U.S. Top News: Solid U.S. retail sales may ease Q1 growth worries

Click to View in Browser 04/16/2012 Solid U.S. retail sales may ease Q1 growth worries WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose solidly in March as Americans shrugged off high gasoline prices and bought a range of goods, implying that economic growth in the first quarter was probably not as weak as many had feared. Three girls among Oklahoma tornado dead; clean-up underway OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Clean-up efforts were underway across the Midwest on Sunday after dozens of tornadoes ripped across the region, killing five people in one Oklahoma town, three of them young girls, after storm sirens failed to sound and houses were reduced to rubble. U.S. economy in better shape to handle high gas prices: Geithner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is in a better position to deal with high gasoline prices, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Sunday, adding that unseasonably warm winter had lowered overall energy costs for consumers. Latin America rebels against Obama over Cuba CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Unprecedented Latin American opposition to U.S. sanctions on Cuba left President Barack Obama isolated at a summit on Sunday and illustrated Washington's declining influence in a region being aggressively courted by China. Former baseball star Clemens heads for fresh perjury trial WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former baseball pitching ace Roger Clemens faces a new trial this week on charges he lied to Congress about taking steroids, nine months after a judge stopped his first trial in its opening days because of a misstep by prosecutors. Obama, Democrats raise more than $53 million in March WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and Democratic groups affiliated with it raised more than $53 million in March, showing a jump in fundraising over the previous month as the general election gets under way. Search halted for 4 missing after California yacht race SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Rescuers halted a search on Sunday for four sailors swept overboard after powerful waves battered their boat during a yacht race, tossing it into rocks around islands off San Francisco, officials said. "Pink Slime" controversy stokes clash over agriculture (Reuters) - Standing before a crowd of McDonald's Corp shareholders at its headquarters last spring, an unlikely investor prepared for battle. Spirit AeroSystems suspends operations at Kansas facility (Reuters) - Aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc suspended operations at its Wichita, Kansas facility until Tuesday after severe weather damaged the infrastructure there. Shooting zombies is the fad among gun enthusiasts ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - One of Patrick Flanagan's favorite movies as a kid was "Night of the Living Dead," a 1968 horror film about a family trapped in a rural Pennsylvania house and attacked by zombies. Related Video Breivik trial begins in Oslo UN peace monitors arrive in Syria Great Debate Stop conflating microfinance and entrepreneurship The secretive corporate outfit behind 'Stand Your Ground' A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend