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• Analysis: U.S. bankers say, love or hate it, ethanol here to stay
• At DNC, Democrats paint their portrait of Mitt Romney
• Accounting firm: ‘No evidence’ Romney’s taxes have been hacked
• Pelosi suggests a vote for Romney is a vote to end Social Security
• Judge OKs contentious part of Ariz immigration law
• Boston mayor goes after Mitt Romney at DNC
• New York club says pole dancing is an art, for tax purposes
• Democrats reinstate ‘God’ and Jerusalem into their platform
• Feds probe alleged hacking theft of Romney's tax returns
• DNC small-business vendors: ‘We feel forgotten’
• Illinois DNC notebook: Rep. Mike Quigley remembers 'hugfest'
• Democrats change platform to add God, Jerusalem
• Spacewalking astronauts conquer stuck bolt with toothbrush
• Teen volunteers disinvited from Obama speech
• 18 million U.S. households struggling to feed families
• Survey: Harassment of gay students declining
• Union employees plan to stay in schools if teachers strike
• France investigating two suspected cases of deadly Yosemite virus
• Who built it? We did! The Democrats rebut the GOP convention
• Powerful 7.6 magnitude quake hits Costa Rica, at least two dead

Analysis: U.S. bankers say, love or hate it, ethanol here to stay Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:46 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Before the U.S. biofuels boom took off in 2007, the food vs. fuel debate raged: can we afford to use corn for ethanol in a starving world? Five years later, farm bankers ask: can we afford not to? "Ethanol demand is the linchpin of the current pricing model that we have," said Michael Swanson, agricultural economist at Wells Fargo, the largest commercial bank lender to U.S. farmers. "It's a completely different question whether it's right or wrong." Amid the worst drought to hit the Midwest in a half century, corn prices have nearly doubled. ...

At DNC, Democrats paint their portrait of Mitt Romney Posted: 05 Sep 2012 05:41 PM PDT Democrats painted an unremittingly negative portrait of Mitt Romney Wednesday as an out-of-touch elitist, but the second night of their convention was also an exercise in damage control over faith and the party's commitment to Israel.

Accounting firm: ‘No evidence’ Romney’s taxes have been hacked Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:25 PM PDT WOODSTOCK, Vt.—The accounting firm that handled Mitt Romney's tax returns says it has no evidence hackers have gained access to the Republican nominee's financial records. The Nashville City Paper reported late Tuesday that an anonymous user posted a message on the file-sharing website Pastebin claiming to have hacked into the network of a PricewaterhouseCoopers office [...]

Pelosi suggests a vote for Romney is a vote to end Social Security Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:27 PM PDT House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Democrats here to re-elect President Barack Obama Wednesday, tying a vote for him as a means to preserving the nation's main entitlement programs, Social Security and Medicare. "Social Security is on the ballot. Democrats enacted it. Democrats will fight to preserve it," Pelosi said. "Some Republicans want to replace the [...]

Judge OKs contentious part of Ariz immigration law Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:38 PM PDT A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Arizona authorities can enforce the most contentious section of the state's immigration law, which critics have dubbed the "show me your papers" provision.

Boston mayor goes after Mitt Romney at DNC Posted: 05 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Boston Mayor Thomas Menino took on his former governor, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in his speech to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. "Mitt Romney may come from Boston, but his campaign's values aren't Boston values," Menino said. "Because in Boston, we know this country didn't become great by excluding folks and leaving [...]

New York club says pole dancing is an art, for tax purposes Posted: 05 Sep 2012 03:49 PM PDT (Reuters) - What do the world-renowned Bolshoi Ballet and a New York strip club have in common? According to the owners of Nite Moves, an exotic dance club near Albany, New York, enough to qualify pole dancing and private lap dances as tax-exempt artistic performances. The club on Wednesday posed its argument to the Court of Appeals, the state's high court, in a bid to fend off a $125,000 tax bill on revenue collected through admission fees and private dances. ...

Democrats reinstate ‘God’ and Jerusalem into their platform Posted: 05 Sep 2012 03:34 PM PDT Facing unhappy pro-Israel groups amid a Republican-led outcry, Democrats gathered Wednesday at their presidential nominating convention made 11th-hour changes to the party platform to reinstate a reference to God and a declaration that "undivided" Jerusalem is Israel's capital. There was widespread booing on the floor of the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte as [...]

Feds probe alleged hacking theft of Romney's tax returns Posted: 05 Sep 2012 03:10 PM PDT An unknown person claims to have stolen Romney's tax returns, sends packages to Tennessee county GOP and Democratic parties, and threatens to release the information publicly unless Romney pays $1 million.

DNC small-business vendors: ‘We feel forgotten’ Posted: 05 Sep 2012 02:33 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Rows of enthusiastic vendors hawking Obama buttons, tote bags, puppets, T-shirts and other memorabilia seem to be doing brisk business beside the Charlotte Convention Center, where thousands of delegates and members of the media have descended for the three-day Democratic National Convention. But just across the street, and behind a row of low metal [...]

Illinois DNC notebook: Rep. Mike Quigley remembers 'hugfest' Posted: 05 Sep 2012 02:56 PM PDT North Side Congressman Mike Quigley reminded other Illinois Democrats of the "hugfest" that occurred when Obama was first nominated for president. "It brought us all so much closer together, that indescribably warm feeling," Quigley said.

Democrats change platform to add God, Jerusalem Posted: 05 Sep 2012 02:45 PM PDT Democrats have changed their convention platform to add a mention of God and declare that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

Spacewalking astronauts conquer stuck bolt with toothbrush Posted: 05 Sep 2012 09:58 AM PDT Astronauts Suni Williams and Akihido Hoshide found a low-tech way to free a stubborn bolt.

Teen volunteers disinvited from Obama speech Posted: 05 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT A pair of teenagers volunteered  for 18 hours on the Obama campaign this summer to earn their golden tickets to President Obama's  big speech at the Bank of America stadium Thursday night. Today Madeline Frank, 16, and her brother Koby, 14, were told they've been...

18 million U.S. households struggling to feed families Posted: 05 Sep 2012 02:27 PM PDT Almost 18 million American homes struggled to find enough to eat in 2011, including 3.9 million homes with children, or 10 percent of all families with children, according to numbers released on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Even worse off were single mothers and black and Latino households, the survey found. As NPR [...]

Survey: Harassment of gay students declining Posted: 05 Sep 2012 01:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Harassment of homosexual students is declining at U.S. schools, but the vast majority still report name-calling or threats, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The drop in anti-gay harassment follows the adoption of anti-discrimination measures at more schools, according to the 2011 National School Climate Survey by the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network. ...

Union employees plan to stay in schools if teachers strike Posted: 05 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT If teachers strike, Chicago Public Schools officials will rely on other unionized school employees to keep an eye on students who come to school buildings kept open around the city, according to briefings given to aldermen Wednesday that revealed additional details of the district's strike contingency plan.

France investigating two suspected cases of deadly Yosemite virus Posted: 05 Sep 2012 01:37 PM PDT Health officials in France were investigating two suspected cases of deadly mouse-borne hantavirus in people who may have been exposed at Yosemite National Park this summer.

Who built it? We did! The Democrats rebut the GOP convention Posted: 05 Sep 2012 11:31 AM PDT From Yahoo! News' Jeff Greenfield: For a week, I've been waiting to see whether and how the Democrats would answer one of the driving themes of the Republican campaign: "We Built It!"

Powerful 7.6 magnitude quake hits Costa Rica, at least two dead Posted: 05 Sep 2012 03:12 PM PDT SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rocked Costa Rica on Wednesday, killing at least two people, sparking landslides, knocking down buildings, and briefly triggering a tsunami warning. Striking a tourist region popular with Hollywood stars, Costa Rica's worst quake in over two decades sowed panic in the capital, disrupting power supplies and communications, and caused an entire hospital on the Pacific coast to be evacuated. The Red Cross said two people died in Guanacaste, the northwestern province at the epicenter of the 7. ...

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