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• Romney, Obama look for edge as campaign nears end
• Power returning to New York after Sandy but gas problems rise
• GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
• Obama and Romney tied in poll three days before election
• Bomb squad detonates ‘suspicious packages’ outside voting site
• With can-do stance on marathon, Bloomberg misreads NYC
• N.J. governor orders gas rationing in some counties
• With three days to go, Romney calls his campaign a ‘movement’
• Sorry, Kentucky, South Carolina: No booze with your ballots
• Floodwater pumped from New York's Ground Zero
• Rebels, Syrian troops battle for control of key airbase
• Most NYC schools to open Monday despite challenges
• Obama ‘revenge’ comment referred to Romney ‘scare tactics’
• Daylight saving time: It’s time to ‘fall back’
• Toddler killed, infant wounded by gunfire in Georgia
• #HashOut on location: What is the best reason to vote for Obama?
• Readers’ stories: Limited gas and short fuses
• Obama commits to storm recovery in weekly address
• New York hospital that evacuated during storm to reopen
• Better off four years later? A mixed bag of answers
• GOP likely to hold House after $1 billion campaign
• Border agents in contact before deadly shooting

Romney, Obama look for edge as campaign nears end Posted: 03 Nov 2012 03:22 AM PDT Three days. Nine states — give or take. A magic 270 electoral votes. For President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney, the final touch-and-go stretch of campaigning is down to the numbers.

Power returning to New York after Sandy but gas problems rise Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:53 AM PDT More New Yorkers got power Saturday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy struck the region, but frustrations mounted over gasoline shortages as refueling sites turned into traffic jams of horn-honking ...

GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems Posted: 03 Nov 2012 04:27 PM PDT Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority after Tuesday's suspense-filled elections.

Obama and Romney tied in poll three days before election Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney remain essentially tied in the race for the White House with razor thin margins in four key swing states, according to a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll released on Saturday. Three days before the November 6 election, both men are neck and neck in Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Colorado, the poll showed. Nationally, the electorate is divided. ...

Bomb squad detonates ‘suspicious packages’ outside voting site Posted: 03 Nov 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 [...]

With can-do stance on marathon, Bloomberg misreads NYC Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:24 PM PDT Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to sell the New York City Marathon as a symbolic victory for the city after a devastating storm, invoking two of the biggest symbols of them all — Rudy Giuliani and 9/11.

N.J. governor orders gas rationing in some counties Posted: 03 Nov 2012 07:17 AM PDT Motorists in 12 northern New Jersey counties will be allowed to buy gasoline just every other day under an order by Gov. Chris Christie.

With three days to go, Romney calls his campaign a ‘movement’ Posted: 03 Nov 2012 06:52 AM PDT PORTSMOUTH, N.H.—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 [...]

Sorry, Kentucky, South Carolina: No booze with your ballots Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:33 AM PDT Let's say the 2012 campaign—the flood of attack ads, the torrent of junk mail, the mere trickle of inspiring proposals—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 [...]

Floodwater pumped from New York's Ground Zero Posted: 03 Nov 2012 02:03 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The memorial and underground museum at the site of the September 11 attacks were being pumped free of floodwater on Saturday, five days after the huge storm Sandy caused the Hudson River to pour into the area known as Ground Zero, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. The construction site sits near the waterfront in lower Manhattan where Sandy produced a record storm surge of nearly 14 feet when it slammed ashore last Monday. "The World Trade Center site was frightening," Cuomo said. ...

Rebels, Syrian troops battle for control of key airbase Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:40 AM PDT BEIRUT - Syrian rebels launched a dawn assault Saturday on a strategic airbase in the north of the country, trying to disrupt strikes by warplanes and helicopters that pound rebel-held towns and give the regime of President Bashar Assad a major edge in the civil war.

Most NYC schools to open Monday despite challenges Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:57 AM PDT New York City schoolchildren are preparing to go back to the classroom on Monday, a week after Superstorm Sandy barreled into the city and the region.

Obama ‘revenge’ comment referred to Romney ‘scare tactics’ Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:10 AM PDT MENTOR, Ohio—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 [...]

Daylight saving time: It’s time to ‘fall back’ Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:49 PM PDT It's that time of the year to turn the clock back an hour: Starting at 2 a.m. on Nov. 4, daylight saving time ends and clocks go back one hour. What is the history of daylight saving time? The idea was first floated in 1784 by one Benjamin Franklin. While serving as U.S. minister to [...]

Toddler killed, infant wounded by gunfire in Georgia Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:49 AM PDT Authorities and relatives say a 2-year-old girl was killed and her infant brother wounded after someone fired gunshots through the door of an Atlanta home as they slept alongside their grandmother.

#HashOut on location: What is the best reason to vote for Obama? Posted: 03 Nov 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, [...]

Readers’ stories: Limited gas and short fuses Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:56 PM PDT The storm has passed, but its aftermath still stirs frustration in New York City, New Jersey and other hard-hit locations along the eastern seaboard.

Obama commits to storm recovery in weekly address Posted: 03 Nov 2012 04:02 AM PDT President Barack Obama on Saturday told Americans impacted by Superstorm Sandy that the country will be there for them as long as it takes to recover and rebuild.

New York hospital that evacuated during storm to reopen Posted: 03 Nov 2012 02:25 AM PDT One of two New York hospitals that had to evacuate patients at the height of Superstorm Sandy is set to begin reopening.

Better off four years later? A mixed bag of answers Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:36 AM PDT It's a staple of every presidential election, a single question that puts the incumbent's record on trial and asks American voters to be the jurors.

GOP likely to hold House after $1 billion campaign Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:50 PM PDT You can do a lot with a billion dollars — but still not change much. This Election Day, it's likely to produce another Republican-led House that's little different from the existing version.

Border agents in contact before deadly shooting Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:14 AM PDT A new report into a shooting that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent dead says three agents responding to an alarm were apparently in radio contact as they approached from opposite directions before opening fire on each other in the Arizona desert.

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