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Biden: America not in decline, Romney in denial

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:22 PM PDT

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that America is not in decline and that the Republican presidential ticket is in denial about the improving economy.

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NY lawyer: Preacher in terror case to get new arms

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:11 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — An Egyptian-born preacher charged in multiple terror plots is being outfitted next week with new prosthetic arms his New York lawyer says will replace the hooks he used before.

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Jury told of efforts to save kids in day care fire

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:07 PM PDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial a woman accused of murder after four children died in a fire at her Houston home day care are presenting testimony from neighbors and emotional 911 calls to detail for jurors the frantic efforts to try to save the kids.

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Storm could upend campaign travel plans

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney's meticulously arranged travel schedules, a crucial element of their final-stretch strategies, could be upended in the last full week before Election Day by a super storm barreling toward some battleground states.

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Massachusetts preps for powerful East Coast storm

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:00 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts officials braced Friday for the arrival of a mega-storm that could bring damaging winds, 10 inches of rain and coastal and inland flooding to the state and much of the East Coast.

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12 names added to victim list in theater shooting

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:55 PM PDT

DENVER (AP) — Newly released documents show prosecutors have added 12 names to the list of people allegedly targeted by the suspect in the Colorado theater shootings.

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Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:55 PM PDT

Man shot to death in Providence

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:53 PM PDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police in Providence are investigating the city's 17th homicide following the discovery of a man who died after being shot in the chest.

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Storm could dampen campaigning in US Senate race

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:49 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — The mega-storm that could bring torrential rain to Massachusetts may also end up dampening campaign plans in the U.S. Senate race.

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Pa. friend charged with killing grandmother, baby

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:48 PM PDT

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. (AP) — A family friend charged with killing a baby girl and her grandmother told police he dropped the baby as he wielded a knife and the grandmother charged at him during a botched kidnapping, authorities said Friday.

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Mass. city reschedules trick or treating for storm

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:43 PM PDT

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The seaport city of Gloucester is urging residents to celebrate Halloween early because of the hurricane that's threatening next week.

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National Republicans eye Conn. Gold Coast seat

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:46 PM PDT

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — National Republicans are stepping up efforts in the Congressional race to represent Connecticut's Gold Coast, trying to recapture a seat the party held for decades before Democratic Rep. Jim Himes was elected four years ago with the help of President Barack Obama's coattails.

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Twins charged in Fla murder; body put in concrete

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:22 PM PDT

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities charged 31-year-old twin brothers on Friday with murdering a former Pensacola newspaper reporter whose body was found buried in concrete in Georgia.

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Rhode Island prepares for Hurricane Sandy

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:50 PM PDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Islanders were urged Friday to closely monitor the progress of a pre-Halloween superstorm as it barrels up the Atlantic coast.

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38 Studios auction in Providence brings in $650K

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:32 PM PDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A sell-off of items from the former headquarters of Curt Schilling's failed video game company in Providence brought in about $650,000.

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Boat catches fire on Lake Champlain

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:29 PM PDT

COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — A man is safe after his boat caught fire on Lake Champlain.

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Navy to move ships out of storm's path

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:23 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military will be moving ships from the Norfolk Naval Station region in Virginia out to sea to get out of the path of Hurricane Sandy.

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Men ID'd in Maine Zumba studio prostitution case

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:21 PM PDT

KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — Maine police have released another round of names of alleged clients of a woman who authorities say used her Zumba dance studio in Kennebunk as a front for prostitution.

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Sen. Reid taken to hospital after Vegas car crash

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:19 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Troopers say Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been taken to the hospital in an ambulance after what appears to be a rear-end crash on an interstate through Las Vegas.

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Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:19 PM PDT