Thursday,  September 13, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 058 • 21 of 39 •  Other Editions

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• 8. WHY YOU SHOULD BE WARY OF THIS TYPE OF RICOTTA CHEESE
• Bacteria-tainted ricotta salata linked to 14 illnesses, one death.
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• 9. CASINO BUILDING BOOM ROLLS ACROSS ASIA
• Proliferation of resorts intensifies the debate over gambling's social ills.
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• 10. HALL OF FAME HOOPS COACH CALLING IT QUITS
• Jim Calhoun has won three national titles at UConn but is struggling with ill health.
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Obama, Romney trade tough words over attacks
CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press
KEN THOMAS,Associated Press
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading tough words over the handling of foreign attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in the Middle East, injecting foreign policy into a presidential campaign that has focused on a sour economy.
• Romney accused the Obama administration of showing weakness in the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three American mem

bers of his staff. Romney blasted the initial statement from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo as disgraceful and "akin to apology," adding later, "It's never too early for the United States government to condemn attacks on Americans and to defend our values."
• However, the embassy statement came before the protesters had breached the embassy's walls and was not an apology but an affirmation of the American policy of religious tolerance and respect. A statement by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton minutes before Romney's was released condemned the attack in Libya and said there was no justification for such violent acts.
• Obama made a somber statement in the Rose Garden condemning the attacks and announcing plans to deploy additional Marines at diplomatic posts overseas. In an interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes" later in the day, Obama said the episode showed Romney's penchant for having "a tendency to shoot first and aim later."
• "It appears that Gov. Romney didn't have his facts right," Obama said. That night, during a rally in Las Vegas, the president said he had a message for the rest

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