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• Mitch McConnell re-elected to Senate
• Voters weigh pot legalization, minimum wage hikes
• Dems decried big money in campaigns — then caught up fast
• Republicans strike early blow in midterm election results
• Kansas ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional: judge
• Arizona judge orders delay in sentencing retrial of murderer Arias
• Midterm mixer: Live election coverage
• The 2014 midterm election will be the most expensive one ever
• How the economy could win if the GOP sweeps the midterms
• NFL star Adrian Peterson makes plea deal in felony child-abuse case
• Tea Party 'has completely...ruined the Republican Party,' says former Nixon aide
• Can't find your f*#@&$%! polling place? Consult this web site
• Midterms and marijuana: What's at stake for legalization
• Police detain Mexico mayor, wife in case of 43 missing students
• Calif. family mourns 3 teen girls killed on Halloween
• 6 most aggressive GOP attempts to tie Obama to Dem candidates

Mitch McConnell re-elected to Senate Posted: The chamber's minority leader defeats Alison Grimes in Kentucky as his party seeks other wins.

Voters weigh pot legalization, minimum wage hikes Posted: 04 Nov 2014 02:07 PM PST While many pollsters are predicting Tuesday will be a big night for Republicans, many of the most high-profile ballot initiatives voters will consider are decidedly liberal. Among the 146 ballot proposals and initiatives voters in 41 states will consider Tuesday are a handful that would legalize marijuana and raise the minimum wage.

Dems decried big money in campaigns — then caught up fast Posted: 04 Nov 2014 11:36 AM PST Remember back in the day when President Barack Obama and Democrats were in high dudgeon over "fatcat" super PACs corrupting the political process?

Republicans strike early blow in midterm election results Posted: 04 Nov 2014 04:34 PM PST By Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans struck a powerful first blow in Kentucky in U.S. congressional elections on Tuesday in their drive to control the U.S. Senate and dramatically tip the balance of power away from President Barack Obama and his Democrats. Obama's low job approval rating, partisan gridlock in Washington and a U.S. economy that is not growing broadly enough to help many in the middle class were major issues confronting voters in elections for 36 senators, 36 state governors and all 435 members of the House of Representatives. ...

Kansas ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional: judge Posted: 04 Nov 2014 03:31 PM PST KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) - Same-sex couples may soon be able to marry in Kansas following a federal judge's ruling on Tuesday that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Crabtree granted a preliminary injunction stopping Kansas from enforcing its ban on gay marriage and put the ruling on hold until Nov. 11 to give Kansas an opportunity to appeal. The decision, if upheld, would add to more than a dozen states where same-sex marriage has become legal since the U.S. Supreme Court said on Oct. 6 that it would not review recent U.S. ...

Arizona judge orders delay in sentencing retrial of murderer Arias Posted: 04 Nov 2014 03:49 PM PST By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge on Tuesday delayed witness testimony in the penalty phase retrial of convicted murderer Jodi Arias after an appeals court ordered the proceedings be opened to the public, court officials said. Judge Sherry Stephens ordered that no new witnesses be called to the stand until Wednesday in the retrial to determine whether Arias will be executed for killing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008. ...

Midterm mixer: Live election coverage Posted: Yahoo News Global Anchor Katie Couric and our politics team cover all the important races.

The 2014 midterm election will be the most expensive one ever Posted: 04 Nov 2014 10:37 AM PST How much does it cost to win a Senate majority in a nonpresidential-year election? About enough to pay for approximately three-and-a-half seasons of the current New York Yankees roster — almost $700 million — and that's just for the top 10 most expensive Senate races.

How the economy could win if the GOP sweeps the midterms Posted: 03 Nov 2014 08:51 AM PST If Republicans control both houses of Congress, they'll be forced to act like adults.

NFL star Adrian Peterson makes plea deal in felony child-abuse case Posted: NFL star Adrian Peterson makes plea deal in felony child-abuse case

Tea Party 'has completely...ruined the Republican Party,' says former Nixon aide Posted: 04 Nov 2014 06:03 AM PST Looking ahead to 2016, the 'lifelong Republican' and former Nixon aide weighs in on his son's political future and the prospect of a race between Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.

Can't find your f*#@&$%! polling place? Consult this web site Posted: 04 Nov 2014 08:37 AM PST Wondering where you can vote in the 2014 midterm elections? This f---ing website will tell you.

Midterms and marijuana: What's at stake for legalization Posted: 04 Nov 2014 07:14 AM PST From Alaska to Maine, a guide to America's pot votes on Election Day

Police detain Mexico mayor, wife in case of 43 missing students Posted: 04 Nov 2014 03:45 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's most-wanted couple, accused of running their town as a drug fiefdom and ordering an attack that killed six and left 43 college students missing, were caught Tuesday in a rough-and-tumble neighborhood of Mexico City where they were hiding.

Calif. family mourns 3 teen girls killed on Halloween Posted: 04 Nov 2014 04:08 PM PST SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors filed charges Tuesday against a driver charged with fleeing in his SUV after fatally striking three Southern California teenage girls as they were trick-or-treating on Halloween.

6 most aggressive GOP attempts to tie Obama to Dem candidates Posted: 04 Nov 2014 01:26 AM PST Republicans trying to take back the Senate and expand their advantage in the House have rallied over the past year around a common strategy: tie Democrats to President Barack Obama — at any cost and for any reason. Candidates, parties and independent groups spent hundreds of millions to try to convince voters that Democrats on ballots all over the country not only think like Obama but are basically him, in miniature. The reason for this effort is obvious: nationally, the president has a 42 percent approval rating, and in many of the more conservative states where embattled Democrats are fighting to keep their jobs, his favorability is even lower.

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