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News: TMX stock rises after Maple extends bid Blast heard in Afghan capital after Obama leaves Georgia bans most late-terms abortions, assisted suicide Obama swoops into Afghanistan on bin Laden death anniversary U.S. to designate Afghanistan major non-NATO ally: officials Clinton arrives in China amid uncertainty over dissident Mexico presidential front-runner with steady lead: poll Nigeria Islamist video warns of more attacks on media Military advances probe of Colombia scandal Mali junta foils counter-coup bid Florida governor takes aim at firms with ties to Cuba, Syria Witness made tape to prove affair by former Senator Edwards Yankees' Pettitte says Clemens mentioned drugs and then changed story Obama says knows Americans are tired of Afghan war Connecticut to become 49th state to sell alcohol on Sunday Obama swoops into Afghanistan on bin Laden death anniversary MPs say Rupert Murdoch unfit to run company UK lawmakers: Rupert Murdoch unfit to run company Chinese dissident case to test U.S. Ambassador Locke Obama sees "clear path" to finishing Afghan mission Exclusive: U.S., allies urge sanctions for North Korea firms; China resists May Day protests draw police but most are peaceful Canada still keen to buy F-35s despite problems Western authorities fear militants will carry implanted bombs NYC comptroller's ex-campaign treasurer pleads not guilty Clinton heads to China and into dissident drama New York police report more suspicious powder incidents Online simulator lets average Joe slay U.S. debt dragon Jobs growth seen rebounding in April Wal-Mart to pay $4.8 million in unpaid overtime Five arrested in alleged Cleveland plot to blow up bridge U.S. Medicare to cover Edwards Sapien heart valve Obama: Afghan war not over but light on horizon U.S. health centers for poor, uninsured see ranks swell Health centers for poor, uninsured see ranks swell Mexico presidential front-runner with steady lead-poll Romney accuses Obama of politicizing bin Laden anniversary New York man convicted in subway suicide bomb plot Romney foreign policy spokesman resigns under fire Romney accuses Obama of politicizing bin Laden anniversary TMX stock rises after Maple extends bid Tue,1 May 2012 07:21 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - TMX Group shares rose on Tuesday after the financial institutions bidding for the Canadian stock exchange operator came a step closer to completing the elusive C$3.8 billion ($3.86 billion) takeover deal. But the shares held below the bid price on fears that the complicated transaction could still fall apart due to regulatory concerns. Maple Group, whose 13 members include some of Canada's biggest banks, extended its takeover offer for TMX, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange and other markets, for a seventh time on Monday. ... Full Story Top Blast heard in Afghan capital after Obama leaves Tue,1 May 2012 07:15 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - An explosion was heard in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, hours after President Barack Obama left Kabul following an unannounced visit during which he signed a strategic partnership agreement. Reuters journalists heard an explosion and police said they were investigating a blast in eastern Kabul. Obama left earlier after making a televised address to Americans from Bagram Air Base north of the capital. A U.S. embassy warning system urged staff to stay away from windows and take cover. The embassy is in the main diplomatic area in the centre of the city. ... Full Story Top Georgia bans most late-terms abortions, assisted suicide Tue,1 May 2012 07:02 PM PDT Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law two pieces of legislation on Tuesday to restrict late-term abortions and outlaw assisted suicide in the state. The first law banned most abortions after 20 weeks' pregnancy, making Georgia the eighth U.S. state to outlaw most late-term abortions based on controversial research that a fetus can feel pain by that stage of development. Georgia already prohibits most abortions starting in the third trimester. The second law signed by Deal made it a felony to help people take their own lives. ... Full Story Top Obama swoops into Afghanistan on bin Laden death anniversary Tue,1 May 2012 06:22 PM PDT Reuters - BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama marked the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death with a speedy trip to Afghanistan, signing a strategic pact with Kabul on Wednesday and delivering an election-year message to Americans that the war is winding down. Shortly after arriving under the cover of darkness, Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a strategic partnership agreement at the Afghan leader's palace that sets out a long-term U.S. role in Afghanistan, including aid and advisers. ... Full Story Top U.S. to designate Afghanistan major non-NATO ally: officials Tue,1 May 2012 06:22 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - The United States will designate Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally, U.S. officials told reporters on Tuesday, marking the first such designation of President Barack Obama's presidency. The president, who arrived in Kabul on Tuesday for an unannounced visit, will not make specific decisions on further drawdowns of U.S. forces in the country until at least September 2012, the officials said. (Reporting by Caren Bohan, writing by Jeff Mason; Editing by Doina Chiacu) Full Story Top Clinton arrives in China amid uncertainty over dissident Tue,1 May 2012 06:17 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for annual talks with Chinese leaders that risk being upstaged by the case of a blind dissident said to be under U.S. protection in the Chinese capital. The fate of legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who escaped from house arrest while under watch by scores of guards, has distracted from the planned two-day talks, likely to feature trade and market access issues and diplomatic quandaries over Iran, Syria and North Korea. ... Full Story Top Mexico presidential front-runner with steady lead: poll Tue,1 May 2012 05:58 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto, of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), saw his big lead over the ruling party candidate recede slightly ahead of the July 1 election, a survey showed on Tuesday. The latest opinion poll by pollster Consulta Mitofsky showed Pena Nieto with 38 percent support, down 2.1 percentage points from the Mitofsky survey published on April 24. That still gave him a big lead over Josefina Vazquez Mota from the ruling National Action Party (PAN). Her support of 22 percent was up just 0. ... Full Story Top Nigeria Islamist video warns of more attacks on media Tue,1 May 2012 05:24 PM PDT Reuters - KANO (Reuters) - Islamist group Boko Haram released a video late on Tuesday celebrating its bombing of a Nigerian newspaper and warning of more attacks on local and foreign media if they published reports that were biased to the sect or insulting to Islam. Suicide car bombers targeted the offices of This Day in the capital, Abuja, and northern city of Kaduna last Thursday, killing at least five people in apparently coordinated strikes. ... Full Story Top Military advances probe of Colombia scandal Tue,1 May 2012 05:08 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An officer investigating the possible involvement of a dozen U.S. troops in a prostitution scandal in Colombia last month has finished gathering evidence and is working on a report of his findings and recommendations, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. The report of the U.S. military's investigating officer is expected to take several days to complete and will then be forwarded to the staff judge advocate for the U.S. Southern Command, who will review it and forward it to the SouthCom commanding officer for further action, the military said. ... Full Story Top Mali junta foils counter-coup bid Tue,1 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Reuters - BAMAKO (Reuters) - Soldiers from Mali's ruling junta foiled a counter-coup bid by presidential guardsmen on Tuesday, overrunning their base in the capital and fending off their assaults on the airport and the state broadcaster. The clashes in the West African state - a posterchild of African democracy before a March 22 putsch and a Tuareg rebellion thrust it into chaos - came as a setback to early international efforts to restore constitutional order. ... Full Story Top Florida governor takes aim at firms with ties to Cuba, Syria Tue,1 May 2012 04:59 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott waded into foreign policy on Tuesday and signed a bill banning local governments from contracting with companies doing business in Cuba or Syria, but acknowledged the law could not take effect without Washington's approval. The bill's sponsors and strongest supporters are Cuban-American politicians from Miami who argue that Florida tax dollars should not be used to support dictatorships that oppress their people. ... Full Story Top Witness made tape to prove affair by former Senator Edwards Tue,1 May 2012 04:58 PM PDT Reuters - GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - The wife of the government's star witness against former Senator John Edwards said she videotaped some of his mistress' belongings to prove that secret donor money was used to help care for the woman during Edwards' 2008 presidential run. Cheri Young said she and her husband, Andrew Young, once a close campaign aide to Edwards, were no longer in contact with him or his mistress, Rielle Hunter, by the time of the September 2008 recording. Edwards had failed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. ... Full Story Top Yankees' Pettitte says Clemens mentioned drugs and then changed story Tue,1 May 2012 04:41 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Yankees' pitcher Andy Pettitte testified on Tuesday that former teammate and close friend Roger Clemens told him he had taken human growth hormone but, years later, said he had been referring to his wife's use of the drug. Full Story Top Obama says knows Americans are tired of Afghan war Tue,1 May 2012 04:38 PM PDT Reuters - BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, in an election-year primetime address, said from Afghanistan on Wednesday he knew many Americans were tired of war but stressed it was necessary to "finish the job" and end the Afghan conflict responsibly. "I will not keep Americans in harm's way a single day longer than is absolutely required for our national security. But we must finish the job we started in Afghanistan, and end this war responsibly," he said in remarks prepared for delivery during his surprise trip to Afghanistan. ... Full Story Top Connecticut to become 49th state to sell alcohol on Sunday Tue,1 May 2012 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - HARTFORD, Conn (Reuters) - Connecticut took a major step toward becoming the 49th state to allow Sunday alcohol sales when the Senate voted on Tuesday to allow liquor stores to sell beer, wine and spirits any day of the week. Governor Dannel Malloy pledged to sign the bill that passed the Senate on a 28-6 vote following similar approval by the House. He said such sales would help Connecticut hang onto dollars that had been flowing on Sundays to neighboring Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York. ... Full Story Top Obama swoops into Afghanistan on bin Laden death anniversary Tue,1 May 2012 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - President Barack Obama marked the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death with a speedy trip to Afghanistan, signing a strategic pact with Kabul on Wednesday and delivering an election-year message to Americans that the war is winding down. Shortly after arriving under the cover of darkness, Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a strategic partnership pact at the Afghan leader's palace that sets out a long-term U.S. role in Afghanistan, including aid and advisers. ... Full Story Top MPs say Rupert Murdoch unfit to run company Tue,1 May 2012 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch is not fit to run a major international company, British lawmakers said on Tuesday, finding him ultimately responsible for the illegal phone hacking that has corroded his global media empire and damaged the political establishment. The lawmakers said the 81-year-old News Corp chief lacked credibility, his son James appeared incompetent and the company was guilty of "wilful blindness" towards its staff at the News of the World tabloid. ... Full Story Top UK lawmakers: Rupert Murdoch unfit to run company Tue,1 May 2012 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch is not fit to run a major international company, British lawmakers said on Tuesday, finding him ultimately responsible for the illegal phone hacking that has corroded his global media empire and damaged the political establishment. The lawmakers said the 81-year-old News Corp chief lacked credibility, his son James appeared incompetent and the company was guilty of "willful blindness" towards its staff at the News of the World tabloid. ... Full Story Top Chinese dissident case to test U.S. Ambassador Locke Tue,1 May 2012 04:09 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American ambassador to China, has attracted both praise and criticism in Beijing for his no-frills style. Now, he could face his biggest test as a diplomat in talks over the fate of a blind Chinese dissident. The former Washington state governor and Eagle Scout's clean-cut image helped land him the job as President Barack Obama's first Commerce Secretary in 2009. Two years later, Locke's Chinese heritage added historic resonance to his appointment as envoy to Beijing. ... Full Story Top Obama sees "clear path" to finishing Afghan mission Tue,1 May 2012 04:03 PM PDT Reuters - BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will assure war-weary Americans on Wednesday that he will keep up a steady drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and that there is a "clear path to fulfill our mission" after more than a decade of military involvement there. "My fellow Americans, we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war," he will say in a televised address to the American people at the end of an unannounced trip to Afghanistan to sign a strategic partnership pact with Kabul. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: U.S., allies urge sanctions for North Korea firms; China resists Tue,1 May 2012 03:57 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States, European Union, South Korea and Japan have submitted a list of about 40 North Korean companies to the U.N. Security Council's sanctions committee for possible blacklisting due to Pyongyang's recent rocket launch, envoys said on Tuesday. The committee, which includes all 15 Security Council members, received an initial response from China that it would only consent to adding two entities to the U.N. list of banned North Korean firms, which the United States and its allies see as too few, envoys told Reuters on the condition of anonymity. "The U.S. ... Full Story Top May Day protests draw police but most are peaceful Tue,1 May 2012 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK/OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Occupy Wall Street protesters smashed windows in Seattle, fled police on scooters through the streets of New York and clashed with officers in Oakland on Tuesday in a May Day effort to revive the movement against economic justice with demonstrations around the United States. ... Full Story Top Canada still keen to buy F-35s despite problems Tue,1 May 2012 03:44 PM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada still wants to buy F-35 fighter jets made by Lockheed Martin, the head of the air force said on Tuesday, despite an official report that blasted the way military officials selected the plane. Canada announced in July 2010 it would buy 65 of the Joint Strike Fighters, which have been hit by a string of cost overruns and delays. Ottawa did not hold an open competition. Last month, the government's spending watchdog said the decision to buy the jets was based on bad data from military officials who deliberately downplayed the costs and risks. ... Full Story Top Western authorities fear militants will carry implanted bombs Tue,1 May 2012 03:42 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and allied officials said they are increasingly concerned that doctors working with al Qaeda's Yemen-based affiliate will implant bombs inside living militants in order to try to circumvent airport security measures and bring down aircraft. Earlier this year, a missile fired by a CIA-operated drone killed a Yemeni doctor who had devised medical procedures which could be used to surgically plant explosive devices in humans, several U.S. officials told Reuters. ... Full Story Top NYC comptroller's ex-campaign treasurer pleads not guilty Tue,1 May 2012 03:19 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The 25-year-old former campaign treasurer for New York City Comptroller John Liu, and one of his fundraisers, both pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to fraud charges for violating contribution limits. Jia Hou, known as Jenny, the former campaign treasurer, and Xing Wu Pan, known as Oliver, a fundraiser, are both free on bail, according to the Justice Department. U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan is trying the case. The next court date is July 10. A lawyer for Hou, who faces as much as 65 years in prison if convicted, did not immediately respond to calls and emails requesting ... Full Story Top Clinton heads to China and into dissident drama Tue,1 May 2012 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left on Monday on a high-stakes trip to Beijing, where a blind dissident is reportedly holed up in the U.S. embassy in a drama threatening to overshadow top-level meetings between the two governments. Dissident Chen Guangcheng, according to one of his helpers, will demand to stay in China and press on with his campaign for reform, adding to tension between Beijing and Washington that poses risks for both governments as well as to relations between the world's two biggest economies. ... Full Story Top New York police report more suspicious powder incidents Tue,1 May 2012 03:04 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three new envelopes containing suspicious white powder were sent to New York City banks and news organizations on Tuesday, along with notes suggesting the sender sympathizes with the Occupy Wall Street's Day of May 1 protests, police said. A total of ten letter-sized envelopes were sent over the last two days, and at least some contained an identical note saying "This is a reminder that you are not in control" and "Happy May Day," police spokesman Paul Browne said. ... Full Story Top Online simulator lets average Joe slay U.S. debt dragon Tue,1 May 2012 03:00 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ditch the Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and cut school breakfasts for poor kids, or raise taxes on the rich. On second thought, scratch those and raise the retirement age. It is your choice in an online debt-reduction simulator that a quarter million Americans already have played. Known as "Stabilize the U.S. Debt," the game created by a bipartisan group of experts, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, will never be as much fun as "Mortal Kombat Komplete," but serious gamers likely would find it just as difficult to master. ... Full Story Top Jobs growth seen rebounding in April Tue,1 May 2012 02:59 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hiring by U.S. employers likely rebounded in April, which could ease worries the economy has stumbled into a soft patch. Businesses outside the farm sector are expected to have added 170,000 jobs last month, according to a Reuters survey, after rising a meager 120,000 in March. The unemployment rate is seen holding at a three-year low of 8.2 percent. "It will allay any fears regarding a lapse in the economy," said Millan Mulraine, an economist at TD Securities in New York. ... Full Story Top Wal-Mart to pay $4.8 million in unpaid overtime Tue,1 May 2012 02:45 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc agreed to pay $4.8 million in back wages and damages to thousands of employees for unpaid overtime after a probe by the U.S. Department of Labor found that the retailer had violated a federal law governing overtime pay. Wal-Mart will also pay $463,815 in civil fines. According to the Labor Department, Wal-Mart failed to pay overtime to certain employees, considering them to be exempt from overtime requirements, when they were in fact not exempt. ... Full Story Top Five arrested in alleged Cleveland plot to blow up bridge Tue,1 May 2012 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON/CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Authorities arrested five self-described anarchists in the Cleveland area for allegedly plotting to blow up a four-lane highway bridge, but they were caught by an FBI undercover sting and had no ties to foreign terrorism, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The suspects, ranging in ages from 20 to 37, placed what they believed were bombs on the bridge last night and tried to detonate them by calling and sending text messages to cell phones attached to the explosives, authorities said. ... Full Story Top U.S. Medicare to cover Edwards Sapien heart valve Tue,1 May 2012 02:31 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Medicare and Medicaid federal health insurance programs will cover the non-invasive Sapien heart valve replacement system from Edwards Lifesciences Corp, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday. The Sapien system, which is threaded to the diseased heart through an incision in the groin or ribs via the femoral artery, is meant for patients deemed too sick to have heart valve replacement using more traditional open-heart surgery. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Sapien valve, which is estimated to cost about $30,000, in November. The U.S. ... Full Story Top Obama: Afghan war not over but light on horizon Tue,1 May 2012 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned U.S. troops of further hardship ahead in Afghanistan but told them "there is a light on the horizon" after more than a decade of war. "The battle is not yet over," he told a cheering crowd at Bagram airbase outside of Kabul during a visit to Afghanistan. "There is going to be heartbreak and pain and difficulty ahead. But there is a light on the horizon because of the sacrifices you've made." (Reporting By Matt Spetalnick) Full Story Top U.S. health centers for poor, uninsured see ranks swell Tue,1 May 2012 02:04 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. community health centers that cater to the poor and uninsured saw their patients' ranks swell by nearly 18 percent from 2008 to 2011 as job loss left more Americans without health insurance, the Obama administration said on Tuesday. A report released by the White House said 20 million Americans now receive healthcare services through 8,500 community health centers, up from 17 million four years ago. "Those numbers really took a big jump," Mary Wakefield, who heads the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, told reporters. ... Full Story Top Health centers for poor, uninsured see ranks swell Tue,1 May 2012 02:03 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Community health centers that cater to the poor and uninsured saw their patients' ranks swell by nearly 18 percent from 2008 to 2011 as job loss left more Americans without health insurance, the Obama administration said on Tuesday. A report released by the White House said 20 million Americans now receive healthcare services through 8,500 community health centers, up from 17 million four years ago. "Those numbers really took a big jump," Mary Wakefield, who heads the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, told reporters. ... Full Story Top Mexico presidential front-runner with steady lead-poll Tue,1 May 2012 01:58 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto, of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), saw his big lead over the ruling party candidate recede slightly ahead of the July 1 election, a survey showed on Tuesday. The latest opinion poll by pollster Consulta Mitofsky showed Pena Nieto with 38 percent support, down 2.1 percentage points from the Mitofsky survey published on April 24. That still gave him a big lead over Josefina Vazquez Mota from the ruling National Action Party (PAN). Her support of 22 percent was up just 0. ... Full Story Top Romney accuses Obama of politicizing bin Laden anniversary Tue,1 May 2012 01:40 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama of politicizing the killing of Osama bin Laden, while the U.S. president flew to Afghanistan on the first anniversary of the daring raid. Although overshadowed by Obama's unannounced trip, Romney staged some September 11 symbolism of his own, eating pizza with firefighters and former mayor Rudy Giuliani at a Manhattan firehouse that lost 11 firefighters in the 2001 attacks. ... Full Story Top New York man convicted in subway suicide bomb plot Tue,1 May 2012 01:33 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal jury found a Bosnian-born U.S. citizen guilty on Tuesday of planning a coordinated suicide bomb attack on New York City subways in 2009 at the behest of senior al Qaeda operatives. Adis Medunjanin, 28, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison following his conviction on all nine charges, including conspiring to carry out a suicide attack on American soil, receiving military training from al Qaeda and plotting to kill U.S. soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. ... Full Story Top Romney foreign policy spokesman resigns under fire Tue,1 May 2012 01:30 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney's foreign policy spokesman, Richard Grenell, has resigned after only a brief stint on Romney's presidential campaign. The Washington Post reported that the openly gay Grenell had been hounded from the campaign by anti-gay conservatives. Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades said in a statement that Grenell, hired last month, decided to leave for personal reasons that he did not specify. "We are disappointed that Ric decided to resign from the campaign for his own personal reasons. ... Full Story Top Romney accuses Obama of politicizing bin Laden anniversary Tue,1 May 2012 01:18 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama of politicizing the killing of Osama bin Laden, while the U.S. president flew to Afghanistan on the first anniversary of the daring raid. Although overshadowed by Obama's unannounced trip, Romney staged some September 11 symbolism of his own, eating pizza with firefighters and former mayor Rudy Giuliani at a Manhattan firehouse that lost 11 firefighters in the 2001 attacks. ... Full Story Top

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