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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Morning Digest: Romney battles Obama for cash advantage in election

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08/21/2012
Reuters   Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the   politics in between
Romney battles Obama for cash advantage in election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican Party and presidential candidate Mitt Romney have almost $60 million more in the bank than President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party but campaign finance experts say it is too soon to assume that means a political advantage in November..
Top U.S. general's aircraft damaged by rockets in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents fired two rockets at the main NATO airbase in Afghanistan, damaging an aircraft used by U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey, a NATO spokesman said on Tuesday. The general was not on board at the time..
Stock futures signal gains; Facebook eyed
PARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.2 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.2 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.32 percent at 0911 GMT..
Clues sought in suicide of film director Tony Scott
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Investigators sought clues on Monday to what prompted British-born filmmaker Tony Scott to take his own life in Los Angeles, while much of Hollywood focused on conflicting media reports about whether he was suffering from brain cancer..
Triple strike lifts White Sox over Yankees
(Reuters) - The Chicago White Sox outslugged the visiting New York Yankees 9-6 to snap a three-game losing streak and claim the series opener between the division leaders on Monday..
Videogame players, the next Olympians?
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - It's not exactly an Olympic sport - not yet, anyway - but as the London Games drew to a close this past Sunday, thousands of professional videogame players geared up for an event that for some can be as lucrative as winning a gold medal..
New NASA lander to help scientists study how Mars formed
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is going to get some company..
Finn throws Olympic distance with old Nokia
SAVONLINNA, Finland (Reuters) - A Finnish teenager won a mobile phone throwing contest on Saturday by hurling his old Nokia phone 101.46 meters..
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