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Morning Digest: Obama warns divided Congress that he will act alone

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01/29/2014

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

Obama warns divided Congress that he will act alone

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to bypass a divided Congress and take action on his own to bolster America's middle class in a State of the Union address that he used to try to breathe new life into his second term after a troubled year..

Thailand to deploy 10,000 police in capital to secure voting

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government will deploy 10,000 police in the capital for Sunday's election, which protesters have promised to disrupt as part of their drawn-out attempt to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra..

Fed poised for $10 billion taper as Bernanke bids adieu

(Reuters) - Turmoil in emerging markets and a month of disappointing job growth at home are unlikely to deter the Federal Reserve from trimming its bond-buying stimulus on Wednesday, as Ben Bernanke wraps up his last policy meeting at the helm of the U.S. central bank..

Metal band Motley Crue to call it quits after farewell tour

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Metal rock band Motley Crue, which became emblematic of the hard-partying hair metal acts popular on 1980s MTV, will call it quits after their scheduled farewell tour concludes next year, the band said on Tuesday..

Seattle secondary pits their legacy against Manning

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - Outspoken Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said on Tuesday that Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was not the only one playing for his legacy in Sunday's Super Bowl..

Facebook cites progress on low-power server technology

SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's executive in charge of revolutionizing data centers on Tuesday lauded low-energy server technology that is expected to compete against heavyweight Intel Corp..

Long lunar night wait for China's malfunctioning Jade Rabbit moon rover

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese scientists will have to wait until the end of a long lunar night, lasting about 14 earth days, to see if repair efforts on the country's first moon rover, dubbed Jade Rabbit, were successful, state media said..

Italy Church appeals to thieves to return John Paul blood relic

ROME (Reuters) - The Catholic Church has appealed to thieves to return a reliquary containing the blood of the late Pope John Paul II that disappeared in what it called a "vile and sacrilegious theft"..