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• Obama hits Romney for ‘cradle-to-grave tax hikes and fees’
• East Coast braces for Hurricane Sandy
• Romney cancels Virginia events ahead of Hurricane Sandy
• Spokesman: Obama did not deny requests for help in Benghazi
• Romney calls for more cooperation in Washington
• Six new cases reported in meningitis outbreak
• Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tatters
• Iraq bombings, house raids leave 40 dead
• Study: Quitting smoking before 30 increases women’s lifespan
• Obama ad hits Romney on Wall Street, Medicare, education
• NYC college president troubled by NYPD spying
• Latino House candidates set to make history
• Al-Qaida leader urges kidnapping of Westerners
• Young millennials: Fiscal conservatives?
• Russian opposition leaders detained in Moscow
• Ryan: Obama hasn't made case he deserves new term
• AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks
• Indonesia: Suspects planned attack on U.S. Embassy
• Emails shed light on Ryan, Walker relationship

Obama hits Romney for ‘cradle-to-grave tax hikes and fees’ Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT Mocking Mitt Romney's vow to bring "big change" to Washington, President Barack Obama charged at a campaign rally here Saturday that his Republican rival was actually offering a "big re-run" of George W. Bush's policies. The embattled incumbent also hit Romney's record as governor of nearby Massachusetts, accusing him of imposing "cradle-to-grave [...]

East Coast braces for Hurricane Sandy Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT Hurricane Sandy — upgraded again Saturday just hours after forecasters said it had weakened to a tropical storm — headed north from the Caribbean and was expected to pummel the eastern United States.

Romney cancels Virginia events ahead of Hurricane Sandy Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:17 AM PDT Mitt Romney is canceling campaign events on Sunday in Virginia as a "precautionary move" as the East Coast braces for Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to make landfall late Sunday night or early Monday morning. Instead, the GOP nominee will travel from Florida, where he's campaigning Saturday, to Ohio on Sunday morning, where he [...]

Spokesman: Obama did not deny requests for help in Benghazi Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:24 AM PDT The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th. "Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi," National Security Council spokesman [...]

Romney calls for more cooperation in Washington Posted: 27 Oct 2012 02:21 PM PDT With the election 10 days away, Mitt Romney is calling for more partisan cooperation in Washington as he rallies supporters in Florida.

Six new cases reported in meningitis outbreak Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT Six new cases of fungal meningitis have been reported in an outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections that has led to 25 deaths in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. The CDC reported three new cases in Florida, two in Ohio and one in Indiana, raising the total number of meningitis cases attributed to the tainted steroid to 337 in 18 states. This type of meningitis cannot be spread person-to-person. ...

Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tatters Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:53 PM PDT A Syrian warplane flattened a three-story building, suspected rebels detonated a deadly car bomb and both sides traded gunfire in several hotspots across the country Saturday, activists said, leaving a U.N.-backed holiday truce in tatters on its second day.

Iraq bombings, house raids leave 40 dead Posted: 27 Oct 2012 04:10 PM PDT Iraqi insurgents unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks primarily targeting the country's Shiite community on Saturday, leaving at least 40 dead in a challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

Study: Quitting smoking before 30 increases women’s lifespan Posted: 27 Oct 2012 02:18 PM PDT Women who quit smoking by the age of 30 almost completely avoid the risk of an early tobacco-related death — by more than 97 percent — according to a study of more than a million women in the United Kingdom. Conversely, lifelong smokers on average die 10 years earlier than non-smoking women. The results were [...]

Obama ad hits Romney on Wall Street, Medicare, education Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:26 AM PDT 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 [...]

NYC college president troubled by NYPD spying Posted: 27 Oct 2012 02:39 PM PDT The president of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice said he is "deeply troubled" about reports that the New York Police Department sent a paid informant to spy on the school's club for Muslim students.

Latino House candidates set to make history Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:16 AM PDT It is lunch hour at Barelas Coffee House, in the heart of one of Albuquerque's oldest Latino neighborhoods. Democratic House candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham weaves her way among the tables, searching for votes as waiters shuffle bowls of red chile and plates of enchiladas.

Al-Qaida leader urges kidnapping of Westerners Posted: 27 Oct 2012 05:57 AM PDT The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists, including a blind cleric serving a life sentence in the United States for a 1993 plot to blow up New York City landmarks.

Young millennials: Fiscal conservatives? Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT This generation of young Americans has been called many things, from civic-minded to "entitled." But fiscally conservative?

Russian opposition leaders detained in Moscow Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:31 AM PDT 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.

Ryan: Obama hasn't made case he deserves new term Posted: 27 Oct 2012 04:31 PM PDT Starting a two-day bus tour of Ohio's small towns and cities, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told voters Saturday that President Barack Obama hasn't made the case he deserves a second term.

AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks Posted: 27 Oct 2012 08:48 AM PDT 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.

Indonesia: Suspects planned attack on U.S. Embassy Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:24 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. Embassy and a site near the Australian Embassy, police said Saturday.

Emails shed light on Ryan, Walker relationship Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:17 AM PDT Rising political stars and personal friends, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker worked quietly behind the scenes to coordinate public policy, avoid each other's limelight and steer clear of political minefields that would haunt their campaigns, according to more than 1,000 pages of internal emails obtained by The Associated Press. But there was at least one pointed snub between them, too.

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