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• No props, no shout outs, and no 'show of hands'
• Debate dinner prep: steak with the wife
• How to watch the presidential debate with Yahoo! News
• By taking Benghazi blame, will Clinton help or harm Obama?
• Shocker at Citigroup as CEO Vikram Pandit abruptly quits
• High court won't block early voting in Ohio
• Doomed Costa Concordia helpless within seconds, court told
• Can the auto bailout save Obama in Ohio?
• Ohio: Is this where Mitt Romney's bump stops?
• Alan Alda or John Wayne? What women want in a president
• Friends memorialize ex-Sen. Arlen Specter in Pa.
• Another 19 people diagnosed with meningitis in 9 states
• Cuba eliminating exit visa requirement for citizens
• Photos: Strange and unusual creatures that roam our planet
• Exclusive NYC area tops list of priciest U.S. addresses
• Shotgun wedding: Buy an engagement ring, get a free gun
• Photos: Orphaned baby elephant raised by human mom
• Taliban says attack on Pakistani schoolgirl justified
• Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images
• 'Demeanor testimony': What Obama needs to do to win tonight
• How Radovan Karadzic became one of world's most wanted men
• Cleaning clean dishes: Ryan's soup kitchen visit goes awry
• Hurricane Paul racing toward Mexico's Baja peninsula

No props, no shout outs, and no 'show of hands' Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT Debates are not trivial. Here are 13 things about tonight's face-off you probably didn't know.

Debate dinner prep: steak with the wife Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:25 PM PDT In the hours before a presidential debate, reporters sound like Cold War-era Kremlinologists, who reputedly pored over things like where Soviet officials stood in Kremlin photographs to figure out who was on the way up, and who was on the way out. The politicians these reporters cover know this. Exhibit A: President Barack Obama began [...]

How to watch the presidential debate with Yahoo! News Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT The big questions going into tonight's presidential debate: Will Mitt Romney give another energized performance? Will President Barack Obama dominate this time around? Will the moderator keep things civil? Join us for the debate as well as live-stream commentary before and after from ABC News and Yahoo!; breaking coverage of the night's most buzzy moments; [...]

By taking Benghazi blame, will Clinton help or harm Obama? Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:36 PM PDT Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking full responsibility for the security failure last month at the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, saying President Obama would not have been involved in decisions on a particular diplomatic mission's security detail.

Shocker at Citigroup as CEO Vikram Pandit abruptly quits Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:57 AM PDT His departure marks the end of a controversial and often troubled tenure.

High court won't block early voting in Ohio Posted: 16 Oct 2012 03:41 PM PDT The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for voters in the battleground state of Ohio to cast ballots on the three days before Election Day, giving Democrats and President Barack Obama's campaign a victory three weeks before the election.

Doomed Costa Concordia helpless within seconds, court told Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:17 AM PDT The cruise ship slammed into rocks so quickly that within seconds water was rushing into a 35 meter-long gash torn into the hull and nothing could be done to save it.

Can the auto bailout save Obama in Ohio? Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:54 AM PDT The Obama administration bailed out GM as well as Chrysler, aided by billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded loans.

Ohio: Is this where Mitt Romney's bump stops? Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:13 AM PDT PollTracker editor Kyle Leighton looks at the changes in the electoral map, since the first presidential debate.

Alan Alda or John Wayne? What women want in a president Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:14 AM PDT "Many women think they have to decide between a man who is gentle but weak and one who is strong but mean."

Friends memorialize ex-Sen. Arlen Specter in Pa. Posted: 16 Oct 2012 04:02 PM PDT Friends and colleagues, including Vice President Joe Biden, two former Pa. governors, judges and others mourned the loss of former Sen. Arlen Specter.

Another 19 people diagnosed with meningitis in 9 states Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT (Reuters) - Another 19 people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 231. The CDC said there were two additional cases of infection in joints after a steroid injection but these were not confirmed as meningitis, bringing the total of infections nationwide to 233. The death toll from the unprecedented outbreak was unchanged at 15, the CDC said. ...

Cuba eliminating exit visa requirement for citizens Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it will eliminate a half-century-old restriction that requires citizens to get an exit visa to leave the country.

Photos: Strange and unusual creatures that roam our planet Posted: 26 Mar 2012 01:20 PM PDT This picture taken through a special filter in a dark room shows, a cat, left, possessing a red fluorescent protein that makes the animal glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet rays, appearing next to a normal cloned cat, right, at Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays, an achievement that could help develop cures for human genetic diseases, the Science and Technology Ministry said. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Choi Byung-kil)

Exclusive NYC area tops list of priciest U.S. addresses Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:16 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - An exclusive area of New York's Upper East Side, where the median price for a home is $6.5 million and the most expensive will reach $40 million, has become the priciest address code in the United States, according to Forbes. The tree-lined streets that border Central Park and the East River and run from E. 61th to E. 69th streets, home to media mogul Rupert Murdoch and cosmetic tycoon Ronald Perelman, bumped Alpine, New Jersey from its perch on the annual list. ...

Shotgun wedding: Buy an engagement ring, get a free gun Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:45 AM PDT A jewelry store in North Liberty, Iowa, is offering a most unusual deal—a free hunting rifle to customers who purchase an engagement ring. "Diamonds are a girl's best friend," Jewelry by Harold owner Harold van Beek told local ABC affiliate KCRG. "So say: I'm hunting deer, and here is a diamond ring, dear." The official [...]

Photos: Orphaned baby elephant raised by human mom Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:40 AM PDT In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses cuddles with his adoptive "mother" and foundation owner, Jenny Webb, at sunrise at their home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where he is cared for and is being raised by humans. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Taliban says attack on Pakistani schoolgirl justified Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:44 AM PDT Insurgents said on Tuesday that the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head deserved to die because she spoke out against the group and praised the U.S.

Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:16 AM PDT Chocolates with the faces of U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (L) are displayed in a chocolate box in Paris October 12, 2012. A French sweet maker unveiled a 'Presidential Election 2012' gift box featuring dark chocolates medallions imprinted with faces of U.S. presidential candidates Romney and Obama. A 'chocolate poll' accompanies all the boxes and each time a customer buys a presidential chocolate box, he or she can vote for his or her favorite candidate online. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION)

'Demeanor testimony': What Obama needs to do to win tonight Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:42 AM PDT Tonight, every turn of the president's head, every extra blink of his eye will be subject to withering scrutiny.

How Radovan Karadzic became one of world's most wanted men Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:54 PM PDT The Bosnian Serb wartime leader saw himself as a defender of Serbs but ended up one of the world's most wanted men, hiding from charges of genocide behind a long white beard and a false identity.

Cleaning clean dishes: Ryan's soup kitchen visit goes awry Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:28 AM PDT Paul Ryan stopped by a soup kitchen in Youngstown, Ohio, over the weekend for what seemed to be a typical campaign photo opportunity.

Hurricane Paul racing toward Mexico's Baja peninsula Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT Hurricane Paul weakened to a Category 1 storm as it raced toward landfall Tuesday on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Baja peninsula.

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