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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:17:51 -0400 Raising cash for Dems, Obama bemoans partisan jams |
 NEW YORK (AP) — Huddling with A-list celebrities and top re-election donors, President Barack Obama bemoaned the partisan forces that have stymied compromise in Washington as he raised campaign cash for Democrats in New York.
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:17:05 -0400 Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85 |
 Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality, has died. She was 85.
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:14:30 -0400 Derby winner Orb arrives at Pimlico for Preakness |
 BALTIMORE (AP) — Orb has settled into the place reserved for royalty at Pimlico Race Course — stall 40.
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:11:30 -0400 Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe |
 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:09:51 -0400 Drug manufacturer agrees to $500 million penalty |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay a record $500 million in fines and penalties for selling adulterated drugs and lying to federal regulators in a case that is part of an ongoing crackdown on the quality of generic drugs flowing into the U.S.
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:09:51 -0400 Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet |
 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Amtrak has unveiled at a plant in California the first of 70 new locomotives, marking what the national passenger railroad service said it hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and more energy efficiency.
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| Tue, 14 May 2013 01:09:03 GMT Retail sales gain shows some strength in economy |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales unexpectedly rose in April, pointing to underlying strength in the economy and leading forecasters to bump up second-quarter growth estimates. 
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| Tue, 14 May 2013 01:06:23 GMT Canada's Liberals win Newfoundland seat in early test for Trudeau |
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Liberals regained a seat in the House of Commons on Monday in a race viewed as an early test of the popularity of the party's new leader, Justin Trudeau, son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
  
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| Tue, 14 May 2013 00:14:35 GMT Associated Press says U.S. government seized journalists' phone records |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Associated Press said on Monday the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 23:47:03 GMT Bangladesh rescue operation near end; collapse death toll at 1,127 |
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi salvage workers on Monday neared the end of their search for victims of the collapse of a factory building, scouring the basement of the complex that crumbled in on itself and killed 1,127 people. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 22:48:38 GMT Associated Press says U.S. government seized journalists' phone records |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Associated Press on Monday said the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 20:50:53 GMT Retail sales gain shows some strength in economy |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales unexpectedly rose in April, pointing to underlying strength in the economy and leading forecasters to bump up second-quarter growth estimates. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 20:32:32 GMT After bombings,Turkey says world must act against Syria |
REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey accused a group with links to Syrian intelligence of carrying out car bombings that killed 46 people in a Turkish border town, and said on Sunday it was time for the world to act against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
  
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 19:32:31 GMT Saudi man arrested in Detroit after statement on pressure cooker |
DETROIT (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian man was arrested in Detroit and charged with making a false statement about why he brought a pressure cooker with him on a flight from Amsterdam, according to a criminal complaint filed on Monday.
  
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 19:10:28 GMT Car bomb kills three outside hospital in Libya's Benghazi |
BENGHAZI (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least three people outside a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday, doctors said, in a further sign of the growing disorder that threatens to unhinge an already creaking transition to lawful, democratic rule. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 18:58:44 GMT Pakistan's Sharif seeks to ease mistrust with India |
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Nawaz Sharif, poised to become prime minister for a third time after a decisive victory in Pakistan's election, said on Monday the mistrust that has long dogged relations with India must be tackled. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 18:57:03 GMT Obama says Cameron should fix relationship with EU |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama intervened in Britain's emotive debate about its membership of the European Union on Monday, saying Prime Minister David Cameron should "fix" his country's relationship with the bloc before taking any steps to leave. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 17:42:38 GMT Prosecutors seek 6-year jail term for Berlusconi in sex trial |
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors called on Monday for a six-year jail sentence and a lifetime ban on holding public office for centre-right leader and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is charged with abuse of office and paying for sex with a minor. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 15:50:51 GMT Bulgarian parties struggle to form government |
SOFIA (Reuters) - The center-right GERB has emerged from Bulgaria's election as the largest party but it is short of coalition options, and any new government will almost certainly need backing from a nationalist party which alarms the European Union. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 14:20:47 GMT Sharif poised to form government after Pakistan poll |
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the fragile economy.
  
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 14:03:58 GMT Four Turks to be freed soon: Afghan Taliban |
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban will soon free the last four of eight Turkish civilians detained last month, the militants said on Monday, in what they called a gesture of goodwill toward fellow Muslims. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 13:26:21 GMT Nationalists cash in on Bulgarians' unhappiness |
SOFIA (Reuters) - A Bulgarian nationalist party which has protested against the Roma minority and wants to nationalize foreign-owned firms has emerged as a kingmaker from an election on Sunday by tapping into voters' disillusionment with mainstream politicians. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 12:50:32 GMT Iran expects 'progress' in U.N. nuclear talks, West skeptical |
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran expects progress will be made in talks this week with the United Nations' atomic agency, Tehran's nuclear envoy said on Monday, but Western diplomats held out little hope of an end to the deadlock. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 10:57:50 GMT Nineteen shot in New Orleans Mother's Day parade |
(Reuters) - Nineteen people including two children were shot in New Orleans on Sunday when gunfire erupted at a Mother's Day parade, and city police said they were searching for three suspects.
  
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 09:49:37 GMT Risks to China recovery seen as factory output underwhelms |
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory output growth was surprisingly feeble in April and fixed-asset investment slowed, rekindling concerns that a nascent recovery is stalling and adding to pressure on policymakers to take action to stimulate the economy. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 09:30:57 GMT Analysis: Iran election opens up as surprise candidates enter race |
DUBAI (Reuters) - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have hoped June polls would quietly install a loyal conservative president, but the surprise candidacies of two major independents may scupper that.
  
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 08:35:10 GMT Insight: Nigeria's Islamists staging bolder, deadlier comeback |
BAGA, Nigeria (Reuters) - After a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria's northern cities, Islamist militant group Boko Haram have regrouped, rearmed and are staging a bold comeback that has already allowed them to seize control over parts of the northeast. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 08:20:57 GMT Analysis: Malta unlikely to follow Cyprus into crisis |
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Cyprus and Malta have a lot in common: Mediterranean islands enjoying 10 months of sunshine a year, they joined the European Union in 2004, use the euro and have banking sectors that dwarf their economies. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 07:27:25 GMT Insight: Housing improvement may herald return of U.S. workforce mobility |
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When David Pendery, a corporate public relations specialist, decided to move his family from Colorado to Illinois this year for work, his biggest worry was whether he would be able to sell his home quickly.
  
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 07:18:32 GMT IRS kept shifting targets in tax-exempt groups scrutiny: report |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When tax agents started singling out non-profit groups for extra scrutiny in 2010, they looked at first only for key words such as 'Tea Party,' but later they focused on criticisms by groups of "how the country is being run," according to investigative findings reviewed by Reuters on Sunday. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 02:32:28 GMT U.S. broadcast TV ratings slide pressures ad rates at "upfronts" |
(Reuters) - U.S. broadcast networks head into their biggest ad-selling season this week, competing with streaming services like Netflix, battling online players for ad dollars, and fending off hits starring zombies and duck hunters on cable. 
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