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Obama, Romney use ruling to rally core backers
By News on Jul 6, 2012
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both are using the Supreme Court decision upholding the federal health care insurance requirement, loved by liberals and hated by conservatives, to rally core supporters in the most competitive states in the presidential race....
Libya: Helicopter downed, killing election worker
By News on Jul 6, 2012
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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Gunmen shot down a helicopter carrying voting materials near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, killing one election commission worker, a spokesman for the country's ruling council said....Libya on edge before first post-Gadhafi election
By News on Jul 6, 2012
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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Calls for a boycott and other unrest on the eve of Libya's first vote since the overthrow of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi raised fears of election violence, even as campaigning came to an end Friday for a contest seen as a milestone on the country's rocky path toward democracy....THE RACE: Weak Jobs report keeps focus on economy
By News on Jul 6, 2012
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The latest anemic U.S. jobs report is keeping the nation's economic woes firmly atop the list of voter anxieties - and presidential campaign issues....Tepid jobs data sets tone for presidential contest
By News on Jul 6, 2012
POLAND, Ohio (AP) -- A sobering economic snapshot intensified the presidential campaign Friday, with President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney offering distinctly different views of the nation's economic trajectory. Obama said private sector job growth "is a step in the right direction." Romney declared the continued high unemployment a "kick in the gut."...
