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Obama, Romney face off in pivotal presidential debate rematch

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 05:17 PM PDT

At only two points since spring has the extremely close presidential race between President Obama and Mitt Romney shifted in any meaningful way; tonight, Obama will be under pressure to produce a third.

Team Obama hits the spin room early

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 05:03 PM PDT

Jim Messina, campaign manager, introduces President Barack Obama at a campaign fundraising event at The Town Hall in New York, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Obama's campaign manager gets swarmed by journalists when he arrives early to defend the president's standing in recent polls.

Feds raid meningitis source lab

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 04:27 PM PDT

A Framingham Motorcycle Unit officer stands by while federal agents search New England Compounding Center in Framingham, MassachusettsThe top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts on Tuesday said federal agents raided the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 15 people and sickened more than 200 others. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said: "I can confirm that this office and our law enforcement partners are investigating allegations concerning the New England Compounding Center." On Tuesday afternoon, agents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration searched the NECC facility in Framingham, Mass., while local police provided support, local police said. ...

Latest Jackson Jr. probe clouds political, legal future

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 04:50 PM PDT

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is virtually assured of being re-elected to Congress next month, but a new federal investigation of the South Side Democrat has made his political and legal future even more tenuous.

Obama, Romney face off in pivotal presidential debate rematch

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 05:17 PM PDT

At only two points since spring has the extremely close presidential race between President Obama and Mitt Romney shifted in any meaningful way; tonight, Obama will be under pressure to produce a third.

High court won't block early voting in Ohio

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 03:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2012 file photo, voters stand in line outside the Hamilton County Board of Elections just before it opened for early voting, in Cincinnati. The Supreme Court is siding with Democrats in refusing to block early voting in the battleground state of Ohio. The court on Tuesday refused a Republican request to get involved in a dispute over early voting in the state on the three days before Election Day. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)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.

No props, no shout outs, and no 'show of hands'

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Obama, Romney prepare for town hall showdownDebates are not trivial. Here are 13 things about tonight's face-off you probably didn't know.

Pre-game meal: Steak with the wife

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:25 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama walks the grounds of the Kingsmill Resort in WilliamsburgIn 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 [...]

Ohio: Is this where Mitt Romney's bump stops?

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:13 AM PDT

Ohio: Is this where Mitt Romney's bump stops?PollTracker editor Kyle Leighton looks at the changes in the electoral map, since the first presidential debate.

How to watch the presidential debate with Yahoo! News

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT

The stage is set for the second U.S. presidential campaign debate taking place in Hempstead, New YorkThe 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; [...]

Pressure rises on Obama in rematch

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 03:41 PM PDT

President Obama's camp promised that the public would see a more energized and visionary incumbent tonight as Obama tries to keep Republican challenger Mitt Romney at bay.

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. ...

By taking Benghazi blame, will Clinton help or harm Obama?

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:36 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a speech to the media at the government palace in LimaSecretary 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.

Another 19 people diagnosed with meningitis in 9 states

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Vials of the steroid distributed by New England Compounding Center (NECC) - implicated in a meningitis outbreak - are pictured in this undated handout photo(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

People read adjustments to the migratory policy, posted on a wrought iron fence of an immigration office in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012. The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it will no longer require islanders to apply for an exit visa, eliminating a much-loathed bureaucratic procedure that has been a major impediment for many seeking to travel overseas for more than a half-century. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)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

Photos: Strange and unusual creatures that roam our planetThis 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)

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 [...]

Alan Alda or John Wayne? What women want in a president

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:14 AM PDT

What Women Want In a President"Many women think they have to decide between a man who is gentle but weak and one who is strong but mean."

Petition asks judge to give hearings to Burge victims

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:09 AM PDT

Attorneys with Northwestern University Law School filed a petition today asking a judge to grant hearings to scores of men imprisoned for murder who have "credible claims" they were tortured into confessing by former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge or detectives under his control.

Can the auto bailout save Obama in Ohio?

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:54 AM PDT

UAW/OhioThe Obama administration bailed out GM as well as Chrysler, aided by billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded loans.