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Swing-state stories: I use Vaseline to protect my signs from vandalism
Hurricane Sandy throwing a wrench in final week of campaigns
What are undecided voters waiting for?
Obama rebuts claims he’s lying about Benghazi attack
Sen. Reid clear for release after Vegas car crash
Mitt Romney casts himself as the 'real' change
Death toll from meningitis outbreak reaches 25
Muslim pilgrims stone the devil in symbolic hajj rite
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Nanny slashing case shocks NYC parents
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Swing-state stories: I use Vaseline to protect my signs from vandalism

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 07:29 AM PDT

The latest in our series on people living in battleground states gives a glimpse of what it's like in Virginia and North Carolina.

Hurricane Sandy throwing a wrench in final week of campaigns

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT

With the last full week of the presidential campaign approaching, Hurricane Sandy, a massive storm expected to strike the East Coast over the weekend, will complicate the candidates' best laid plans. The impending storm is already causing problems for Mitt Romney's final week schedule. The Republican nominee planned to participate in a day-long swing through [...]

What are undecided voters waiting for?

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:54 AM PDT

In a super-tight presidential race, people who still can't make up their minds have taken on an almost mythic stature.

Obama rebuts claims he’s lying about Benghazi attack

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:43 AM PDT

The president forcefully denies deliberately misleading Americans about the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi.

Sen. Reid clear for release after Vegas car crash

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:50 PM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been cleared for release from the hospital after an apparent rear-end crash Friday afternoon on a Las Vegas freeway, his office said.

Mitt Romney casts himself as the 'real' change

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Mitt Romney again cast himself as an agent of change who is better equipped than President Barack Obama to turn around the nation's economy.

Death toll from meningitis outbreak reaches 25

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:56 AM PDT

The CDC said the latest fatality brings the number of deaths to 10 in Tennessee, the most of any state.

Muslim pilgrims stone the devil in symbolic hajj rite

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:59 PM PDT

For the stoning ritual, 3.4 million pilgrims filed through a multi-level structure housing the walls symbolizing the devil, outside the holy city of Mecca.

TIME photos: Colorizing the archives of history

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Watch: Today's news in 100 seconds

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:12 PM PDT

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Nanny slashing case shocks NYC parents

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT

The nightmarish case of a nanny accused of stabbing to death two children in her care stunned the family's well-to-do neighborhood and caused legions of parents to wonder how well they know who is watching their kids.