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Obama rips Romney during New Hampshire campaign stop

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:41 PM PDT

President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks to supporters at a campaign event at Elm Street Middle School, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama is seeking to win over voters in low-tax New Hampshire by criticizing Mitt Romney for raising taxes and fees when he was governor of neighboring Massachusetts.

Russian opposition leaders detained in Moscow

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 10:58 AM PDT

Demonstrators hold cutouts of arrested opposition activists with their photos and names during a 'March against Hatred' in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Russians are protesting against a ongoing crackdown on the opposition which was launched his spring, with arrests of activists and introduction of new harsh legislation. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)Moscow police on Saturday briefly detained several opposition leaders as well as a dozen other activists while they were protesting against the intensifying crackdown on Russian opposition.

Obama ad hits Romney on Wall Street, Medicare, education

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 10:25 AM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivers a speech on the U.S. economy and health care in Ames, IowaNASHUA, N.H. - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign released a harsh new ad Saturday that accuses Republican rival Mitt Romney of looking to roll back regulations on Wall Street, turn Medicare into a voucher system, and slash education funding. The 30-second ad cast the incumbent in a defensive light -- someone fighting to hold onto [...]

Amid dire forecast, Sandy a hurricane again

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:36 AM PDT

As Hurricane Sandy moves up the East Coast, owners remove their boats from the water at the Atlantic Highlands Marina, Friday Oct. 26, 2012 in Atlantic Highlands, N.J. When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call With much of the Eastern Seaboard in the path of a rare behemoth storm, residents of the nation's most densely populated corridor contemplated whether to heed dire warnings of torrential rain, high winds and up to 2 feet of snow.

Indonesia: Suspects planned attack on US Embassy

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:55 AM PDT

Indonesia's anti-terror squad arrested 11 people suspected of planning a range of attacks on domestic and foreign targets including the U.S. and Australian embassies, police said Saturday.

New Afghan war phrase, with no decisive end seen

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives to review the guard of honor, during the first day of Eid Al Adha celebrations at the palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 26, 2012. Karzai called on Taliban to embrace peace and to join the government and lay down their arms. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing little interest in peace talks, and Americans tempted to pull the plug on a conflict now in its 12th year.

Hurricane Sandy threatens East Coast

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:22 AM PDT

As Hurricane Sandy moves up the East Coast, owners remove their boats from the water at the Atlantic Highlands Marina, Friday Oct. 26, 2012 in Atlantic Highlands, N.J. When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call Douglas Jumper choked up as he described the long, slow recovery in his central Pennsylvania town from last year's historic flooding caused by Hurricane Irene and the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee — and contemplated the possibility of yet more damage from an approaching storm.

Senate race is a tie-breaker for Wisconsin Dems, GOP

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 06:16 AM PDT

Senate race the tie-breaker in Democratic-Republican battle for Wisconsin's political identity

Syria bombards major cities, weakening truce: activists

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, after Eid al-Adha prayers in YabroudBEIRUT (Reuters) - Opposition activists in Syria said forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad had renewed their heavy bombardment of major cities on Saturday, further undermining a truce meant to mark the Muslim Eid al-Adha religious holiday. The bombardment came on the second day of the truce called by international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who had hoped to use it to build broader momentum to end the 19-month-old conflict which has killed an estimated 32,000 people. "The army began firing mortars at 7 a.m. ...

In wake of Sandusky scandal, Penn State holds child sex abuse conference

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 05:43 AM PDT

Former Pennsylvania State University football coach Jerry Sandusky addresses the court during Sandusky's sentencing hearing in Bellefonte PennsylvaniaSTATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Pennsylvania State University, which was shaken by a molestation scandal that put former coach Jerry Sandusky in prison and tarnished its famed football program, holds a three-day conference starting this weekend aimed at preventing child abuse. The conference features child sex abuse survivors Sugar Ray Leonard, a former world boxing champion, and Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted in 2002 and held captive for nine months. ...

Al-Qaida leader urges kidnapping of Westerners

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 05:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 27, 2011 file photo provided by IntelCenter, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, purports to show Al-Qaida's new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a still image from a web posting by al-Qaida's media arm, as-Sahab. The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists. Ayman Al-Zawahri also urged support for Syria's uprising and called for the implementation of Islamic Shariah law in Egypt. In an undated two-hour videotape posted this week on militant forums, the Egyptian-born jihadist said that abducting nationals of The leader of al-Qaida has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists.

Obama warns GOP not to undo Wall Street law

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 04:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to supporters at a campaign event at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland Ohio. Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not. Those views could cost Obama votes as he tries for re-election, the survey found, though the effects are mitigated by some Americans' more favorable views of blacks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Obama warns congressional GOP not to roll back financial regulations

Will the megastorm cause greater chaos than last year's devastating Irene?

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:58 AM PDT

Hurricane Sandy Menaces East Coast: Americans on Alert for Rain, Snow, Windand contemplated the possibility of yet more damage from an approaching storm.

Police arrest 1 in Los Angeles family shooting

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:25 AM PDT

Business owner Dean Wright, 82, pauses outside his neighbor's family-owned business, United States Fire Protection Services, in Downey, Calif. Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. A gunman killed three people and injured two, including a 13-year-old boy, Wednesday in two separate attacks on a family at their business, United States Fire Protection Services and nearby residence. Police say the five family members who were shot had been targeted by the gunman. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)A family spokeswoman says a 13-year-old boy saw his mother killed as she tried to protect him from a gunman in an attack in suburban Los Angeles that police say left three people dead and two wounded.

Police: Man charged in Ore. killing left evidence

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:53 AM PDT

An Oregon man charged in the Oct. 16 death of a 21-year-old barista unwittingly left a trail of evidence as police followed him in the hours before his arrest, court documents show.

Al Qaeda's Zawahri calls for kidnap of Westerners

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:21 AM PDT

Still image from video shows Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri speaking from an unknown locationDUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, join Syria's rebellion and ensure Egypt implements sharia, SITE Monitoring reported, citing a two-part film posted on Islamist websites. "We are seeking, by the help of Allah, to capture others and to incite Muslims to capture the citizens of the countries that are fighting Muslims in order to release our captives," he said, praising the kidnapping of Warren Weinstein, a 71-year-old American aid worker in Pakistan last year. ...

Hurricane Sandy leaves Bahamas after killing 43 in Caribbean

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:00 PM PDT

Residents of Leogane, Haiti find higher ground as the water level continues to rise Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. Residents of Leogane have had five consecutive days of rain in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which caused serious flooding and claimed at least 26 lives in the impoverished country. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Carl Juste) MAGS OUTHurricane Sandy spun away from the Bahamas late Friday after causing 43 deaths across the Caribbean, churning northward toward the U.S. East Coast, where it threatens to join with winter weather fronts to create a super storm.

Storm could upend campaign travel plans

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 10:44 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 25, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaks in front of Air Force One at a campaign event at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland. President Barack Obama's and Mitt Romney's meticulously arranged travel schedules, a crucial element of their final-stretch strategies, could be upended in the last full week before Election Day by a super storm barreling toward some battleground states. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney's meticulously arranged travel schedules, a crucial element of their final-stretch strategies, could be upended in the last full week before Election Day by a super storm barreling toward some battleground states.

Obama up 4 percentage points over Romney in Ohio

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 09:55 PM PDT

Obama holds a rally in Cleveland, OhioA new CNN/ORC poll of likely voters shows President Barack Obama leading Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the crucial state of Ohio with less than two weeks before Election Day: According to a CNN/ORC International survey released Friday, President Barack Obama holds a four point advantage over Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the contest for [...]

Michelle Obama’s comedy skit promotes voting (VIDEO)

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 08:01 PM PDT

Election Day is coming up on November 6, and Michelle Obama is definitely doing her part to get out the vote. The first lady showed up on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to remind the audience that even though Election Day is not yet here, in some states early voting is already available. "We live in a [...]

Up to 40 percent may vote early in election

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 07:28 PM PDT

Voting sign is displayed outside the Gila County Recorders office during early voting in GlobeEarly voters could account for up to 40 percent of all ballots cast in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.

Judge delays ruling on gag order in Zimmerman case

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 06:56 PM PDT

George Zimmerman, left, walks into court with attorney Mark O'Mara, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. The prosecutor in the case of Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch leader accused of shooting an unarmed teenager, called O'Mara's conduct The prosecutor in the case called the conduct of the defense lawyer "a slippery slope" in pleading with the judge Friday to impose a gag order on all attorneys.

Romney on economy: Obama 'made the problem worse'

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 06:39 PM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivers a speech on the U.S. economy and health care in Ames, IowaSeizing on fresh evidence of economic sluggishness, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said Friday that President Barack Obama inherited a bad situation when he took office and then "made the problem worse." Obama looked ahead to the second term he's hoping to win.

Casey Anthony asks for venue change in civil trial

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:33 PM PDT

Attorneys for Casey Anthony are asking for a venue change in her coming defamation trial.

UBS to cut up to 10,000 jobs: source

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:17 PM PDT

Woman stands in front of office of Swiss bank UBS at Paradeplatz square in ZurichSwiss bank UBS AG is expected to cut up to 10,000 jobs, or 16 percent of its workforce, as it contends with shrinking revenue and rising capital requirements.
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