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Romney looks to Virginia governor for assist in swing state

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PORTSMOUTH, Virginia - For Republican Mitt Romney, it was another visit to a battleground state, another appearance with a potential running mate - and another endorsement from a former rival who once had seethed at the idea of Romney being elected U.S. president.

Obama tells Hispanics he's ready to fix immigration laws

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama told Hispanic voters on Thursday he was ready to sign a broad-based immigration fix, blaming his political rivals in Washington for blocking one of his major unmet campaign promises from 2008.

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Republicans back Santorum, Rubio for vice president

WASHINGTON - Rick Santorum and Marco Rubio are the top two choices among Republican voters as Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday.

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Lawmakers push for vote to limit post office closures

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to drum up support in the House of Representatives to vote on a Senate-passed bill that would make it tougher for the Postal Service to close some facilities, in part by targeting representatives who may lose postal facilities and jobs in their districts.

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Romney pulls into tie with Obama in Ohio, Florida: poll

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has pulled into a virtual tie with President Barack Obama in the crucial swing states of Ohio and Florida, but Obama retains a solid lead in Pennsylvania, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday. | Video

03 May 2012

Obama administration urges freer access to cellphone records

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Congress should pass a law to give investigators freer access to certain cellphone records, an Obama administration official said on Thursday, in remarks that raised concern among advocates of civil liberties and privacy.

03 May 2012

Obama invites African leaders to G8 food security talks

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has invited four African leaders to join the G8 leaders' summit at Camp David later this month for a session on food security, the White House said on Thursday.

03 May 2012

Stricken lawmaker who won Obama's Senate seat heads home

CHICAGO - Mark Kirk, the Republican who won the Senate seat that Barack Obama vacated when he became president, is leaving a medical center where he has been recovering since suffering a major stroke three months ago, his family said on Thursday.

03 May 2012

Bill Clinton to U.S., Europe: quit bickering over spending

BEVERLY HILLS, California - U.S. and European politicians are squabbling over austerity measures to resolve deep-seated economic problems, but instead need to set aside entrenched views and take a longer-term approach to find real solutions, former President Bill Clinton told a financial conference.

03 May 2012

Romney wants voters to see Jimmy Carter in Obama

CHANTILLY, Virginia - In a blast from the past, Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney is likening President Barack Obama's economic record to the weak performance of a Democratic predecessor, Jimmy Carter.

03 May 2012