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| Obama and Romney make young girl cry Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:56 AM PDT After months of buildup leading to the presidential election in November, 4-year-old Abigael Evans has had enough. The Fort Collins, Colo., girl broke down in tears after listening to yet another report on the radio about the race between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a local NBC TV station reported. "I'm tired [...] Full Story | Top |
| Clinton Called On as Obama Closer Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 05:52 AM PDT  As Hurricane Sandy churned toward the East Coast, the call from President Obama came on Monday morning. “I got to go back right now, this storm’s getting out of hand. I got to handle it,â€Â former President Clinton recalled to an Ohio crowd later that day. “And I said, ‘Mr. President, that is the right call.’ †Full Story | Top |
| Bones, Caskets Unearthed by Sandy Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 09:06 AM PDT  Residents of New Haven, Conn., got an eerie Halloween surprise when a famed tree uprooted during Hurricane Sandy, unearthing the bones of a woman who died nearly 200 years ago. Around 6 p.m. on Monday the famous tree at New Haven’s Upper Green, named the... Full Story | Top |
| Obama gets first-hand look at storm devastation Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:10 PM PDT  President Barack Obama inspected the devastation from Sandy on Wednesday, flying high over flooded neighborhoods, sand-strewn streets and a burning fire that charred homes along the New Jersey coastline. Full Story | Top |
| With Christie, Obama vows, ‘We will not quit until this is done’ Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:44 PM PDT Just six days before the election, President Barack Obama toured storm-ravaged areas with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. He told Garden State residents struggling in the superstorm's aftermath that all of America shares their painâ€"and their government is there to help. "The main message I wanted to send is the entire country has been watching [...] Full Story | Top |
| No prank: On Halloween, US military forces train for zombie apocalypse Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 09:21 AM PDT Why is the US military preparing for a zombie apocalypse? Full Story | Top |
| Terrorist Offers Hurricane Aid, US Says No Thanks Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 08:18 AM PDT  Hafiz Saeed Has $10 Million US Bounty on His Head Full Story | Top |
| Superstorm Sandy Rumors Cost Congressional Campaign Manager His Job Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:04 AM PDT  The congressional campaign manager who confessed to spreading falsehoods on Twitter during Hurricane Sandy has resigned from Christopher Wright’s New York City congressional campaign. Shashank Tripathi, under the guise of his Twitter handle @ComfortablySmug, sent out several pieces of misinformation during the worst of the... Full Story | Top |
| Skeleton found when historic Conn. tree uprooted Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 01:52 AM PDT New Haven police say superstorm Sandy has revealed a skeleton beneath the town green that may have been there since Colonial times. Full Story | Top |
| Romney to focus on 11 states in final election push Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 05:30 AM PDT TAMPA, Fla.â€"Mitt Romney will focus on 11 states before Election Day. The push in the election's final six days comes amid polls showing the GOP challenger in a dead hit with President Barack Obama in many battleground states, including Florida and Ohio. Between now and Tuesday, Romney and his key surrogates will attend rallies in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Tempers flare in NJ city where thousands stranded Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 11:17 AM PDT  Tempers are flaring in Hoboken, N.J., as residents complain officials in the flooded city on the Hudson River have been slow to get out food and water to the stranded. Full Story | Top |
| Celebratory gunfire at Saudi wedding cuts cable, 23 electrocuted Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:11 AM PDT RIYADH (Reuters) - Celebratory gunfire at a wedding party in eastern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night brought down an electric cable, killing 23 people, a local civil defense official said. "At the wedding, the cable fell on a metal door and the 23 people who died were all electrocuted," Eastern Province official Abdullah Khashman said by phone. A photograph of the aftermath of the accident, published on local newspapers' websites showed a large courtyard strewn with fallen chairs and a pole in the middle supporting cables carrying lightbulbs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Time-lapse video captures superstorm Sandy’s wrath on New York City Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 09:29 PM PDT A video on YouTube condenses superstorm Sandy's strike on New York City into about two minutes. The video was created by SMvideoChan, who confirmed to Yahoo News on email that it is taken from the Northside Piers Towers in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The bridge you can see is the Williamsburg Bridge. The time-lapse video covers two [...] Full Story | Top |
| Region hit by Sandy struggles to resume daily life Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 06:16 AM PDT  Two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, but across the river in New Jersey, the National Guard searched for flood victims and fires still raged two days after Superstorm Sandy. Full Story | Top |
| Romney camp stands by Christie for working with Obama during storm Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:03 PM PDT President Barack Obama spent part of the day Wednesday touring sections of New Jersey hit by superstorm Sandy with GOP Gov. Chris Christie, a move officials from Mitt Romney's campaign stood by after grumblings from some Republicans. "Gov. Christie's doing his job," Romney senior adviser Russ Schriefer told reporters on a conference call when asked [...] Full Story | Top |
| Who can fix political gridlock? Poll favors Romney Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 09:35 PM PDT  Just about everybody agrees Washington is a gridlocked mess. But who's the man to fix it? After two years of brawling and brinkmanship between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans, more voters trust Mitt Romney to break the stalemate. Full Story | Top |
| As blackouts linger, Northeasterners try to adjust Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 04:56 PM PDT  Homes grew chilly without heat. Food spoiled in refrigerators. Televisions remained silent. And people everywhere scurried for a spot to charge their cellphones. Full Story | Top |
| Obama tours storm damage, Romney mutes rhetoric Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:39 PM PDT President Barack Obama got an up-close look at the devastation wrought by superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, forsaking partisan campaigning days before the close election in favor of a disaster tour guided by the Republican governor of New Jersey. Rival Mitt Romney muted criticism of his foe as he barnstormed battleground Florida. Full Story | Top |
| Superstorm Sandy: Before and after photos Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:34 PM PDT Images of the aftermath of superstorm Sandy clearly show the devastation it wrought, including at least 64 deaths and billions of dollars in damages throughout the East Coast. These amazing before and after photographs help bear witness to the destructive force of the powerful wind gusts, torrential rains and massive storm surges. The Battery Park [...] Full Story | Top |
| Americans Slip From Minnesota to Somali Terror Group: FBI Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 10:54 AM PDT Experts Concerned Terror Group on the Ropes Could Set Sights Internationally Full Story | Top |
| Obama back on campaign trail Thursday as final push begins Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:03 AM PDT President Barack Obama will return to campaigning after spending three days managing the federal response to the deadly superstorm. He's launching a frenetic final push with stops in Wisconsin, Colorado and Nevada. Come Election Day, the Democrat will watch the results come in at what aides are billing with characteristic audacity (bluster?) as a "victory [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ghost stories part of the White House’s legacy Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:00 AM PDT The White House is the best-known residence in the nation and a few of its famous residents are rumored to be long-term tenants. Full Story | Top |
| Eurozone unemployment rises to new record Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:04 AM PDT  Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone hit a record high of 11.6 percent in September, official figures showed Wednesday, a sign the economy is deteriorating as governments struggle to get a grip on their three-year debt crisis. Full Story | Top |
| Moment the lights went out in NYC (VIDEO) Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:11 AM PDT Talk about perfect timing to capture an awful moment: Sean Blackwell was filming the flooding from Hurricane Sandy on the Lower East Side of New York City at the intersection of Eighth Street and Avenue C at the moment of the blackout. As the camera pans across the intersection, a mind-boggling view of water-logged streets [...] Full Story | Top |
| Romney campaign challenges criticism by automakers Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 06:17 PM PDT Mitt Romney came under withering criticism Wednesday over his depiction of President Barack Obama's auto industry bailout, with Vice President Joe Biden accusing him of perpetuating an "outrageous lie" and newspapers assailing the Republican's advertising campaign on the subject. Chrysler and General Motors also have protested the ads, as the 2009 bailout was pushed to the forefront of the White House campaign in a key battleground just days before Tuesday's election. Full Story | Top |
| ‘It’s the president, stupid’: Elections drive the economy, too Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:29 PM PDT Last year, the Signal noticed an eerie correspondence between the highs and lows of the S&P 500 stock market index and the ups and downs of President Barack Obama's odds of winning re-election in the prediction markets. Almost a year later, the two data sets continue to move in remarkable lockstep. As thorny correlation issues [...] Full Story | Top |
| Bank Makes Gold Card With Real Gold Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 06:47 AM PDT MOSCOW â€" American Express may call one of its cards the Gold Card, but a bank in Kazakhstan is announcing plans to issue an exclusive new bank card it claims is the world’s first made entirely of gold, diamonds and pearls. Sberbank-Kazakhstan announced plans to... Full Story | Top |
| Airports and stock exchange reopen; NJ devastated Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 11:02 AM PDT  Two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to rescue flood victims and fires still raged two days after Superstorm Sandy. Full Story | Top |
| The Brat PAC: Super young Super PAC spending millions on election Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 03:57 AM PDT Spinners and Winners What would you do if you were a college student who suddenly came into millions of dollars? Founding a Super PAC may not be the first thing that comes to mind, but that's exactly what John Ramsey did when his grandfather died, leaving him with a generous inheritance. That inheritance made the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Climate and cost concerns mount in wake of "superstorm" Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:01 AM PDT  WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Monday's mammoth storm that caused severe flooding, damage and fatalities to the eastern U.S. will raise pressure on Congress and the next president to address the impacts of climate change as the price tag for extreme weather disasters escalates. Hurricane Sandy devastated the east coast of the United States, claiming dozens of lives so far, cutting power to over 8 million people and damaging major roadways, buildings and infrastructure, such as New York's 108-year old subway system. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama releases radio ad with Colin Powell endorsement Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:58 PM PDT With the fight for the White House in its final round, President Barack Obama's campaign released a new radio ad Wednesday highlighting former Secretary of State Colin Powell's full-throated endorsement of the incumbent's re-election. The 60-second commercial will run in Florida, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada and Colorado, according to the [...] Full Story | Top |
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