The president painted Mitt Romney as an unappealing alternative for voters — wealthy, out of touch and unconcerned with the problems of Americans struggling to make ends meet.

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Obama Holds Large Campaign Rallies in Ohio and Virginia

One of the problems with political punditry is that a few percentage points one way or another can be spun into a huge victory or a major setback for any given candidate. So it could be tonight with the GOP presidential primaries in Alabama and Mississippi. Read full article > >

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E.J. Dionne Jr.: The Dixie primaries and the 2 percent solution

Most voters think Obama best understands their problems.

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GOP Voters Are Feeling Worse About Field

A roof for a show court at the U.S. Open could resolve weather problems, but the challenges in adding one are many.

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The Open’s Missing Piece2011 U.S. Open: Building a Roof Would Come With Many Challenges

FUKUSHIMA CITY, Japan — Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday announced his resignation, ending a 15-month tenure defined by crisis and opening the door for this country’s seventh leader since 2006. Kan’s decision to step down, coming after months of criticism over his government’s response to the disaster reconstruction and the nuclear emergency, turns the attention to Kan’s successor — to be determined in a ruling party election Monday. Japan’s next prime minister will inherit all of the problems that Kan struggled to handle. Even before the March 11 disaster, Japan was dealing with a soaring debt, a stagnating economy and a shrinking population. Now, dealing with its biggest crisis since World War II, Japan also faces critical decisions about energy policy, nuclear reform, and the viable reconstruction of its northeastern coastline. Read full article > >

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Japan’s Prime Minister Kan announces resignation

Updated, 9:27 p.m.: US Airways says its Web site and computer systems are back up. The carrier said on Twitter that flights have been delayed and that usairways.com is performing “unreliably and in a delayed fashion.” The Associated Press is reporting that the problems stemmed from a power outage near a data center in Phoenix. The airline wouldn’t say how many people or flights were afffected, the AP reported. Read full article > >

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US Airways having computer problems

Updated, 9:27 p.m.: US Airways says its Web site and computer systems are back up. The carrier said on Twitter that flights have been delayed and that usairways.com is performing “unreliably and in a delayed fashion.” The Associated Press is reporting that the problems stemmed from a power outage near a data center in Phoenix. The airline wouldn’t say how many people or flights were afffected, the AP reported. Read full article > >

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US Airways having computer problems

Tommy Thompson is a popular former governor with near-universal name recognition in his home state — two traits that might lead you to believe that he will be the odds-on Republican nominee to replace retiring Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl (D). But Thompson has one big problem — health care. President Obama’s health care law has become a touchstone for conservatives who see it as the most egregious example of the “government can solve our problems” mentality of the current Administration. And, Thompson has long been a rare Republican advocate for the intent — if not the particulars — of the law. Read full article > >

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Tommy Thompson’s health care problem

Children who are breastfed for four months or more go on to develop fewer behaviour problems, researchers at Oxford University say.

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Breastfeeding ‘helps behaviour’

Children who are breastfed for four months or more go on to develop fewer behaviour problems, researchers at Oxford University say.

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In response to the problems, mortgage servicers have signed consent agreements promising to put in new oversight procedures and make other changes.

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Report Criticizes Banks for Handling of Mortgages

Some of the problems which hampered the 7 July 2005 rescue operation were identified in 1987, the inquest hears.

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7/7 problems ‘known since 1987′

Fifteen-year-old Emma Evans is like any other teenage girl; she thinks that her parents don´t understand her. She longs for independence and a life free of family ties and responsibilities and she is prepared to do anything to achieve it. But one day she will be forced to face up to the consequences of her actions. Life seems to be carrying on as normal, until one day Emma starts experiencing frightening fits. Her parents are convinced that her problems are either medical or psychological, but when doctors´ tests are unable to draw any conclusions, the family is forced to look elsewhere for answers. It all started off as a bit of fun, Emma never really believed it, but the truth is there is something dark and sinister within her, and it won´t take long to surface. Movie Details

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Exorcismus

Liberals oppose Social Security reform, but it’s in Obama’s best interest to pursue it.

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Social Security reform is the answer to Obama’s problems – and the nation’s

The press loves to psychoanalyze the president, but no one does it better than the president himself. Rereading Obama’s 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father, Walter Shapiro notes that the then-lawyer foresaw many of the problems he now faces as…

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Obama Predicted His Unpopularity