Saturday, November 3, 2012

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Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 03:05 PM PDT
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Who's winning the early voting battle? 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 03:05 PM PDT
Supporters spell out "Ohio" as they cheer for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, not pictured, as he speaks during a campaign event at The Square at Union Centre, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in West Chester, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Goldman)President Barack Obama heads toward Election Day with an apparent lead over Republican Mitt Romney among early voters in key states that could decide the election.
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Obama knocks Romney over Mass. health care law 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:10 PM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama greets supporters during a campaign rally in DubuqueIn one of his final campaign speeches in Iowa before Election Day, President Barack Obama hit the major themes from his normal stump speech but also took a quick shot at Mitt Romney for the health care law he championed while governor of Massachusetts. Obama has made it a staple of his campaign address [...]
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Lights in lower Manhattan, misery in outer regions 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:13 PM PDT
People in cars and on foot line up for free gas in the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Trucks provided by the U.S. Department of Defense at the direction of President Barack Obama at this site and others were deployed in coordination with the New York National Guard at the direction of the governor. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)The lights were back on Saturday in lower Manhattan, prompting screams of sweet relief from residents who had been plunged into darkness for nearly five days by Superstorm Sandy. But that joy contrasted with deepening resentment in the city's outer boroughs and suburbs over a continued lack of power and maddening gas shortages.
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Bloomberg mishandles New York City marathon controversy 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 02:06 PM PDT
In this photo provided by New York City Mayor’s Office, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg updates the media on the City’s Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 in New York. Later that day Bloomberg Bloomberg cancelled the 2012 New York Marathon amid growing public pressure. (AP Photo/NYC Mayor’s Office, Kristin Artz)Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to sell the New York City Marathon as a symbolic victory for the city after a devastating storm, invoking two of the biggest symbols of them all â€" Rudy Giuliani and 9/11.
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Obama leads Romney among likely voters in Iowa 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:25 PM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama during a campaign rally in DubuquePresident Barack Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney by five percentage points among likely voters in Iowa, according to a poll released Saturday by the Des Moines Register. Forty-seven percent of likely Iowa voters who participated in the survey said they're supporting Obama, compared to 42 percent who plan to support Romney. The survey [...]
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Ann Romney gets emotional in campaign's final stretch 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 06:56 PM PDT
Romney sprinting to finish in key statesMitt Romney isn't known for his dramatic entrances, but in the campaign's final stretch, he's stepped up his game. As several thousand people waited for the Republican presidential nominee at an airplane hanger here on Saturday afternoon, a campaign aide switched on the soundtrack to the film, "Air Force One, " known for [...]
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Bomb squad detonates ‘suspicious packages’ at voting site 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 01:43 PM PDT
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2012, file photo Florida Gov. Rick Scott, center left, talks with the media after voting in the Republican presidential primary in Tallahassee, Fla. The Justice Department is opposing changes in Florida voting procedures and says it wants a trial in the dispute, a move that could impact the state’s August primary elections. In court papers filed Friday night, March 2, 2012, Florida officials say they strongly oppose having a trial and noted that the federal court hearing the case in Washington wants sufficient time to issue a decision before the August primaries. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)A Florida bomb squad has detonated two suspicious packages that were discovered outside one of the state's early voting stations on Saturday morning. Voting was suspended until 2 p.m. on the final day of early voting, with a long line of reportedly upset voters waiting to cast their ballots. Early voting has been popular in [...]
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U.S. disaster relief in a race against freezing cold 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 04:33 PM PDT
Handout image of Hurricane Sandy destruction along the New Jersey shoreFuel supplies headed toward disaster zones in the U.S. Northeast on Saturday and a million customers regained electricity as near freezing temperatures threatened to add to the misery of coastal communities devastated by superstorm Sandy. The power restorations relit the skyline in Lower Manhattan for the first time in nearly a week and allowed 80 percent of the New York City subway service to resume, but more than a million homes and businesses still lacked power, down from 3.5 million on Friday. ...
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New York nanny arrested in slayings of two young children 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 07:23 PM PDT
A makeshift memorial is left outside the Krim family apartment in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York nanny suspected of slaying two young children of a Manhattan couple last month in their luxury apartment was arrested on Saturday and charged with murder in their stabbing deaths, New York's deputy police commissioner said. The nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, was arrested over the deaths of 6-year-old Lucia Krim and her toddler brother Leo, who had been days shy of his second birthday, following a bedside interview at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. ...
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Floodwater pumped from New York's Ground Zero 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 02:03 PM PDT
Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)The memorial and underground museum at the site of the September 11 attacks were being pumped free of floodwater on Saturday, five days after the huge storm Sandy caused the Hudson River to pour into the area known as Ground Zero, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. The construction site sits near the waterfront in lower Manhattan where Sandy produced a record storm surge of nearly 14 feet when it slammed ashore last Monday. "The World Trade Center site was frightening," Cuomo said. ...
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Navy removes ship's command after boozy port visit 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:44 PM PDT
In this Sept. 20, 2012 photo made available by the U.S. Navy, Cmdr. Joseph R. Darlak, right foreground, commanding officer of the guided missile frigate USS Vandegrift, takes a bite of a traditional offering of bread and salt after arriving in Vladivostok for a port visit during operations in the Western Pacific. Cmdr. Darlak was relieved of command Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in San Diego, after an investigation for demonstrating poor leadership and failing to ensure proper officer conduct during the three-day September stop. Executive officer Lt. Cmdr. Ivan A. Jimenez and the ship's chief engineer and operations officer were also relieved. The Navy cited use of alcohol and not adhering to behavior policies. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy Photo by Lt. J.G. Ryan P. Mutha)The commander and top officers of a San Diego-based Navy frigate have been relieved of duty after a rowdy, booze-fueled port visit to Vladivostok, Russia.
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N.J. residents displaced by storm can vote by email 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 03:17 PM PDT
New Jersey will allow residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy to vote by email or fax.
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GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 04:35 PM PDT
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill talks to reporters after canvassing a neighborhood Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo. McCaskill is running against Republican Todd Akin for Missouri's Senate seat. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate â€" Pennsylvania topped their list â€" as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority after Tuesday's suspense-filled elections.
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Sorry, Kentucky, South Carolina: No booze with your ballots 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 08:33 AM PDT
President Barack Obama reaches for his beer from the bar as he greets local patrons during an unscheduled visit to the Common Man Merrimack restaurant, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in Merrimack, NH. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Let's say the 2012 campaignâ€"the flood of attack ads, the torrent of junk mail, the mere trickle of inspiring proposalsâ€"has you reaching for an Election Day drink. Tough luck, voters in Kentucky and South Carolina: No booze for you! Eighty years after Prohibition's repeal, those states are the only ones holding on to bans on [...]
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With three days to go, Romney calls his campaign a ‘movement’ 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 06:52 AM PDT
Republican presidential nominee Romney speaks at a campaign rally in NewingtonPORTSMOUTH, N.H.â€"Mitt Romney kicked off a whirlwind weekend of campaigning across the country in the state where he launched his bid for the presidency, expressing confidence that he will win the election. "New Hampshire won me the Republican nomination, and New Hampshire is going to get me to the White House," the Republican nominee said [...]
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Obama ‘revenge’ comment referred to Romney ‘scare tactics’ 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 09:10 AM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama while speaking at Mentor High School in OhioMENTOR, Ohioâ€"A campaign aide moved to explain President Barack Obama's comment in which he referred to voting as "the best revenge," saying that Obama was referring in part to a television ad Mitt Romney's campaign released that suggested Chrysler was planning to ship manufacturing jobs out of Ohio to China. Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki [...]
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Toddler killed, infant wounded by gunfire in Georgia 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 08:49 AM PDT
Authorities and relatives say a 2-year-old girl was killed and her infant brother wounded after someone fired gunshots through the door of an Atlanta home as they slept alongside their grandmother.
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#HashOut on location: What is the best reason to vote for Obama? 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 08:18 AM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at Mentor High School in OhioElection Day is just three days away, so the HashOut team headed to the battleground state of Ohio to hear what voters are thinking. First stop: Cleveland. We walked around a very windy and cold downtown (temperatures dipped into the 40s), which is just beginning to recover from Hurricane Sandy. As we looked for voters, [...]
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Border agents in contact before deadly shooting 
Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 01:14 AM PDT
FILE - This undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows slain Border Patrol agent Nicolas Ivie. Three U.S. Border Patrol agents responding to an alarm from an underground sensor were apparently in radio contact as they approached from opposite directions before opening fire on each other in the Arizona desert, leaving Ivie dead, according to a sheriff's report released Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, File)A new report into a shooting that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent dead says three agents responding to an alarm were apparently in radio contact as they approached from opposite directions before opening fire on each other in the Arizona desert.
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