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| Who's winning the early voting battle? Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 03:06 PM PDT  President Barack Obama heads toward Election Day with an apparent lead over Republican Mitt Romney among early voters in key states that could decide the election. Full Story | Top |
| Obama knocks Romney over Mass. health care law Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:10 PM PDT  In one of his final campaign speeches in Iowa before Election Day, President Barack Obama hit the major themes from his normal stump speech but also took a quick shot at Mitt Romney for the health care law he championed while governor of Massachusetts. Obama has made it a staple of his campaign address [...] Full Story | Top |
| Lights in lower Manhattan, misery in outer regions Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:13 PM PDT  The lights were back on Saturday in lower Manhattan, prompting screams of sweet relief from residents who had been plunged into darkness for nearly five days by Superstorm Sandy. But that joy contrasted with deepening resentment in the city's outer boroughs and suburbs over a continued lack of power and maddening gas shortages. Full Story | Top |
| Obama leads Romney among likely voters in Iowa Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:25 PM PDT  President Barack Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney by five percentage points among likely voters in Iowa, according to a poll released Saturday by the Des Moines Register. Forty-seven percent of likely Iowa voters who participated in the survey said they're supporting Obama, compared to 42 percent who plan to support Romney. The survey [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ann Romney gets emotional in campaign's final stretch Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 06:56 PM PDT  Mitt Romney isn't known for his dramatic entrances, but in the campaign's final stretch, he's stepped up his game. As several thousand people waited for the Republican presidential nominee at an airplane hanger here on Saturday afternoon, a campaign aide switched on the soundtrack to the film, "Air Force One, " known for [...] Full Story | Top |
| Disappointed NYC marathoners to run in aid of Sandy victims Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 09:05 PM PDT  Hundreds of runners in New York City are refusing to let a canceled marathon spoil their Sunday plans and are channeling months of preparation into informal runs intended to benefit victims of superstorm Sandy. Amid criticism from victims of Monday's storm that the race would divert resources away from efforts to help flood-ravaged parts of the city, Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday abruptly canceled Sunday's marathon. The event was expected to draw more than 40,000 runners to the city - including Kelly Rooney, a 31-year-old stay-at-home mother from Florida. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. disaster relief in a race against freezing cold Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 04:33 PM PDT  Fuel supplies headed toward disaster zones in the U.S. Northeast on Saturday and a million customers regained electricity as near freezing temperatures threatened to add to the misery of coastal communities devastated by superstorm Sandy. The power restorations relit the skyline in Lower Manhattan for the first time in nearly a week and allowed 80 percent of the New York City subway service to resume, but more than a million homes and businesses still lacked power, down from 3.5 million on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| What election? Sandy's the big story on 'SNL' Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 11:27 PM PDT You wouldn't have known it was the Saturday before the election on "Saturday Night Live." Full Story | Top |
| Police helicopter crashes in Atlanta, kills two officers Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 10:28 PM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - An Atlanta police helicopter crashed on Saturday night, killing two police officers, a police spokesman said. "One of our helicopters went down and two officers were killed," police spokesman Carlos Campos said. There was no immediate word on how many people were aboard the aircraft when it crashed, nor on what may have been the cause. (Reporting by David Beasley; Writing By Cynthia Johnston and Doina Chiacu) Full Story | Top |
| New York nanny arrested in slayings of two young children Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 07:23 PM PDT  A New York nanny suspected of slaying two young children of a Manhattan couple last month in their luxury apartment was arrested on Saturday and charged with murder in their stabbing deaths, New York's deputy police commissioner said. The nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, was arrested over the deaths of 6-year-old Lucia Krim and her toddler brother Leo, who had been days shy of his second birthday, following a bedside interview at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. ... Full Story | Top |
| G20 flags U.S. fiscal cliff, Europe's debt woes Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 10:35 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Finance chiefs of the world's 20 leading economies are ringing alarm bells over the U.S. fiscal cliff and Europe's debt woes at a meeting in Mexico this weekend as they look to push back deficit reduction targets to help boost growth. Unless a fractious U.S. Congress can reach a deal, about $600 billion in government spending cuts and higher taxes are set to kick in on January 1, threatening to push the American economy back into recession and hit world growth. But with the U.S. presidential election looming on Tuesday, dealing with the fiscal cliff has been delayed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama, Bill Clinton unite on 2012 trail for first time Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 09:40 PM PDT  The Barack Obama-Bill Clinton “bromance†was on full display tonight in battleground Virginia as both men united in public for the first time on the 2012 campaign trail. Clinton, who has been barnstorming the country for Obama and audibly hoarse, appeared to captivate the Democratic... Full Story | Top |
| 'Most indebted man in world' owes former employer $6.3 billion Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 03:17 PM PDT Former financial arbitrage trader Jerome Kerviel is the most indebted man on the planet, owing his former employer $6.3 billion. The amount Kerviel owes to French bank Societe Generale for fraudulent trades made in 2007 and 2008 would make Kerviel one of the 50 richest people in America if those debts were assets. But Kerviel [...] Full Story | Top |
| N.J. residents displaced by storm can vote by email Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 03:17 PM PDT New Jersey will allow residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy to vote by email or fax. Full Story | Top |
| Bomb squad detonates ‘suspicious packages’ at voting site Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 01:43 PM PDT  A Florida bomb squad has detonated two suspicious packages that were discovered outside one of the state's early voting stations on Saturday morning. Voting was suspended until 2 p.m. on the final day of early voting, with a long line of reportedly upset voters waiting to cast their ballots. Early voting has been popular in [...] Full Story | Top |
| GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 04:35 PM PDT  Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate â€" Pennsylvania topped their list â€" as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority after Tuesday's suspense-filled elections. Full Story | Top |
| Sorry, Kentucky, South Carolina: No booze with your ballots Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 08:33 AM PDT  Let's say the 2012 campaignâ€"the flood of attack ads, the torrent of junk mail, the mere trickle of inspiring proposalsâ€"has you reaching for an Election Day drink. Tough luck, voters in Kentucky and South Carolina: No booze for you! Eighty years after Prohibition's repeal, those states are the only ones holding on to bans on [...] Full Story | Top |
| With three days to go, Romney calls his campaign a ‘movement’ Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 06:52 AM PDT  PORTSMOUTH, N.H.â€"Mitt Romney kicked off a whirlwind weekend of campaigning across the country in the state where he launched his bid for the presidency, expressing confidence that he will win the election. "New Hampshire won me the Republican nomination, and New Hampshire is going to get me to the White House," the Republican nominee said [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama ‘revenge’ comment referred to Romney ‘scare tactics’ Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 09:10 AM PDT  MENTOR, Ohioâ€"A campaign aide moved to explain President Barack Obama's comment in which he referred to voting as "the best revenge," saying that Obama was referring in part to a television ad Mitt Romney's campaign released that suggested Chrysler was planning to ship manufacturing jobs out of Ohio to China. Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki [...] Full Story | Top |
| #HashOut on location: What is the best reason to vote for Obama? Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 08:18 AM PDT  Election Day is just three days away, so the HashOut team headed to the battleground state of Ohio to hear what voters are thinking. First stop: Cleveland. We walked around a very windy and cold downtown (temperatures dipped into the 40s), which is just beginning to recover from Hurricane Sandy. As we looked for voters, [...] Full Story | Top |
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