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...The other day, azgo sent me the portion of the U.S. Code that deals with federal campaign spending and disclosure. Sure enough, the campaign spending and disclosure requirements in the law correspond to changes in Mr. Obama’s legal status (candidate vs. nominee vs. President) which are reflected in the evolving ‘credit’ language we previously noted in the FTS footer. azgo summed up the federal requirements perfectly: “So, therefore, is it safe to say the OFA/DNC BC page is just a paid advertisement?” Yep; that’s exactly what FTS is. And Mr. Gibbs confirmed as much, in a line from the ABC...

A fatal auto accident in Pennsylvania has stirred concerns about another potentially hazardous Chinese product in wide use in the U.S.: tires. About 450,000 Chinese-made tires sold in the U.S. -- and possibly many more -- may lack an important safety feature, according to federal regulators and the U.S. distributor that helped design them. But the task of identifying who bought the defective tires and getting them off the road has been complicated by litigation and holes in the nation's product-recall system. The tire defect comes in the wake of several other high-profile safety problems involving Chinese products, including the...