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U.S. Top News: As Obama pushes to punish Syria, lawmakers fear deep U.S. involvement

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09/3/2013

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

As Obama pushes to punish Syria, lawmakers fear deep U.S. involvement

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's efforts to convince Congress to back his plan to attack Syria met with skepticism on Monday from lawmakers in his own Democratic Party who expressed concern the United States would be dragged into a new Middle East conflict.

U.S. Navy did not fire missiles from ships in Mediterranean: spokesman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy did not fire any missiles from ships in the Mediterranean, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's European headquarters said on Tuesday.

U.S. Naval Academy rape hearing expected to end Tuesday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The preliminary hearing for three former U.S. Naval Academy football players charged with raping a female midshipman is expected to conclude on Tuesday after a week of testimony.

Nissan Pathfinder, Infiniti JX35 transmission line probed

DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators opened an investigation into two 2013 Nissan Motor Co models, the Nissan Pathfinder and Infiniti JX35, after consumers complained that the transmission cooler line connection failed, a filing showed.

Record-breaking San Francisco Bay bridge to open after delays

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The largest self-anchored suspension bridge in the world will open before Tuesday morning's rush hour across San Francisco Bay, six years behind schedule and five times over budget.

U.S. drug agents using vast AT&T database, New York Times says

(Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement officials investigating drug crimes have had access, using subpoenas, to a large AT&T Inc database that contains the records of phone calls dating back to 1987, according to a New York Times report.

Cuba-to-Florida swimmer says she is 'through with the ocean'

(Reuters) - The 64-year-old American woman who swam 110 miles from Cuba to Florida vowed on Tuesday to raise money for hurricane, bombing and tornado victims with endurance swims in a pool, saying, "I am through with the ocean."

Rodman returns to Pyongyang but says won't bring back jailed American

SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Flamboyant former basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Tuesday for a five-day visit, his second this year, but said he had no plans to negotiate the release of a jailed American missionary.

Firefighters gain an edge on wildfire in Yosemite National Park

(Reuters) - Firefighters in California gained ground on Monday against a massive wildfire burning part of Yosemite National Park, although complete containment may be weeks away, officials said.

CBS win squeezes Time Warner Cable's margins: analysts

(Reuters) - CBS Corp won large increases in the fees it will receive from Time Warner Cable Inc in its agreement with the cable operator that ended a month-long blackout of CBS, Showtime and other channels in key cities, analysts said.