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| Storm could upend campaign travel plans Friday, Oct 26, 2012 07:37 PM PDT  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. Full Story | Top |
| Al Qaeda's Zawahri calls for kidnap of Westerners Friday, Oct 26, 2012 11:49 PM PDT  DUBAI (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. ... Full Story | Top |
| A roundup of the best photos of the day Friday, Oct 26, 2012 08:00 AM PDT  A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Qi Gang during a fashion show at China Fashion Week in Beijing October 26, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee Full Story | Top |
| Hurricane Sandy leaves Bahamas after killing 43 in Caribbean Friday, Oct 26, 2012 08:30 PM PDT  Hurricane 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. Full Story | Top |
| Up to 40 percent may vote early in election Friday, Oct 26, 2012 06:39 PM PDT  Early voters could account for up to 40 percent of all ballots cast in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Full Story | Top |
| Swing-state stories: I use Vaseline to protect my signs from vandalism Friday, Oct 26, 2012 07:29 AM PDT  The latest in our series on people living in battleground states shows what it's like in Virginia and North Carolina. Full Story | Top |
| Romney claims Obama made economy worse Friday, Oct 26, 2012 09:18 PM PDT  Seizing 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. Full Story | Top |
| Obama up 4 percentage points over Romney in Ohio Friday, Oct 26, 2012 01:45 PM PDT  A 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 [...] Full Story | Top |
| Syrian toddler believed dead reunited with parents Friday, Oct 26, 2012 07:35 PM PDT  No one knows how long little Bushr Al Tawashi wandered alone in the rubble of his home in the Syrian capital before rebel fighters found the toddler and handed him over to another family to look after. Full Story | Top |
| Police: Nanny suspected of slaying 2 kids attempted suicide Friday, Oct 26, 2012 05:45 PM PDT  The nanny suspected of slaying a Manhattan professional couple's two young children began stabbing herself as the mother entered the bathroom and began screaming when she saw the dead bodies in the bathtub, New York's police commissioner said on Friday. The nanny, YoSelyn Ortega, had been employed by the family of Kevin and Marina Krim for two years before she killed their children and attempted suicide on Thursday in the family's luxury apartment, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Police: Man charged in Ore. killing left evidence Friday, Oct 26, 2012 11:18 PM 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. Full Story | Top |
| Judge delays ruling on gag order in Zimmerman case Friday, Oct 26, 2012 06:37 PM PDT  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. Full Story | Top |
| Trooper fired from chopper to stop truck, kills 2 Friday, Oct 26, 2012 06:31 PM PDT  A Texas state trooper who fired on a pickup truck from a helicopter and killed two illegal immigrants during a chase through the desert was trying to disable the vehicle and suspected it was being used to smuggle drugs, authorities said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Dallas promoter demands refund from Armstrong Friday, Oct 26, 2012 05:57 PM PDT  A Dallas promotions company that paid Lance Armstrong more than $7 million in bonuses for winning the Tour de France is demanding he return the money. Full Story | Top |
| Michelle Obama’s comedy skit promotes voting (VIDEO) Friday, Oct 26, 2012 03:18 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 [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sen. Reid clear for release after Vegas car crash Friday, Oct 26, 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. Full Story | Top |
| UBS to cut up to 10,000 jobs: source Friday, Oct 26, 2012 05:04 PM PDT  Swiss 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. Full Story | Top |
| Ronald McDonald violates restraining order after entering McDonald’s Friday, Oct 26, 2012 02:36 PM PDT It was a very unhappy meal for a British man named Ronald McDonald who admitted to violating a restraining order when he followed his wife into a McDonald's restaurant. "Mr. McDonald followed his ex-wife along a number of streets. She parked in McDonald's in Westwood Cross and he followed her in," said prosecutor Julie Farbrace. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Taxpayer data exposed in cyber attack on South Carolina agency Friday, Oct 26, 2012 02:09 PM PDT As many as 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit card numbers belonging to South Carolina taxpayers could have been exposed in recent cyber attacks on the state Department of Revenue's computers, officials said on Friday. The vast majority of the credit card numbers were encrypted, but about 16,000 were not, meaning the data was fully exposed, state police said. None of the Social Security numbers were encrypted, said State Law Enforcement Division spokesman Thom Berry. ... Full Story | Top |
| Calif. man charged in deaths of 3 family members Friday, Oct 26, 2012 06:00 PM PDT  A 19-year-old Northern California man accused of fatally stabbing his sister-in-law and young niece and nephew was formally charged with three counts of murder Friday at his first court appearance. Full Story | Top |
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