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Christopher J. Dodd, the embattled Connecticut Democrat, has decided not to seek a sixth term, Democrats familiar with his plans said Wednesday.

Democratic sources tell The Associated Press that Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter won't run for re-election this fall.

As part of his annual town hall forum, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday spoke for four hours and didn't rule out running for the presidency again in 2012.

There were no bids by younger Palestinian leaders on Friday to step into the shoes of President Mahmoud Abbas, who says he does not want to run for re-election in January.

The Palestinian president says he doesn't want to run for re-election in the January balloting.

In the middle of making a hard push for health care reform before the August recess, President Obama is taking a time out to drum up support for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine in his race for re-election, where the Democratic incumbent has been consistently trailing his Republican opponent.

Republican Sen. John Ensign says he has no plans to resign despite his affair with a staffer's wife and his parents' $96,000 payout to the woman's family, and will seek re-election in 2012.