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U.S. Top News: Biden comes out swinging at debate, clashes with Ryan

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10/12/2012

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 comes out swinging at debate, clashes with Ryan

DANVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden leaped to the attack against Republican challenger Paul Ryan in a lively debate on Thursday, aggressively defending the Obama administration's economic and foreign policies to try to regain momentum in the White House race.

Analysis: In vice presidential debate, "tie goes to the incumbent"

DANVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - The debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Paul Ryan might not change the minds of many voters. In fact, it could make them less likely to change.

Vice presidential debate unlikely to budge Ohio voters

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - The U.S. vice presidential debate on Thursday grabbed voters' attention but appeared to change few hearts in the capital of Ohio, a state that might hold the key to victory in the November 6 election.

Legal recriminations begin over major U.S. meningitis outbreak

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - One of the nearly 14,000 patients given potentially tainted injections of pain medicine sued the maker of the treatment in what may be the first of a wave of lawsuits over a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak that shows no signs of abating.

Conservation groups sue to end trapping of wolverines in Montana

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Conservationists on Thursday asked a state judge to end trapping of wolverines in Montana at a time when fewer than 300 of the elusive animals roam the Northern Rockies and Northern Cascades.

The new U.S. visa rush: Build a charter school, get a green card

(Reuters) - It's been a turbulent period for charter schools in the United States, with financial analysts raising concerns about their stability and regulators in several states shutting down schools for poor performance.

One dead after U.S. agent fires across Mexican border at suspected smugglers

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot at suspected drug smugglers who were hurling rocks from Mexico across the border into Arizona, the agency said on Thursday, and Mexican authorities said one of them was killed.

U.S. border agent who died likely mistook colleague for smuggler

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in an apparent friendly fire incident in Arizona may have shot and wounded a colleague after mistaking him for a drug smuggler in the dark, sparking return fire, a lawyer for the wounded agent said on Thursday.

Former Catholic priests back gay marriage in Washington state

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A group of former Catholic priests backed gay marriage in Washington state on Thursday in a challenge to bishops who have lobbied against same-sex nuptials ahead of a November ballot measure that could legalize such unions in the state.

U.S. defense chief says pre-emptive action possible over cyber threat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military could act pre-emptively if it detects an imminent threat of cyber attack, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday, urging stronger action to bolster America's defenses against such plots.