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High stakes in Romney-Obama battle over Bain, economy

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

President Obama’s Chicago-based campaign team has been waiting months to launch a real attack against Mitt Romney’s experience at Bain Capital. Even before Romney’s Republican rivals started going after him, Obama’s team was preparing for the moment that arrived this week.
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John Edwards unaware of payments to conceal his affair, defense lawyers say; Cate Edwards may testify

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The defense strategy for John Edwards came into sharper focus Tuesday morning in front of a crowded courtroom here. Questioning a succession of witnesses, the former presidential candidate’s attorneys sought to depict Edwards as being completely unaware of huge payments made in an effort to conceal an extramarital affair that threatened to derail his apirations.
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John Edwards unaware of payments to conceal his affair, defense lawyers say; Cate Edwards may testify

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The defense strategy for John Edwards came into sharper focus Tuesday morning in front of a crowded courtroom here. Questioning a succession of witnesses, the former presidential candidate’s attorneys sought to depict Edwards as being completely unaware of huge payments made in an effort to conceal an extramarital affair that threatened to derail his apirations.
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Gene Sperling’s first job: handling dirty undies, socks

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

A high-school aged Gene Sperling should have known he was destined for a career in politics. Even back then, he delighted in dealing with other people’s dirty laundry.
In a new video for an initiative to encourage summer jobs and work opportunities for young people, the Director of the National Economic Council fondly recalls his first job — as a ball boy and all-around janitor (paging Newt Gingrich!) for the University of Michigan’s basketball team. He reveled, it seems, in the grubbier aspects of the job, including handling the players’ unmentionables.
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Justice Dept. launches criminal probe into JPMorgan’s $2B trading loss

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

The Justice Department has initiated a criminal probe into the $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the situation.
The inquiry is at a very early stage, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity since the matter is private. It is unclear what laws may have been violated. Dean Boyd, a Justice spokesperson, declined to comment.
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