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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Morning Digest: Biden seeks to reclaim campaign momentum in debate with Ryan

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10/11/2012

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

Biden seeks to reclaim campaign momentum in debate with Ryan

DANVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - With the Republicans grabbing the momentum in a shifting White House race, Vice President Joe Biden will look to recover some ground and ease Democratic worries on Thursday in a high-stakes debate against Republican challenger Paul Ryan..

Spanish government says had not expected S&P downgrade

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Secretary of State for the Economy Fernando Jimenez Latorre said on Thursday that the Spanish government had not expected a sovereign debt downgrade by ratings agency Standard & Poor's..

Stock futures signal flat to higher Wall Street open

LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a flat to higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 rising 0.2 percent, the Dow Jones trading flat and the Nasdaq 100 gaining 0.3 percent..

Stan Lee Media sues Disney for billions over Marvel rights

(Reuters) - Stan Lee Media, a company that says it controls the rights to Marvel characters including Spider Man and Iron Man, has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Colorado against the Walt Disney Co seeking "billions of dollars of profits.".

A's rally past Tigers to set up decider

(Reuters) - The Oakland Athletics built on their growing reputation of a team that refuses to give up with another ninth-inning rally that shocked the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Wednesday and sent their playoff series to a decider..

Google in industry's "defining fight" with Apple, Schmidt says

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt expects more than a billion mobile devices around the world to be running its Android software within a year, intensifying a battle with Apple Inc that he called a "defining fight" of the industry..

SpaceX cargo ship reaches International Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts plucked a commercial cargo ship from orbit on Wednesday and attached it to the International Space Station, marking the reopening of a U.S. supply line to the orbital outpost following the space shuttles' retirement last year..

Whoops! Florida governor gives phone sex number for meningitis hotline

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - In an embarrassing mistake, Florida Governor Rick Scott gave out a phone sex hotline number to Floridians seeking information on a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak..