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The health of the US economy is set to dominate the second day of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina Wednesday, offering a rejoinder to Republican attacks over President Barack Obama's economic management.

US President Barack Obama said his showpiece State of the Union address on Tuesday will lay the blueprint for an economy where fairness for all trumps a system tilted toward the "wealthy few."

OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama blasted his Republican foes and Wall Street on Tuesday as he portrayed himself as a champion of the middle class and laid out in the starkest terms yet the populist themes of his 2012 re-election bid.

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday the "gaping inequality" facing the middle class was the "defining issue of our time" in a passionate outline of his 2012 reelection message.

OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama blasted his Republican foes and Wall Street on Tuesday as he portrayed himself as a champion of the middle class and laid out in the starkest terms yet the populist themes of his 2012 re-election bid.

OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama blasted his Republican foes and Wall Street on Tuesday as he portrayed himself as champion of the middle class and laid out in the starkest terms yet the populist themes of his 2012 re-election bid.

OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turned up the heat on his Republican foes on Tuesday as he portrayed himself as a champion of the middle class and laid out in the starkest terms yet the populist themes of his 2012 re-election bid.

OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would call for legislation to strengthen penalties against Wall Street companies that break anti-fraud rules.

OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turned up the heat on his Republican foes on Tuesday as he portrayed himself as a champion of the middle class and laid out in the starkest terms yet the populist themes of his 2012 re-election bid.

OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would call for legislation to strengthen penalties against Wall Street companies that break anti-fraud rules.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Obama's aides have persistently tried to paint Republicans as the party of the rich, with mixed results.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Obama's aides have persistently tried to paint Republicans as the party of the rich, with mixed results.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Saturday to boost pressure on Republican lawmakers to back an extension of a tax cut for workers that he views as vital to help the fragile economy.

Nathan Stiles' parents had little reason to doubt their 17-year-old son was ready to return to the football field after suffering an apparent concussion at the homecoming game. He spent weeks resting, and a doctor gave him the all clear to play again. Even a CT scan that usually detects more serious head injuries came back negative, his mother said.

Undetected head injury in Kan. high school football player's death points to screening limits. Nathan Stiles' parents had little reason to doubt their 17-year-old son was ready to return to the football field after suffering an apparent concussion at the homecoming game. He spent weeks resting, and a doctor gave him the all clear to play again. Even a CT scan that usually detects more serious head injuries came back negative, his mother said.

Father: Kan. high school football player who died after game had concussion earlier in season. A northeast Kansas high school senior who died Friday after collapsing during a football game had sustained a concussion during a recent football game, his father said.