U.S. Top News: Obama, on eve of convention, tours storm-hit Louisiana

	Click to View in Browser 09/4/2012 Obama, on eve of convention, tours storm-hit Louisiana LAPLACE, Louisiana (Reuters) - President Barack Obama toured hurricane-stricken Louisiana on Monday and promised federal recovery help as he sought to show his administration was on top of the disaster response on the eve of his Democrats' national convention in North Carolina. For San Antonio mayor, reflections of American Dream in convention speech SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Civil rights activist Rosie Castro toted her painfully shy twin boys everywhere, and they weren't always thrilled about the outings: distributing political literature, attending farm worker rallies and visiting the voting booth. Bankruptcy saves tiny Rhode Island city, but leaves scars Central Falls, Rhode Island (Reuters) - Central Falls, in Rhode Island, is close to emerging from bankruptcy with a plan that hammers its retired municipal employees but leaves bondholders unscathed, in a contrast with other recent U.S. municipal bankruptcies. Firefighters battle California's Angeles National Forest blaze LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 4,000-acre (1,620-hectare) wildfire in the Angeles National Forest in Southern California has forced the evacuation of some campsites as firefighters struggle to control the blaze, authorities said on Monday. Xerox investigated by Texas on Medicaid work: WSJ (Reuters) - Xerox Corp and a wholly owned unit that contracted with the U.S. state of Texas to process dental claim forms are being investigated to see if they helped allow dentists to submit higher-than-required bills under the state's Medicaid system, the Wall Street Journal reported. President Obama appears in Jay-Z concert video NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jay-Z got a boost from President Barack Obama over the weekend at the Budweiser Made In America festival in Philadelphia, where the hip-hop mogul was both an organizer and headline performer. Valero to convert Aruba refinery to product terminal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp said on Monday it would convert its shuttered refinery on the Caribbean island of Aruba to a refined products terminal as it continues to seek a buyer for the facility. Phillips66 Alliance refinery reports leakage at oil storage facility (Reuters) - Phillips 66 reported that a leaking oil storage facility released an unknown amount of oil into the facility and surrounding area at its 247,000 barrel-per-day Alliance refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, according to a filing with national pollution regulators. Argentine judge orders arrest of Credit Suisse executive BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A judge in Argentina has ordered the arrest of Credit Suisse executive and former U.S. Treasury Undersecretary David Mulford because he failed to testify over a 2001 Argentine debt swap, the state news agency reported on Monday. Bad news for movie fans, U.S. drought hits popcorn crop CHICAGO (Reuters) - For more than half a century, the Shew family has harvested mountains of popcorn kernels to be buttered, salted and munched by movie fans. Related Video U.S. Morning Call: Super Mario to the rescue with bond plan Breakingviews - Wanted: steel nerves! Great Debate 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