Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Daily News Digest: Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:56 AM PDT
Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News:

Obama and Romney make young girl cry 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:56 AM PDT
After months of buildup leading to the presidential election in November, 4-year-old Abigael Evans has had enough. The Fort Collins, Colo., girl broke down in tears after listening to yet another report on the radio about the race between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a local NBC TV station reported. "I'm tired [...]
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Obama visits storm victims while Romney campaigns 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:11 AM PDT
President Barack Obama, accompanied by American Red Cross President and CEO Gail J. McGovern, gestures while speaking during the his visit to the Disaster Operation Center of the Red Cross National Headquarter to discuss superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama, locked in a fierce re-election bid, is emphasizing his incumbent's role for a third straight day, skipping battleground states to visit victims of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, a state he's confident of winning. The president's actions have forced his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, to walk a careful line and make tough choices.
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Clinton Called On as Obama Closer 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 05:52 AM PDT
Former President Bill Clinton greets singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen at a campaign event for President Barack Obama, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, in Parma, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)As Hurricane Sandy churned toward the East Coast, the call from President Obama came on Monday morning. “I got to go back right now, this storm’s getting out of hand. I got to handle it,” former President Clinton recalled to an Ohio crowd later that day. “And I said, ‘Mr. President, that is the right call.’ ”
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Bones, Caskets Unearthed by Sandy 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 09:06 AM PDT
Bones, Caskets Unearthed by SandyResidents of New Haven, Conn., got an eerie Halloween surprise when a famed tree uprooted during Hurricane Sandy, unearthing the bones of a woman who died nearly 200 years ago. Around 6 p.m. on Monday the famous tree at New Haven’s Upper Green, named the...
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Obama gets first-hand look at storm devastation 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:10 PM PDT
Marine One, carrying President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, take an aerial tour of the Atlantic Coast in New Jersey in areas damaged by superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool)President Barack Obama inspected the devastation from Sandy on Wednesday, flying high over flooded neighborhoods, sand-strewn streets and a burning fire that charred homes along the New Jersey coastline.
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No prank: On Halloween, US military forces train for zombie apocalypse 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 09:21 AM PDT
Why is the US military preparing for a zombie apocalypse?
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Romney Faces Scrutiny on Aid in Storm's Wake 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:06 AM PDT
In wake of superstorm Sandy, Romney faces scrutiny for past comments on disaster relief
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With Christie, Obama vows, ‘We will not quit until this is done’ 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:44 PM PDT
Just six days before the election, President Barack Obama toured storm-ravaged areas with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. He told Garden State residents struggling in the superstorm's aftermath that all of America shares their painâ€"and their government is there to help. "The main message I wanted to send is the entire country has been watching [...]
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Terrorist Offers Hurricane Aid, US Says No Thanks 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 08:18 AM PDT
Terrorist Offers Hurricane Aid, US Says No ThanksHafiz Saeed Has $10 Million US Bounty on His Head
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Superstorm Sandy Rumors Cost Congressional Campaign Manager His Job 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:04 AM PDT
Rumors Cost Campaign Manager JobThe congressional campaign manager who confessed to spreading falsehoods on Twitter during Hurricane Sandy has resigned from Christopher Wright’s New York City congressional campaign. Shashank Tripathi, under the guise of his Twitter handle @ComfortablySmug, sent out several pieces of misinformation during the worst of the...
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Skeleton found when historic Conn. tree uprooted 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 01:52 AM PDT
New Haven police say superstorm Sandy has revealed a skeleton beneath the town green that may have been there since Colonial times.
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Romney to focus on 11 states in final election push 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 05:30 AM PDT
TAMPA, Fla.â€"Mitt Romney will focus on 11 states before Election Day. The push in the election's final six days comes amid polls showing the GOP challenger in a dead hit with President Barack Obama in many  battleground states, including Florida and Ohio. Between now and Tuesday, Romney and his key surrogates will attend rallies in [...]
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Tempers flare in NJ city where thousands stranded 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 11:17 AM PDT
A firehouse is surrounded by floodwaters in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)Tempers are flaring in Hoboken, N.J., as residents complain officials in the flooded city on the Hudson River have been slow to get out food and water to the stranded.
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Celebratory gunfire at Saudi wedding cuts cable, 23 electrocuted 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:11 AM PDT
RIYADH (Reuters) - Celebratory gunfire at a wedding party in eastern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night brought down an electric cable, killing 23 people, a local civil defense official said. "At the wedding, the cable fell on a metal door and the 23 people who died were all electrocuted," Eastern Province official Abdullah Khashman said by phone. A photograph of the aftermath of the accident, published on local newspapers' websites showed a large courtyard strewn with fallen chairs and a pole in the middle supporting cables carrying lightbulbs. ...
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Region hit by Sandy struggles to resume daily life 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 06:16 AM PDT
Members of the National Guard stand ready with large trucks used to pluck people from high water in Hoboken, N.J. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Parts of the city are still covered in standing water, trapping some residents in their homes. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)Two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, but across the river in New Jersey, the National Guard searched for flood victims and fires still raged two days after Superstorm Sandy.
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Romney camp stands by Christie for working with Obama during storm 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:03 PM PDT
President Barack Obama spent part of the day Wednesday touring sections of New Jersey hit by superstorm Sandy with GOP Gov. Chris Christie, a move officials from Mitt Romney's campaign stood by after grumblings from some Republicans. "Gov. Christie's doing his job," Romney senior adviser Russ Schriefer told reporters on a conference call when asked [...]
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Time-lapse video captures superstorm Sandy’s wrath on New York City 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 01:48 PM PDT
A video on YouTube condenses superstorm Sandy's strike on New York City into about two minutes. The video was created by SMvideoChan, who confirmed to Yahoo News on email that it is taken from the Northside Piers Towers in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The bridge you can see is the Williamsburg Bridge. The time-lapse video covers two [...]
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Obama tours storm damage, Romney mutes rhetoric 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:39 PM PDT
Marine One, carrying President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, take an aerial tour of the Atlantic Coast in New Jersey in areas damaged by superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool)President Barack Obama got an up-close look at the devastation wrought by superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, forsaking partisan campaigning days before the close election in favor of a disaster tour guided by the Republican governor of New Jersey. Rival Mitt Romney muted criticism of his foe as he barnstormed battleground Florida.
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Superstorm Sandy: Before and after photos 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:34 PM PDT
Images of the aftermath of superstorm Sandy clearly show the devastation it wrought, including at least 64 deaths and billions of dollars in damages throughout the East Coast. These amazing before and after photographs help bear witness to the destructive force of the powerful wind gusts, torrential rains and massive storm surges. The Battery Park [...]
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Americans Slip From Minnesota to Somali Terror Group: FBI 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 10:54 AM PDT
Experts Concerned Terror Group on the Ropes Could Set Sights Internationally
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Obama back on campaign trail Thursday as final push begins 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:03 AM PDT
President Barack Obama will return to campaigning after spending three days managing the federal response to the deadly superstorm. He's launching a frenetic final push with stops in Wisconsin, Colorado and Nevada. Come Election Day, the Democrat will watch the results come in at what aides are billing with characteristic audacity (bluster?) as a "victory [...]
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Police: 10-year-old boy sorry he shot neo-Nazi dad 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:21 AM PDT
FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2010 file photo, Jeff Hall holds a Neo Nazi flag while standing at Sycamore Highlands Park near his home in Riverside, Calif. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the trial begins in juvenile court for the 10-year-old boy charged with murder for shooting Hall, his white supremacist father while he slept on the couch in 2010. The child told investigators he killed his father with a gun kept unlocked in the family's home because he was tired of his father beating him and his stepmother. (AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker, File)The 10-year-old son of a neo-Nazi leader casually told police he had shot his father as he slept but then became agitated in the back of a patrol car and asked an officer if his father would survive, a police officer said.
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Eurozone unemployment rises to new record 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:04 AM PDT
A man begs for alms in a street, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Spain's National Statistics Institute says Tuesday that the country's economy contracted 0.3 percent in the third quarter from the previous three month period. Spain is in a double-dip recession and has a 25 percent unemployment rate. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Monday the country has no immediate need to ask for outside aid to help deal with its debts. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone hit a record high of 11.6 percent in September, official figures showed Wednesday, a sign the economy is deteriorating as governments struggle to get a grip on their three-year debt crisis.
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Ghost stories part of the White House’s legacy 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:00 AM PDT
The White House is the best-known residence in the nation and a few of its famous residents are rumored to be long-term tenants.
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Who can fix political gridlock? Poll favors Romney 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 01:36 PM PDT
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with supporters during a campaign stop at the University of Miami, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Just about everybody agrees Washington is a gridlocked mess. But who's the man to fix it? After two years of brawling and brinkmanship between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans, more voters trust Mitt Romney to break the stalemate.
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Moment the lights went out in NYC (VIDEO) 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:11 AM PDT
Talk about perfect timing to capture an awful moment: Sean Blackwell was filming the flooding from Hurricane Sandy on the Lower East Side of New York City at the intersection of Eighth Street and Avenue C at the moment of the blackout. As the camera pans across the intersection, a mind-boggling view of water-logged streets [...]
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Airports and stock exchange reopen; NJ devastated 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 11:02 AM PDT
New York Mayor Bloomberg rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange following its reopeningTwo major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to rescue flood victims and fires still raged two days after Superstorm Sandy.
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The Brat PAC: Super young Super PAC spending millions on election 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 03:57 AM PDT
Spinners and Winners What would you do if you were a college student who suddenly came into millions of dollars? Founding a Super PAC may not be the first thing that comes to mind, but that's exactly what John Ramsey did when his grandfather died, leaving him with a generous inheritance. That inheritance made the [...]
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Climate and cost concerns mount in wake of "superstorm" 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:01 AM PDT
New Jersey Army National Guard aerial views shows the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coastWASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Monday's mammoth storm that caused severe flooding, damage and fatalities to the eastern U.S. will raise pressure on Congress and the next president to address the impacts of climate change as the price tag for extreme weather disasters escalates. Hurricane Sandy devastated the east coast of the United States, claiming dozens of lives so far, cutting power to over 8 million people and damaging major roadways, buildings and infrastructure, such as New York's 108-year old subway system. ...
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‘It’s the president, stupid’: Elections drive the economy, too 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:29 PM PDT
Last year, the Signal noticed an eerie correspondence between the highs and lows of the S&P 500 stock market index and the ups and downs of President Barack Obama's odds of winning re-election in the prediction markets. Almost a year later, the two data sets continue to move in remarkable lockstep. As thorny correlation issues [...]
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