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| Geraldo slams ‘GOP bloodlust’ over Benghazi Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 08:32 AM PDT Geraldo Rivera slammed the politicization of the attack in Benghazi, firing off a series of tweets while hunkered down at home in Edgewater, N.J., during Hurricane Sandy. Rivera, the Fox News contributor and "Geraldo at Large" host, criticized the controversy being pushed by some conservatives. It's "clear no C130 gunships were available," Rivera tweeted. "Criticize [...] Full Story | Top |
| Nate Silver to Joe Scarborough: Wanna Bet? Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 04:36 AM PDT  Political polling guru Nate Silver is so confident in his statistical models that he just offered to bet MSNBC's Joe Scarborough $1,000 that Barack Obama will win re-election. Scarborough, you may recall, criticized Silver's math earlier this week, saying that "Anybody that thinks that this race is anything but a tossup right now is such an ideologue ... they're jokes." He was specifically talking about Silver's FiveThirtyEight website, which shows Mitt Romney with just a 1-in-4 chance of becoming president. Full Story | Top |
| Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 07:04 PM PDT  Frustration â€" and in some cases fear â€" mounted in New York City on Thursday, three days after Superstorm Sandy. Traffic backed up for miles at bridges, large crowds waited impatiently for buses into Manhattan, and tempers flared in gas lines. Full Story | Top |
| Storm of anti-Obama text messages linked to Virginia firm Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 06:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversial Virginia marketing and polling firm appears to have used a legal loophole to bombard scores of Americans with unsolicited text messages berating President Barack Obama less than a week before Election Day. More than a dozen different messages landed on the screens of phone users late on Tuesday, originating from mysterious websites instead of phone numbers. They attacked Obama and Democrats on a variety of issues such as abortion, foreign policy, same-sex marriage and taxation. The domain names of those websites had been registered with GoDaddy. ... Full Story | Top |
| New York Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 03:13 PM PDT  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is endorsing President Barack Obama for re-election, citing his leadership on climate change. Full Story | Top |
| Police use Taser on 10-year-old at school career day, lawsuit alleges Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 08:25 AM PDT A lawsuit claims an Albuquerque, N.M., police officer stunned a 10-year-old boy with a Taser after he refused to wash the officer's car. Officer Christopher Webb was visiting the boy's elementary school for a career day on May 4 when the incident occurred, according to Courthouse News. During the presentation, Webb apparently asked a group [...] Full Story | Top |
| Outrage Over Model’s Post-Sandy Photo Shoot in Wreckage Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 10:58 AM PDT Here's one way to get noticed: After Hurricane Sandy left New York City in utter chaos, a former Brazilian Playboy model used the devastation as a backdrop for a series of glamour shots, enraging many people in the process. In a long-sleeved black top, leggings, and black ankle boots, Nana Gouvêa can be seen striking a [...] Full Story | Top |
| NPR apologizes to Abigael Evans, 4-year-old girl ‘tired of Bronco Bama and Mitt Romney’ Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 07:29 AM PDT NPR has issued a formal apology to Abigael Evans, the 4-year-old Colorado girl who burst into tearsâ€"and Americans' heartsâ€"while listening to a public radio report about the seemingly endless 2012 presidential election. "On behalf of NPR and all other news outlets, we apologize to Abigael and all the many others who probably feel like her," [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama hits final stretch with message of gravitas Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 04:02 PM PDT NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev.--Gone are the jokes about "Romnesia" and the loose talk of a "campaign marathon extravaganza." For Barack Obama, the president of a nation reeling from a storm that devastated the Eastern Seaboard, it's time for gravitas. Standing in front of a skyline of red mountains not far from the College of Southern [...] Full Story | Top |
| In final push, Obama casts election as Bush vs. Clinton Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 10:23 AM PDT President Obama waves after a campaign event in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Reuters/Larry Downing) Do voters in 2012 face a choice between Bill Clinton and George W. Bush? That's how President Barack Obama, returning to the campaign trail with gusto after a break to respond to Sandy, cast the election during a final push in the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Photos show second China stealth fighter prototype Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 07:37 AM PDT  China has test flown a second model of a prototype stealth fighter, aviation experts said Thursday, in a sign of its aircraft industry's growing sophistication. Full Story | Top |
| Polls: Obama Stakes Strong Lead In Iowa, Narrower Ones In Other Battlegrounds Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 06:05 AM PDT  Less than a week before Election Day, President Obama holds a solid lead in Iowa while the race in New Hampshire and Wisconsin looks tighter, a poll released Thursday shows. The latest slate of swing state polls from NBC News, Marist College and the Wall Street Journal shows Obama earning the support of 50 percent of likely Iowa voters. Republican nominee Mitt Romney trails with 44 percent. ... Full Story | Top |
| Storm washes away much of 'Jersey Shore' town Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 06:33 AM PDT  The waterfront rides on Casino Pier are gone, swallowed by the sea. A roller coaster bobs lazily in the waves. Sand, leaves and debris choke roads lined with houses that rest on their sides. Full Story | Top |
| Obama to use "affirmative" message in closing pitch Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 01:45 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After three days of focusing on superstorm Sandy, President Barack Obama will return to the campaign trail on Thursday with a more "affirmative" message to win over undecided voters in the final days of the race for the White House. With polls showing a tight contest between the Democratic incumbent and Republican challenger Mitt Romney before Tuesday's election, Obama will use trips to political battleground states to make a closing appeal for a second term. ... Full Story | Top |
| The man who sued his wife for birthing an ugly baby Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 04:05 AM PDT  Apparently in China, bad genes are grounds for divorce â€" and six-figure fines Full Story | Top |
| Nearly 30 Air Force Academy cadets injured in annual ritual Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 02:57 AM PDT  DENVER (Reuters) - Nearly 30 Air Force Academy cadets required medical care, with six of them hospitalized, after an annual tradition to mark the first snowfall of the season turned into an out-of-control melee, school officials said on Wednesday. An unauthorized ritual last week called "First Shirt/First Snow," in which freshman cadets try to throw their cadet sergeant into a snowbank, grew violent and resulted in injuries, the academy said in a statement. "A relatively small number of cadets chose to take part in this unsafe activity," said Brigadier General Gregory Lengyel. ... Full Story | Top |
| Late Super PAC Ad Buy Urges African Americans In Ohio To Vote Republican Because Lincoln Freed The Slaves Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 02:04 PM PDT In the final days of the campaign in Ohio, the stops have been pulled out in the scramble to eke out a win. And that means one super PAC calling on African Americans to vote against President Obama because Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. Cable viewers in several markets across the state are being treated to ads by an obscure self-described "alternative conservative" super PAC called the Empower Citizens Network. One of the group's ads accuses Obama and Democrats of imploding the economy by forcing mortgage companies to lend to "unqualified borrowers" while the Soviet national anthem plays. ... Full Story | Top |
| NYPD officer dies after helping save seven family members Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 08:01 AM PDT NYPD officer Artur Kasprzak, 28. (NYPD) An off-duty New York City police officer died in his own basement after saving seven members of his family from rising floodwaters. Officer Artur Kasprzak, who died on Monday, was 28 and had been on the NYPD for six years. Now, more details of Kasprzak's heroic actions are coming [...] Full Story | Top |
| Most of Congress coming back despite low approval Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 12:39 PM PDT  Listen up voters, you're the boss. Full Story | Top |
| Fuel scarce, East Coast struggles to recover from storm Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 04:37 PM PDT NEW YORK/SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey (Reuters) - Rescuers searched flooded homes for survivors, drivers lined up for hours to get scarce gasoline and millions remained without power on Thursday as New York City and nearby towns struggled to recover from one of the biggest storms to hit the United States. New York subway trains crawled back to limited service after being shut down since Sunday, but the lower half of Manhattan still lacked power and surrounding areas such as Staten Island, the New Jersey shore and the city of Hoboken remained crippled from a record storm surge and flooding. ... Full Story | Top |
| Heckler interrupts Romney rally in Virginia Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 07:05 PM PDT Mitt Romney was interrupted at a rally Thursday in Virginia Beach, Va. A rowdy audience member took advantage of a pause during the Republican presidential nominee's speech and shouted "climate change caused Sandy!" He then flashed a sign that read "End Climate Silence." While Romney seemed to take the heckler in his stride, the crowd [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rocky Mountain tie: In Colorado, will it be Obama or Romney who reaches the summit? Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 02:29 AM PDT COMMERCE CITY, Colorado â€" Bill Clinton was doing what he does best: making the passionate case for Barack Obama that the president oddly enough seems incapable of making for himself. Full Story | Top |
| Hoboken, N.J., Residents Spend Another Night Out in the Cold Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 02:29 AM PDT  Frightened Residents Endure Agonizing Wait for the National Guard Full Story | Top |
| Romney faces scrutiny on aid in storm's wake Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 06:46 AM PDT  There's nothing like a natural disaster to test the depth of politicians' preference for small government. Full Story | Top |
| Storm invigorates proponents of NYC sea barrier Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 01:59 AM PDT  The vast destruction wreaked by the storm surge in New York could have been prevented with a sea barrier of the type that protects major cities in Europe, some scientists and engineers say. The multibillion price tag of such a project has been a hindrance, but may appear more palatable after the damage from Superstorm Sandy has been tallied. Full Story | Top |
| Secret Service agent kills self amid affair probe Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 03:32 PM PDT A senior Secret Service agent who was being investigated by the government for failing to disclose a long-standing relationship with a foreign citizen killed himself last week in Washington, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Full Story | Top |
| Obama reveals ‘secrets’ to US Weekly Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 08:41 AM PDT President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama shared their first kiss outside a Baskin-Robbins in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Does this make you more likely to re-elect the president? His campaign apparently hopes so. The first couple's first smooch leads off a list of Obama's "25 Things You Don't Know About Me" in US [...] Full Story | Top |
| Salmon cross flooded road much to dog’s delight Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 10:45 AM PDT In Mason County, Wash., the salmon aren't just swimming upstreamâ€"they're also swimming across the street. Due to heavy rains, local rivers are flooding and the confused fish are winding up in some strange places. And that's just fine with at least one local dog. The pooch, who must be thinking that Christmas came early, wanders [...] Full Story | Top |
| Biden jokes on Letterman: ‘If you vote early, you don’t have to pay taxes’ Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 06:27 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden hit "The Late Show with David Letterman" on Thursday, spreading the Obama campaign's gospel of early voting in a special "Top Ten List" five days before Election Day. In an early preview provided by CBS, Biden uncorks a fine No. 6: "If you vote early, you don't have to pay taxes." [...] Full Story | Top |
| US officials: No delays in rescue effort in Libya Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 07:42 PM PDT  CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday, as they laid out a detailed timeline of the CIA's immediate response to the attack from its annex less than a mile from the diplomatic mission. Full Story | Top |
| Obama, Romney get back to campaigning following storm hiatus, race remains tight Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 01:40 AM PDT  WASHINGTON - Barack Obama put politics aside and Republican challenger Mitt Romney tempered his criticism of the president for three days as superstorm Sandy battered the U.S. East Coast, but both will dive back into the presidential campaign with gusto on Thursday, with just five days left until Election Day. Full Story | Top |
| Mystery of Angkor Wat Temple's Huge Stones Solved Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 04:59 AM PDT  The massive sandstone bricks used to construct the 12th-century temple of Angkor Wat were brought to the site via a network of hundreds of canals, according to new research. Full Story | Top |
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