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Sandy: East Coast braces for epic hurricane, ‘life-threatening’ storm surge

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 07:25 AM PDT

Mid Atlantic Coast Prepares For Hurricane Sandy"Superstorm." "The Perfect Storm." "Frankenstorm." Whatever you want to call it, the East Coast is bracing for Hurricane Sandy, a "rare hybrid storm" that is expected to bring a life-threatening storm surge to the mid-Atlantic coast, Long Island Sound and New York harbor, forecasters say, with winds expected to be at [...]

Massive storm wreaks havoc on presidential race

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:23 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a campaign speech Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in Land O' Lakes, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama frantically sought to close the deal with voters with precious few days left in an incredibly close race as this year's October surprise — an unprecedented storm menacing the East Coast — wreaked havoc on their best-laid plans.

Execution looms for SD killer, ending 22-year saga

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:30 PM PDT

FILE - This July 18, 2012 file frame grab provided by KELO-TV shows convicted killer Donald Moeller during a court appearance in Sioux Falls, S.D. Moeller is scheduled to be executed to be executed the week of Oct. 29, 2012, for the 1990 killing of 9-year-old Becky O'Connell. His death sentence was the first handed down in South Dakota since the 1940s. (AP Photo/Courtesy KELO-TV, File)Torrential overnight rains had washed away the blood so the searchers at first thought the pale form lying on the earthen berm might be a mannequin.

AP analysis: Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votes

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 03:04 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks to St. John's Episcopal Church from the White House with his daughters Sasha, left, and Malia, in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt Romney's attempts to convert momentum from the debates into support in all-important Ohio, according to an Associated Press analysis a week before Election Day.

Romney cancels N.H. rally amid concern over Hurricane Sandy

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:42 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a campaign speech Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in Land O' Lakes, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)Mitt Romney is cancelling yet another event amid worries over the impact of Hurricane Sandy. The Romney campaign announced Sunday it would cancel a Tuesday evening rally in Milford, N.H—a stop that would have been Romney's first visit to the swing state in more than a month. Rick Gorka, a Romney spokesman, said the [...]

Hurricane's death toll rises to 65 in Caribbean

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 03:04 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 OUTAs Americans braced Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering.

Analysis: Fiscal cliff could hit economy harder than many expect

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:50 AM PDT

A U.S. flag decorates a for-sale sign at a home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of WashingtonThe United States runs the risk of a recession far deeper than many investors and policymakers may think if lawmakers fail to avert looming tax hikes and cuts to public spending. Absent action by Congress, ...

Syria truce collapse shows limits of diplomacy

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:38 PM PDT

In this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 photo, a doctor examines an x-ray while a Syrian elder sits on a hospital trolley suffering partial loss of memory after was shot in the head by a sniper in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions Sunday, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold.

Election surrogates fight over confidence in Ohio, elsewhere

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:04 PM PDT

Aides Fight Over Who Is More Confident in OhioReince Priebus knows why the Republicans are going to win on election day. Elections, just like football, are decided by a campaign's ground game. Democrats "are a fraction of where they were in 2008, and we're far ahead of where we were in 2008. And our ground game is better than their ground game," Priebus said on State of the Union. "We're going to do more voter contacts this year compared to all of 2008 and all of 2004 combined," he said. "We have an army on the ground. ...

Statue of Liberty reopens on 126th anniversary

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Statue of Liberty reopens on 126th anniversaryVisitors Philip Hodges and his mom Marion Hodges pose for a self portrait in front of the Statue of Liberty in New York October 27, 2012. The statue was closed for a year-long project that was the second phase of planned work to improve the visitor's experience and safety while touring the interior of the monument. Starting Sunday visitors will once again be able to climb to Lady Liberty's crown. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES)

Trial in 1977 killing asks: Were suspects framed?

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 17, 2012 file photo, Terry Harrington, center, stands with his daughter Nicole Brown, left, his mother Josephine James, right, and family and friends outside the Clarinda Correctional Facility in Clarinda, Iowa, after Gov. Tom Vilsack signed his reprieve. Harrington and Curtis McGhee, wrongfully convicted in the 1977 murder of a retired Iowa police officer, hope to prove during a trial that starts Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, that officers coerced witnesses into fabricating testimony that framed them for killing John Schweer. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)Two black men wrongly convicted in the 1977 murder of a white Iowa police officer hope to prove something they couldn't during trials that sent them to prison for 25 years: that detectives framed them to solve a high-profile case.

An uneasy economy, and those living through it

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:13 AM PDT

In this Oct. 19, 2012, photo, Ray and Candice Arvin pose inside their home in Charlotte, N.C. Romney supporter, Ray Arvin used to own a small business with five employees, selling equipment to power companies, but he went out of business in 2009. He's now a salesman for another equipment company. Polls consistently find that the economy is the top concern of voters, and Romney tends to get an edge over Obama when people are asked who might do better with it. Whether that truly drives how Americans vote is a crucial question for Election Day. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)Here was Chas Kaufmann's life before the Great Recession: $28,000 in restaurant tabs in a year, cruises, house parties with fireworks. His Mr. Gutter business was booming in the Pennsylvania Poconos.

Reports: Rocker Gary Glitter arrested in Savile child sex case

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan, 11, 2000 file photo, British performer Gary Glitter, during a press conference in London. Police investigating the sex abuse scandal surrounding late BBC children's television host Jimmy Savile have arrested pop star Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Metropolitan Police said they arrested a man in his 60s early Sunday morning at his London home, on suspicion of sexual offenses, and that he remains in custody in a London police station. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)Police investigating child sex abuse allegations against the late BBC television host Jimmy Savile arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter on Sunday, British media reported, raising further questions about whether Savile was at the center of a broader pedophile ring.

Will Supreme Court turn up its nose at drug-sniffing dogs?

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:34 AM PDT

People line up for admission at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington(Reuters) - Two dogs, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Franky and a German shepherd named Aldo, should have their day at the U.S. Supreme Court. The court is scheduled on Wednesday to hear Florida's appeal of two decisions by that state's highest court that found the detection of drugs by trained police dogs had violated the constitutional ban on unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. ...

Wall Street to open Monday as storm hobbles New York

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:40 PM PDT

Morning commuters walk past the New York Stock ExchangeNEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street firms prepared to open for business on Monday at least with skeletal staff, booking hotel rooms for key employees and leaning on offices in other cities as Hurricane Sandy forced the New York mass transit system to shut down, leaving tens of thousands of employees stuck at home. ...

Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes off Canadian coast

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Erica Avegalio, center, and her brother Albert Avegalio, right, load up on water and food at the Times Supermarket after learning of a tsunami warning Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in Honolulu. A tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked an island off the west coast of Canada. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center originally said there was no threat to the islands, but a warning was issued later Saturday and remains in effect until 7 p.m. Sunday. A small craft advisory is in effect until Sunday morning. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada, but there were no reports of major damage. Residents in parts of British Columbia were evacuated, but the province appeared to escape the biggest quake in Canada since 1949 largely unscathed.

Hawaii tsunami warning lifted after 100,000 flee to higher ground

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 08:30 AM PDT

HONOLULU (Reuters) - A tsunami warning prompted by a powerful earthquake off the Canadian coast sent at least 100,000 people fleeing from shore to higher ground in Hawaii late on Saturday, but an evacuation order was cancelled after a series of weaker-than-expected waves rolled through the islands. The warning was downgraded to an advisory - a lower-level alert - shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday (11a.m. British Time), though state civil defence authorities said beaches and harbours would remain closed for the time being, and residents were urged to stay away from the water. ...

Supreme Court weighs new look at voting rights law

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 05:03 AM PDT

People line up for admission at the U.S. Supreme Court in WashingtonSupreme Court to decide whether to take a new look at key part of landmark voting rights law

2,000 sheep led through streets of Spain's capital

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 09:53 AM PDT

2,000 sheep led through streets of Spain's capitalSpanish shepherds led a flock of more than 2,000 sheep through central Madrid on Sunday in defense of ancient grazing, migration and droving rights threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural practices.Many ...

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