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Andrea Davis and Dewey Schilling stand outside their home at Limetree Park where they live year-round in Bonita Springs, Florida, March 23, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Steve Nesius

Florida bingo set will go for safest net - but whose?

BONITA SPRINGS, Florida - More seniors would vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney than for incumbent Barack Obama, even though a majority think Obama's Democratic Party better serves their interests.   Full Article 

President Barack Obama greets troops at Bagram Air Base in Kabul, May 2, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Weary warriors favor Obama

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - A poll shows that among those who have served in the military during the past decade, 32 percent think the war in Iraq ended successfully, far more favor leaving Afghanistan, and Obama holds as much as a seven-point lead over Romney among veterans.   Full Article 

President Barack Obama signs a book about him for a boy scout upon his arrival in Richmond, Virginia May 5, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

In Ohio, fracking boom a delicate issue for Obama

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - Out past the vacant storefronts and abandoned buildings, beyond the shuttered steel mills and decaying industrial plants, residents of eastern Ohio suddenly are seeing dollar signs.  Full Article 

President Barack Obama smiles as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to Washington after visiting the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, October 10, 2011. Reuters/Yuri Gripas

Key Democratic donors cool to pro-Obama Super PAC

WASHINGTON - Two months after President Barack Obama reluctantly embraced fundraising for big-money "Super PACs," many major Democratic donors still have not given to such political groups because they are dismayed by how PACs are being used in the presidential campaign.  Full Article 

An Afghan woman clad in burqa crosses pedestrian bridge over a river at the old part of Kabul, May 10, 2012. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Afghan women fade from White House focus as exit nears

WASHINGTON/KABUL - Obama's lack of overt attention to Afghan women has led many to fear their hard-fought gains will slip away as the United States hands off security responsibility to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, with ever-present Taliban leaders still holding sway in much of the countryside.  Full Article 

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Wisconsin divided over Obamacare

BELOIT, Wisconsin - In this small Midwestern city, Obamacare is dividing patients and doctors, hospitals and government regulators, workers and employers, constituents and politicians.   Full Article 

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