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Rev. Jeremiah Wright Is back

The return of Wright as an issue is a sign the campaign to come will be no-holds barred. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.

RELATED STORY: BLITZER’S BLOG: Romney repudiates using Rev. Wright in ads


Filed under: 2012 election • Barack Obama • Jeremiah Wright • Jim Acosta • Mitt Romney

Schumer to Saverin: Leave, but pay taxes

Sen. Chuck Schumer says he won't let Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin dodge capital gains taxes by leaving U.S.

RELATED STORY: Saverin: I'll pay taxes on anything I earned as a U.S. citizen


Filed under: Dana Bash • Facebook • Taxes

A look back at Donna Summer's career

Donna Summer, so-called queen of disco era, died from complications related to cancer. CNN's Nischelle Turner reports.

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Disco queen Donna Summer dies at 63


Filed under: Entertainment • Music • Nischelle Turner

Amphibious car rules the road, water

It's a car! It's a boat! No, it's a car that is a boat! CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

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Tsunami debris nears U.S. West Coast

The damage is not radioactive but the debris field still poses a danger to marine life as it inches toward North America.

RELATED STORY: Preparing for tsunami debris, wherever it may make landfall

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Filed under: Disaster • Japan • Lisa Sylvester

Beau Biden on veterans, father's gay marraige comments

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Biden's son works to mobilize veterans

Beau Biden defends GOP attacks that Obama's policies have been detrimental to veterans and military families.

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Beau Biden: My Dad spoke from the heart

In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Beau Biden reacts to the vice president's gay marriage comment.


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Facebook plans for all night 'hackathon'

CNN's Dan Simon talks to Wolf Blitzer about Facebook employees prepping for an all-night "hackathon" coding session.

RELATED STORY:
Internet greets Facebook's IPO price with glee, skepticism


Filed under: Dan Simon • Facebook • Tech
BLITZER’S BLOG: Romney repudiates using Rev. Wright in ads
Rev. Jeremiah Wright speaks at the National Press Club in 2009

BLITZER’S BLOG: Romney repudiates using Rev. Wright in ads

By Wolf Blitzer, CNN

Washington (CNN) –
It didn’t take very long for Mitt Romney and his campaign to run away from a strategic political proposal to use the Rev. Jeremiah Wright in new ads to trash President Barack Obama.

I was not surprised.
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Saverin: I'll pay taxes on anything I earned as a U.S. citizen

Saverin: I'll pay taxes on anything I earned as a U.S. citizen

Eduardo Saverin is speaking out after Sens. Chuck Schumer and Bob Casey introduced legislation that would prevent the Facebook co-founder from ever returning to the United States.

Saverin, who will become astronomically wealthy on Friday after Facebook goes public, struck a nerve with the senators after he renounced his U.S. citizenship, making him likely to avoid capital gains taxes on his Facebook shares. Saverin now lives in Singapore.

Full Statement from Saverin:

My decision to expatriate was based solely on my interest in working and living in Singapore, where I have been since 2009. I am obligated to and will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to the United States government. I have paid and will continue to pay any taxes due on everything I earned while a U.S. citizen. It is unfortunate that my personal choice has led to a public debate, based not on the facts, but entirely on speculation and misinformation.

As a native of Brazil who immigrated to the United States, I am very grateful to the U.S. for everything it has given me. In 2004, I invested my life’s savings into a start-up company that initially was run out of a college dorm room. Since then the company has expanded dramatically, has created thousands of jobs in the United States and elsewhere, and spawned countless new companies across the United States and other countries.

I will continue to invest in U.S. businesses and start-ups, and believe and hope that those investments will create many new jobs in the U.S. and globally. I also hope that these investments will create opportunities for many other individuals to start companies and benefit society.

– Eduardo Saverin

RELATED STORY: Senators to Saverin: Don't come back. Ever.

Tune to Situation Room today from 4-6pm ET for the latest on Facebook's IPO and the legislation against Saverin.


Filed under: Facebook • Tech

Romney aides block reporters

Romney aides, Secret Service agent block reporters from asking questions at a campaign event.

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