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City, S.D., bank. He was arrested less than 24 hours after the holdup when his car ran out of gas. • Documents show that Pannell named "robbery" as his occupation when was booked into jail. • U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Klein of North Dakota ordered Pannell to be taken into custody of federal authorities in South Dakota. •
AP News in Brief Pointing to his elderly mother on Medicare, Ryan insists GOP ticket won't hurt seniors
• ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan is telling seniors they have nothing to worry about when it comes to Medicare and Social Security if his Republican Party wins the White House. Don't believe him? Just ask his 78-year-old mother. • Betty Ryan Douglas was set to campaign Saturday with her son at the world's largest retirement community as the presumptive GOP presidential ticket seeks to blunt withering criticism from President Barack Obama and his allies. The Democratic team charges that Mitt Romney and Ryan would gut programs for older Americans. • Obama planned to dig in on that point in New Hampshire on Saturday with stops in Windham and Rochester. Aides say he will cast the voters' choice as one between two fundamentally different approaches to government's responsibility to its citizens and who pays the bill. • Romney, meanwhile, was set to raise money in Massachusetts while his freshly (Continued on page 37)
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