AP News in Brief
Looking to gain ground, Romney lambastes Obama on host of issues, not just economy
• DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- For months, Mitt Romney has had one main focus -- bludgeoning President Barack Obama on the economy.
• Now, the Republican presidential candidate has started poking at Obama from all sides as he looks to gain ground. In recent days, Romney has criticized Obama in TV ads and speeches on topics that include farm policy, transparency, military voting rights, welfare reform and religious freedom.
• "Who shares your values?" a new Romney ad asks -- and suggests that Obama doesn't.
• Republicans have spent weeks complaining both publicly and privately that Romney's economy-only focus wouldn't be enough to overtake Obama and that the certain GOP nominee needed to broaden his criticism.
• Specifically, these Republicans have been pressing Romney to go after Obama in areas that resonate with party loyalists as the close contest approaches its final push -- the sprint from the Republican National Convention later this month to the election in November.
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Thousands of mourners expected at Wisconsin funerals for 6 Sikh victims of white supremacist
• OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) -- Thousands of mourners were expected to gather Fri
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