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| Sandy: East Coast braces for epic hurricane, ‘life-threatening’ storm surge Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 07:25 AM PDT [UPDATED: 8:00 p.m. ET] "Superstorm." "The Perfect Storm." "Frankenstorm." Whatever you want to call it, the East Coast is bracing for Hurricane Sandy, a "rare hybrid storm" that is expected to bring a life-threatening storm surge to the mid-Atlantic coast, Long Island Sound and New York harbor, forecasters say, with winds expected to be at [...] Full Story | Top |
| Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votes Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 03:04 PM PDT  President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt Romney's attempts to convert momentum from the debates into support in all-important Ohio, according to an Associated Press analysis a week before Election Day. Full Story | Top |
| Kim Kardashian makes a splash at NYC bash Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:15 PM PDT  Kim Kardashian isn't worried about the behemoth storm expected to pummel the eastern U.S. with rain and wind this week. Full Story | Top |
| Insurers nervous over prospect of Romney victory Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 08:13 AM PDT  You'd think health insurance CEOs would be chilling the bubbly with Republican Mitt Romney's improved election prospects, but instead they're in a quandary. Full Story | Top |
| Madonna booed after touting Obama in La. Concert Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 01:28 AM PDT  Madonna drew boos and triggered a walkout by several concertgoers after she touted President Barack Obama on her "MDNA Tour" in New Orleans. Full Story | Top |
| Will Supreme Court turn up its nose at drug-sniffing dogs? Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 10:34 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Two dogs, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Franky and a German shepherd named Aldo, should have their day at the U.S. Supreme Court. The court is scheduled on Wednesday to hear Florida's appeal of two decisions by that state's highest court that found the detection of drugs by trained police dogs had violated the constitutional ban on unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. ... Full Story | Top |
| Close race makes up for waning zeal in expat vote Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 02:38 AM PDT  BERLIN (Reuters) - With the presidential election too close to call, hundreds of thousands of Americans living in Europe have been posting their absentee ballots with a sense that they could truly make a difference on November 6. From Berlin to Paris and London to Madrid, they have closely tracked the battle between Democrat President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, though the emotional temperature is several degrees lower than four years ago, when most expats rallied behind Obama after two terms of George W. Bush, whom many thought had tarnished the U.S. image abroad. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hurricane Sandy: Could it change the outcome of the presidential race? Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 03:33 PM PDT  Hurricane Sandy has scrambled the last week of the presidential race, upsetting campaign schedules, putting both President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney off-message, and raising doubts about Election Day and how early voting is going. Full Story | Top |
| October storm scrambles presidential contest Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 02:11 AM PDT  Scrambling to avoid the superstorm that threatens to disrupt the lives of millions of Americans up and down the East Coast, Republican Mitt Romney is returning to battleground Ohio to fight for momentum nine days before the election. Full Story | Top |
| Superstorm could impact 60 million people in US; coastal residents told to get out of the way Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:43 PM PDT SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. - Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a third of the country with sheets of rain, high winds and heavy snow, say officials who warned millions in coastal areas to get out of the way. Full Story | Top |
| Obama at 49 percent, Romney 46 percent nine days before election: Reuters/Ipsos poll Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 09:56 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has extended his narrow lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney among likely voters in a race that remains statistically tied nine days before the election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Sunday. Obama has a 49 percent to 46 percent edge over Romney, marking a 1 point increase from Saturday but still within the daily online survey's 4 percentage-point credibility interval for likely voters. Swings could be possible in the remaining days of the campaign, however. ... Full Story | Top |
| Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes off Canadian coast Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 05:23 PM PDT  A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada, but there were no reports of major damage. Residents in parts of British Columbia were evacuated, but the province appeared to escape the biggest quake in Canada since 1949 largely unscathed. Full Story | Top |
| Blood and Astronaut Pee: Creepy Cargo Returns to Earth on SpaceX Capsule Today Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 12:25 AM PDT  A privately built spacecraft will carry some extra creepy cargo back to Earth from the International Space Station Sunday (Oct. 28): astronaut blood and urine. Full Story | Top |
| Execution looms for SD killer, ending 22-year saga Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 12:30 PM PDT  Torrential overnight rains had washed away the blood so the searchers at first thought the pale form lying on the earthen berm might be a mannequin. Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court weighs new look at voting rights law Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 05:03 AM PDT Supreme Court to decide whether to take a new look at key part of landmark voting rights law Full Story | Top |
| Steve Jobs's Secret Yacht Looks Like a Giant iPhone Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 05:48 PM PDT ![Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed, Christened 'Venus' [VIDEO]](http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mpVPoln12dOpmd6hWgYxdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/steve-jobs-yacht-600.jpg "Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed, Christened 'Venus' [VIDEO]") RELATED: Should You Buy an iPad 2? Full Story | Top |
| 'Frankenstorm': Worse than sum of its parts Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 08:41 AM PDT  The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with high winds, drenching rains, extreme tides, flooding and probably snow is much more than just an ordinary weather system. It's a freakish and unprecedented monster. Full Story | Top |
| Obama balancing storm response with campaigning Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 06:36 PM PDT  President Barack Obama has spent months trying to balance his re-election bid with running the government. Full Story | Top |
| Mom Raises Money to Watch Daughter's Killer Die Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 03:30 PM PDT Friends, family members and strangers have helped Tina Curl’s grim dream come to fruitionâ€"to watch the man who raped and murdered her 9-year-old daughter be strapped to a gurney, fight for his final breath as lethal drugs course through his veins. Curl, 50, spent months... Full Story | Top |
| An uneasy economy, and those living through it Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 11:13 AM PDT  Here was Chas Kaufmann's life before the Great Recession: $28,000 in restaurant tabs in a year, cruises, house parties with fireworks. His Mr. Gutter business was booming in the Pennsylvania Poconos. Full Story | Top |
| East Coast storm wreaks havoc on presidential race Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 06:27 PM PDT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama frantically sought to close the deal with voters with precious few days left in an incredibly close race as this year's October surprise â€" an unprecedented storm menacing the East Coast â€" wreaked havoc on their best-laid plans. Full Story | Top |
| Reports: UK police arrest Gary Glitter Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 10:29 AM PDT  Police investigating child sex abuse allegations against the late BBC television host Jimmy Savile arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter on Sunday, British media reported, raising further questions about whether Savile was at the center of a broader pedophile ring. Full Story | Top |
| Hawaii tsunami warning canceled after lower than expected waves Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 03:12 PM PDT  HONOLULU (Reuters) - Hawaii state officials on Sunday canceled a tsunami advisory prompted by a powerful earthquake off the Canadian coast that sent thousands of people fleeing to higher ground, but did not cause major damage. The advisory was canceled shortly before 4 a.m. local time (1400 GMT) after the anticipated waves rolled in lower than expected, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Kevin Richards, earthquake and tsunami manager for Hawaii State Civil Defense, said water, gas and power lines were not damaged by the smaller-than-expected waves. ... Full Story | Top |
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