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  Romney denounces idea of Obama-Wright campaign ads

  Mitt Romney swiftly and firmly distanced himself Thursday from a group exploring plans to target President Barack Obama's relationship with a controversial former pastor. But the revival of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue momentarily placed race at the center of the presidential contest and showcased the independent groups playing a new role this year with big-money TV ads.

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  Romney close to Obama in fundraising

  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's fundraising is going so well that people are literally trying to tuck checks into his pocket on the campaign trail.

• Inside Politics: Obama order tries to aid democracy in Yemen

  President Obama issued an executive order Wednesday allowing the Treasury Department to freeze the U.S.-based assets of anyone obstructing the administration-backed political transition in Yemen.

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  Obama will urge lawmakers to act on his economic to-do list

  Wielding a lengthy "to-do list" of economic proposals, President Obama is bringing the bipartisan congressional leadership to the White House on Wednesday to urge them to act on his proposals or risk being portrayed as a do-nothing Congress heading into November.

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  Inside the Beltway: Scents and sensibility

  The public debate over gender issues may never be the same: It's the first-ever Man Candles Collection in such he-man scents as Riding Mower and 2x4 from the Yankee Candle Co., which normally caters to the rose and gardenia crowd. Perhaps they should offer a line for Washington politicians with names such as Hallowed Halls, Power Lunch and Cloakroom.

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  EDITORIAL: Obama's same-sex evolution

  When it comes to same-sex "marriage," President Obama is a commitment-phobe. He keeps putting his political partners off by saying his position is "evolving." He should just come out and take the plunge.

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  Al Qaeda releases video of American hostage

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  CIA thwarts al Qaeda plot using more-refined underwear bomb

  The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design near the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, the Associated Press has learned.

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  Obama 'comfortable' with but opposes gay marriage

  President Obama is "comfortable" with full legal rights for same-sex couples but still doesn't support gay marriage, his spokesman said Monday as the administration scrambled to clarify comments by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. supporting gay marriage.

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  Obama zigs as Biden zags on gay marriage

  President Obama is "comfortable" with full legal rights for same-sex couples, but still doesn't support gay marriage, his spokesman said Monday as the administration scrambled to clarify comments by Vice President Joseph R. Biden in support of such unions.

• World Briefs: Video emerges of American kidnapped in Pakistan

  A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al Qaeda that he will be killed unless President Obama agrees to the militant group's demands.

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  Officials: CIA thwarts new al Qaeda underwear bomb plot

  The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Monday.

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  Obama ensnared in mystery of Chinese dissident

  The Obama administration Thursday found itself on the defensive over its handling of a blind Chinese dissident at the center of a diplomatic firestorm between Washington and Beijing, as confusion over the fate of Chen Guangcheng only deepened in both capitals.

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  White House defends handling of Chen's case

  With a diplomatic solution to the case of a blind Chinese legal activist unraveling, the White House on Thursday defended the administration's handling of the the dissident's case, insisting that U.S. officials had not pressured him to stay in the country.

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  Obama uses bully pulpit for edge on student loans

  As part of his continued efforts to woo younger voters, President Obama will squeeze in a talk to students and parents at an Arlington, Va., high school Friday, one day before he officially kicks off his re-election campaign at rallies at universities in Ohio and Virginia.

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