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Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official

Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary requirements, meaning the president's name will appear on Arizona's ballot in the fall. The inquiry launched recently by Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett gave official weight to a long-simmering political controversy ...

John Edwards leaves a federal courthouse after the jury deliberated for a third day in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C., Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations over nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors used to help hide the Democrat's pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

As Edwards jury deliberates, speculation grows

John Edwards tried to make eye contact with each juror as they filed into the courtroom Wednesday before heading home after a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict in his campaign finance trial. A former trial lawyer, Edwards is familiar with the old courtroom adage that jurors who return ...

FILE - In this May 8, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain

Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of the private equity firm he co-founded and declaring he's a far more qualified steward of the economy than President Barack Obama. At the same time, Romney said that if ...

FILE - In this May 21, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference in Chicago. President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts. They're doing it in the wake of robust hauls by rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from Republicans highly motivated to topple the Democrat. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge

His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat. Obama still has a significant ...

Dewhurst, Cruz make late loans to Senate campaigns

Two key Republican contenders for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas have used their own money to boost their campaigns in the final days before the state's primary next week. Filings with the Federal Election Commission show Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst lent his campaign nearly $1.2 million on May 14, ...

Obama team wrongly says Romney moves goal posts

A spokesman for President Barack Obama's campaign is accusing Mitt Romney of moving the goal posts on unemployment. Actually, that's a fumble of the facts. Romney told Time magazine in an interview published Wednesday that he would bring unemployment to 6 percent, down from the current 8.1 percent. Obama spokesman ...

Southwest will pay for $100M expansion in Houston

Southwest Airlines Co. promises to pay for $100 million in airport improvements so that it can launch international flights from Houston's Hobby Airport over the objections of United Airlines. With the Southwest pledge, Houston Mayor Annise Parker endorsed the expansion of Hobby, which is smaller but closer to downtown than ...

FILE - In this May 21, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Joplin, Mo. Obama's re-election campaign is touting new polls that show growing support for gay marriage following the president's public embrace of same-sex unions. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace of gay marriage may not hurt him in the November election. In a conference call announcing efforts to get gay and lesbian voters engaged in the Obama campaign, officials said poll ...

Crowded field seeks US House seat for South Texas

A district attorney facing federal fraud charges, a Democratic front-runner some say was ready to run as a Republican and a former prosecutor who once indicted Dick Cheney are all part of a crowded field contending for a new congressional seat in South Texas. Eight Democrats and three Republicans are ...

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures while speaking at the Latino Coalition annual economic summit, Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

THE RACE: Obama walking fine line in Bain critique

President Barack Obama has to tread carefully in targeting Republican rival Mitt Romney's business resume. He risks reinforcing criticism that he's anti-business. He doesn't want to look like he's assailing free enterprise. Obama's campaign has put out a biting TV ad featuring laid-off workers from a now-bankrupt steel company that ...

President Barack Obama leaves Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, as he returns from the NATO summit in Chicago and Jopin, Mo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to graduates: 'A new feeling about America'

President Barack Obama declared Wednesday the world has a "new feeling about America" and more respect for its leadership, weaving re-election themes into a commencement speech to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy. "We can say with confidence and pride: The United States is stronger, safer and more ...

FILE - In this May 16, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in St. Petersburg, Fla. Romney has swept all the delegates in the Kentucky and Arkansas primaries, putting him within one win of claiming the Republican nomination for president. With all of his primary opponents out of the race, the former Massachusetts governor should get that win next week when voters go to the polls in Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Primary sweep has Romney 1 win from GOP nomination

Mitt Romney swept all the delegates in GOP primaries in Kentucky and Arkansas and picked up more endorsements from party leaders, putting him one win away from claiming the Republican nomination for president. With no serious opposition left, the former Massachusetts governor should get that win next Tuesday when voters ...

FILE - In this May 10, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Omaha, Neb. Romney is aggressively defending his work at the private equity firm he co-founded and insists it makes him qualified to be president. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Romney defends record at Bain Capital firm

Mitt Romney is defending his work at the private equity firm he co-founded and says it's part of why he's qualified to be president. Romney told Time magazine on Wednesday that "someone who spent their career in the economy" is better qualified to fix the economy than someone who spent their ...

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses the Latino Coalition's 2012 Small Business Summit, Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Romney says Congress should wait to act on economy

Mitt Romney says that if elected Congress should wait until he takes office to block automatic spending cuts and to keep tax cuts from expiring. In an interview with Time magazine on Wednesday, the Republican presidential candidate said he wants Congress to deal with major issues to keep the U.S. ...

Lawyer: Ex-Mexican gov. denies drug bribe claims

The former Mexican state governor whom U.S. prosecutors accuse of investing drug cartel bribes worth millions of dollars in Texas real estate does not own the properties in question and is innocent of the allegations, his lawyer said Wednesday. No criminal charges have been filed against Tomas Yarrington, who served ...

Egyptians vote in first free presidential election

More than 15 months after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians streamed to polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in generations. Waiting hours in line, some debated to the last minute over their vote in a historic election pitting old regime figures against ascending ...

South Texas district will have new ed board rep

With a 30-year incumbent stepping down, the State Board of Education will have a new voice representing Crossroads classrooms. After District 2 representative Mary Helen Berlanga, a Corpus Christi attorney, announced she would not seek re-election, five contenders stepped up to nab a party nomination. The 15-member board oversees Texas' ...

Egyptian voters line up to cast ballots in Maadi, a southern suburb of Cario, Egypt on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. On Wednesday morning, Egypt commenced two days of presidential voting after 16 months of interim rule by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. This election is the first free and fair presidential race since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)

A nation-by-nation look at Arab Spring's progress

On Wednesday, Egypt began its first free presidential election since it came under dictatorship 60 years ago. The winner will succeed Hosni Mubarak, one of four rulers toppled in the uprisings that began 18 months ago across the Middle East and became known as the Arab Spring. But replacing dictatorships ...

Obama airing ads on veterans, seniors

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is airing two new ads, one focusing on his work with veterans returning home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and another aimed at seniors dependent on Medicare. In the veterans spot, Obama credits veterans for allowing the U.S. to "go after al-Qaida and kill ...

Voters to decide school board term limits

Voters across Louisiana will be asked this fall if they want to enact term limits on their local school boards. A proposal by Ponchatoula Rep. Steve Pugh requiring the term limit question to appear on the Nov. 6 ballot received final legislative passage Tuesday with a 20-16 Senate vote. If ...