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Romney, Obama look for edge as campaign nears end

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 03:22 AM PDT

Supporters wave American flags as Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event in West Chester, Ohio, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Three days. Nine states — give or take. A magic 270 electoral votes. For President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney, the final touch-and-go stretch of campaigning is down to the numbers.

Power returning to New York after Sandy but gas problems rise

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:53 AM PDT

Shortly before the gas ran out, customers wait in line at a Hess station where the line of cars snaked 10 blocks, and at least 60 people waited to fill red gas cans for their generators, in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, New York, Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2012. Courier Winston Alfred said he had been there in his van since 4:20 am, and was second in line, when he was turned away four hours later. (AP Photo/David Caruso)More New Yorkers got power Saturday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy struck the region, but frustrations mounted over gasoline shortages as refueling sites turned into traffic jams of horn-honking ...

GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems

Posted: 03 Nov 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 — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority after Tuesday's suspense-filled elections.

Obama and Romney tied in poll three days before election

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:56 PM PDT

Ewing hangs a piece of campaign literature on a door knob as he canvasses for U.S. President Obama in PortsmouthWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney remain essentially tied in the race for the White House with razor thin margins in four key swing states, according to a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll released on Saturday. Three days before the November 6 election, both men are neck and neck in Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Colorado, the poll showed. Nationally, the electorate is divided. ...

Bomb squad detonates ‘suspicious packages’ outside voting site

Posted: 03 Nov 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 [...]

With can-do stance on marathon, Bloomberg misreads NYC

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:24 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 — Rudy Giuliani and 9/11.

N.J. governor orders gas rationing in some counties

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 07:17 AM PDT

People and vehicles line up at a gas station waiting to fill up, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Newark, N.J. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers lined up early Friday for hours at gas stations that were struggling to stay supplied. The power outages and flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy have forced many gas stations to close and disrupted the flow of fuel from refineries to those stations that are open. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Motorists in 12 northern New Jersey counties will be allowed to buy gasoline just every other day under an order by Gov. Chris Christie.

With three days to go, Romney calls his campaign a ‘movement’

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 06:52 AM PDT

Republican presidential nominee Romney speaks at a campaign rally in NewingtonPORTSMOUTH, N.H.—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 [...]

Sorry, Kentucky, South Carolina: No booze with your ballots

Posted: 03 Nov 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 campaign—the flood of attack ads, the torrent of junk mail, the mere trickle of inspiring proposals—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 [...]

Floodwater pumped from New York's Ground Zero

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 02:03 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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. ...

Rebels, Syrian troops battle for control of key airbase

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:40 AM PDT

BEIRUT - Syrian rebels launched a dawn assault Saturday on a strategic airbase in the north of the country, trying to disrupt strikes by warplanes and helicopters that pound rebel-held towns and give the regime of President Bashar Assad a major edge in the civil war.

Most NYC schools to open Monday despite challenges

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:57 AM PDT

Yellow caution tape tells people not to enter Public School 15 in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, where families of many students who attend the school are still without power, Friday Nov. 2, 2012. Across the city, parents and kids cooped up for a week said they were ready to heed the mayor's call to return to school Monday, though some wondered heading into the weekend whether it was possible in devastated areas and how it would all work for the nation's largest school system serving about 1.1 million kids. (AP Photo/Beth Harpaz)New York City schoolchildren are preparing to go back to the classroom on Monday, a week after Superstorm Sandy barreled into the city and the region.

Obama ‘revenge’ comment referred to Romney ‘scare tactics’

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:10 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama while speaking at Mentor High School in OhioMENTOR, Ohio—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 [...]

Toddler killed, infant wounded by gunfire in Georgia

Posted: 03 Nov 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.

#HashOut on location: What is the best reason to vote for Obama?

Posted: 03 Nov 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, [...]

Obama commits to storm recovery in weekly address

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 04:02 AM PDT

This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows storm damage from Superstorm Sandy in a portion of New Haven Conn. taken during an overflight with Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass, following Hurricane Sandy Wednesday Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Simpson)President Barack Obama on Saturday told Americans impacted by Superstorm Sandy that the country will be there for them as long as it takes to recover and rebuild.

New York hospital that evacuated during storm to reopen

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 02:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 file photo, an ambulance departs Bellevue Hospital in New York where patients were being evacuated. One of two New York hospitals that had to evacuate patients at the height of Superstorm Sandy is set to begin reopening. In a statement on its website, officials at NYU Langone Medical Center say "almost all" practices are scheduled to restart Monday Nov. 5, 2012 though some doctors will see patients at alternate locations. At Bellevue Hospital Center an official there said the hospital could be out of commission for at least two more weeks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)One of two New York hospitals that had to evacuate patients at the height of Superstorm Sandy is set to begin reopening.

Better off four years later? A mixed bag of answers

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:36 AM PDT

Chart shows GDP, unemployment rate, housing starts and other economic indicators sinceIt's a staple of every presidential election, a single question that puts the incumbent's record on trial and asks American voters to be the jurors.

GOP likely to hold House after $1 billion campaign

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:50 PM PDT

You can do a lot with a billion dollars — but still not change much. This Election Day, it's likely to produce another Republican-led House that's little different from the existing version.

Border agents in contact before deadly shooting

Posted: 03 Nov 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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