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Biden attends fundraiser at Erskine Bowles' home, speaks at museum

In a Charlotte visit Thursday that brought traffic and flight delays, Vice President Joe Biden attended a private $10,000-per-plate luncheon at the home of Erskine Bowles and later spoke to about 200 campaign supporters at the Levine Museum of the New South. | 05/25/12 06:32:34 By - Tim Funk and April Bethea

Probe of US military gear traces counterfeit parts to China

A yearlong investigation found what federal officials called a widespread problem of counterfeit electronic parts making their way onto critical defense systems - into Air Force cargo planes, assemblies used in Special Operations helicopters, and in Navy surveillance planes. | 05/25/12 06:37:45 By - Molly McMillin

Diplomat with Cuba experience to handle White House's Latin America policy

A State Department veteran of Cuba affairs, Ricardo Zuniga, will move over to White House to replace Dan Restrepo as the National Security Council's lead man on Latin America policy, the NSC has announced. | 05/25/12 06:37:45 By - Juan O. Tamayo

N.C. county backs down, allows protest of anti-gay sermon

Catawba County, N.C., officials have backed down after initially denying a request from marchers who want to use county facilities this weekend to stage a protest against a preacher's anti-gay sermon. | 05/25/12 06:32:34 By - Joe Depriest

Florida Gov. Scott addresses elephant in room upon return from Spain visit

Florida Gov. Rick Scott became a Spanish punch line this week after a televised gaffe with the king of Spain, who is reeling from an elephant-shooting scandal. | 05/25/12 06:37:45 By - Marc Caputo and Patricia Mazzei

Many Palin fans not fond of her support for Orrin Hatch

There's consternation in Palin Nation. The former Alaska governor surprised many supporters this week when she endorsed Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, a political fixture who would seem to represent everything that Palinistas loathe, which can be conveyed in a simple phrase: "the entrenched Washington elite." | 05/25/12 06:42:12 By - Robin Abcarian

Justice Dept.: Two Sen. Ted Stevens trial prosecutors acted with reckless misconduct

The Justice Department's internal watchdog office has concluded that two federal prosecutors acted with reckless misconduct in the botched case against then-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and should be suspended without pay but not fired. | 05/25/12 06:54:10 By - Sean Cockerham

U.S. attorney's office assails Calif. Gov. Brown's wildfire-liability plan

Gov. Jerry Brown tucked provisions into his budget that would limit payouts in wildfire liability cases, potentially saving timber companies and other major California landowners hundreds of millions of dollars as federal prosecutors pursue record-high damages in court. | 05/25/12 06:59:49 By - Kevin Yamamura

Egypt balloting ends with even Mubarak’s hometown in suspense

In many ways, Kafr el-Meselha is like every other Egyptian community, wrestling with its feelings toward a revolution that has left them both free to live and imprisoned by the hardened life that comes with moving from autocracy to democracy. | 05/24/12 19:05:06 By - By Nancy A. Youssef

Josh Earnest went from baseball in Kansas City to hardball at White House

The 37-year-old Earnest, who grew up in Kansas City, Mo., is the principal deputy White House press secretary. Before Earnest even sets foot inside the White House gates and enters the West Wing, it’s his job to know what’s been said over the past 12 hours, who said it and what the fallout has been. | 05/24/12 19:13:52 By - By David Goldstein

Lockheed to hire temporary workers to fill in for strikers

Lockheed Martin on Thursday turned up the pressure on striking Machinists union members, announcing it would begin hiring temporary replacement workers to fill aircraft production jobs. | 05/24/12 18:51:33 By - By BOB COX

Workers picket Lockheed headquarters in solidarity with Fort Worth

The understated corporate neighborhood wedged between an interstate and the Washington, D.C., Beltway and home to Lockheed Martin Inc. took on a rowdy flavor Thursday with the shouting, chanting, sign-waving and heckling of more than 150 picketers supporting the International Association of Machinists’ strike. | 05/24/12 13:29:54 By - By Maria Recio

Germany city relies on multiple transportation modes, and transitions are smooth

Many travelers arrive in Leipzig on high-speed trains, which stop in the city's historic center. From there, getting around is easy, even for those who have never been to eastern Germany. | 05/24/12 09:17:25 By - Gordon Dickson

Human rights report details violence and abuse in Latin America

Drug-fueled violence in Mexico and Honduras, mass detentions in Cuba and an executive power grab in Venezuela were highlighted in the U.S. State Department's 2011 human rights report released Thursday. | 05/24/12 19:10:48 By - By Jim Wyss

U.S., allies may drop demand that Iran completely halt uranium enrichment

The United States and five other major powers exchanged extensive proposals with Iran on Wednesday over that country’s nuclear program amid signs that the U.S. and its negotiating partners were dropping demands that Iran completely halt the enrichment of uranium. | 05/24/12 01:19:33 By - By Sahar Issa

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