(For more election news, see ELECT.) Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) — When Mitt Romney arrives in Ohio today, he'll be facing undecided voters like Doug Phelps who worry the Republican presidential candidate and his newly chosen running mate will make big … Campaigns battle over Ryan's budget - NBCNews.com
MSNBC's Thomas Roberts talks to a political power panel, including MSNBC Contributor Jonathan Capehart, Republican Strategist Chip Saltsman, and Jill Zuckman, former spokesperson for Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood, about the debate between the … Veteran Lampard to lead out youthful England
England manager Roy Hodgson is hoping some of Frank Lampard's experience will rub off on his young squad after naming the Chelsea midfielder as captain for Wednesday's friendly clash here against Italy. German minister warns coalition partners against euro populism
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany's Economy Minister Philipp Roesler has warned against using populism in the debate over the euro zone crisis and stressed the commitment of his party, the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), to closer European integration. "Euro populism is not a road that the Free Democrats and I go down," he told Spiegel's online edition on Tuesday. "You can only keep Europe and its strong currency intact if you have a clear framework of rules," Roesler, also Germany's vice chancellor, was quoted as saying. … Standard Chartered to pay $340m over Iran probe
Standard Chartered on Tuesday agreed to settle US allegations that it helped Iranian clients dodge sanctions, accepting a fine of $340 million, the Wall Street Journal reported. At trial, it's Samsung's turn to say Apple copied
SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) – A Samsung Electronics Co Ltd expert witness testified on Tuesday that Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad violate three of Samsung's patents, as the South Korean electronics company went on offense in the third week of a high stakes trial. Dr. Woodward Yang, an electrical engineering professor at Harvard, said Apple's products use Samsung-patented features for mobile devices, including the process for seamlessly emailing photos. He was one of Samsung's first witnesses after a parade of Apple experts said Samsung phones and tablets violated Apple's patents. … Rousseff remains popular despite Brazil's sluggish economy
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff continues to enjoy high approval ratings as Brazilians remain mostly unaffected by the country's recent economic slowdown, according to a poll released on Tuesday. Rousseff's center-left government was described as "excellent" or "good" by 62 percent of those surveyed in a poll by Datafolha, a research institute associated with the Folha de S. Paulo, one of the country's biggest newspapers. The rating declined only two points from a Datafolha poll in April and the drop remains within the poll's margin of error. … Rescued man: I spent 6 days in Austria crevasse
A German hiker rescued in the Austrian Alps on Tuesday claims he survived six days stuck inside a crevasse.
North American Jews move to Israel despite risks
Despite regional tensions, about 350 Jews from North America landed in Israel on Tuesday, planning to make the Jewish state their new home. US man indicted on charges of taking gun, ammunition, knives into Batman movie
CLEVELAND – A U.S. man arrested with a loaded gun, ammunition and knives at a showing of the latest Batman movie has been indicted on three weapons counts.
GM talked about extending life of Oshawa line: CAW
TORONTO (Reuters) – The union that represents workers at General Motors Corp in Oshawa, Ontario, said on Tuesday it had “informal discussions” in which GM raised the possibility of extending the life of an assembly line currently set to close in June 2013. Chris Buckley, who heads the Canadian Auto Workers Oshawa local, said the union would talk about the issue during contract negotiations, which started on Tuesday. But the union will not make concessions in the contract to extend the line’s operations, he said. …
Leeds seek boost from McGuire absence
Leeds hope the absence of Danny McGuire will provide added motivation when they face Warrington in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley in a fortnight. Ecuador ponders Assange's exit if asylum granted
AMBATO, Ecuador (Reuters) – Ecuador is pondering not only whether to give Julian Assange asylum but also how the Wikileaks founder would escape arrest in the United Kingdom should he head to South America, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Tuesday. Assange has been taking refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since June 19 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning on sex crime allegations. The former computer hacker, who enraged Washington in 2010 when his WikiLeaks website published thousands of secret U.S. … Strike paralyzes Tunisian town that sparked revolt
A general strike has paralyzed the central Tunisian town where the Arab Spring began, with residents demanding the young government resign for failing to alleviate poverty they say has worsened since the country’s longtime dictator was ousted.
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