekeeper discovered that his Georgetown home had been burglarized while no one was home on May 4th. The DC police is currently investigating the matter a court spokesperson said. It was only...