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U.S. Top News: White House report on economic stimulus rekindles debate five years later

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02/18/2014

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

White House report on economic stimulus rekindles debate five years later

RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - President Barack Obama marked the five-year anniversary of a controversial economic stimulus plan by releasing a report on Monday saying that government spending averted a second Great Depression, setting off a new round of partisan debate about the decision.

Nun, activists to be sentenced for break-in at nuclear facility

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - An elderly nun and two peace activists are scheduled to be sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for breaking into a Tennessee defense facility where enriched uranium for nuclear bombs is stored.

Former congressman Mel Reynolds arrested in Zimbabwe

HARARE (Reuters) - Former congressman Mel Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe, an immigration official said on Tuesday, after state media reported the convicted sex offender had been found with pornography at a local hotel.

Indiana moves closer to constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Indiana Senate on Monday approved a proposed amendment to the state's constitution that would prohibit same-sex marriage but more steps are required before it goes to voters in 2016.

Conservative group's anti-union effort to target U.S. auto plants

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A conservative group that helped defeat an organizing campaign by the United Auto Workers in Tennessee will take its anti-union fight to other auto plants in the South, its leaders said on Monday.

U.S. hearing paused for alleged USS Cole bombing mastermind

(Reuters) - A U.S. military tribunal judge on Monday postponed pretrial hearings for a man accused of masterminding the 2000 USS Cole suicide bombing to allow time for the defendant to meet with the lawyer he has threatened to fire, a Pentagon official said.

Two skiers killed in Colorado avalanche identified

DENVER (Reuters) - Two men from Wisconsin were identified as having died in a weekend avalanche that buried a skiing party atop an 11,000-foot mountain pass in Colorado, authorities said on Monday.

Explosive found in carry-on bag at Anchorage airport

JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - Security agents at Alaska's largest commercial airport closed the lone security checkpoint for nearly two hours on Sunday after discovering an oil field worker packing an explosive device.

Eric Barron named president of Penn State

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Eric Barron, a former dean at Penn State and president of Florida State University, was named president of the Pennsylvania university still reeling from the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

Detroit bankruptcy bond fight a watershed for municipal market

(Reuters) - The city of Detroit's effort to declare some of its general obligation bonds as unsecured debt will be challenged in bankruptcy court Wednesday in what could be a precedent-setting turn in the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.