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Biden: Dems ready to compromise on 'fiscal cliff'
New Faces: Newly elected US senators
Fiscal cliff combines tax hikes, spending cuts
West wants ballots, voting machines impounded
AP PHOTOS: Election winners and losers
Nor'easter to hinder cleanup in hard-hit RI town
Maine call center seeking to fill 400 jobs
Md. couples exult after same-sex marriage OK'd
Vt. ambulance crews in NJ for storm
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Sen. Brown: Not sure of next step after defeat
Guide to the women's basketball season
More Democratic Congress still a house divided
Committee picks 3 for Vt. education secretary
Red Sox hire Nieves as pitching coach
Re-elected, Obama heads back to divided government
Mich. shootings spree suspect arraigned, jailed
Turnout shaping up to be lower than 2008
NY man convicted of selling crack in Maine
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Biden: Dems ready to compromise on 'fiscal cliff'

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:01 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he and President Barack Obama are anxious to move forward on a bipartisan solution to the looming "fiscal cliff" that could force tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts next year.

New Faces: Newly elected US senators

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:01 PM PST

A look at the newly elected U.S. senators from Tuesday's election:

Fiscal cliff combines tax hikes, spending cuts

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:01 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — So just what is this "fiscal cliff" that has the financial markets rattled and economists and policymakers alike in a tizzy over the potential for sending the economy into another tailspin?

West wants ballots, voting machines impounded

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:00 PM PST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Republican Rep. Allen West took the first steps in a legal challenge Wednesday in his closely watched re-election bid even as Democratic opponent Patrick Murphy declared a razor-thin victory.

AP PHOTOS: Election winners and losers

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:57 PM PST

The winners try not to gloat and the losers try to put up a brave front. But you don't need to hear their post-election speeches to know whether these candidates were celebrating or conceding on election night. It's written all over their faces.

Nor'easter to hinder cleanup in hard-hit RI town

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:38 PM PST

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A new and unwelcome storm packing strong winds and rain forced some Rhode Island communities hard hit by Superstorm Sandy to suspend recovery efforts Wednesday and state and utility officials to prepare for another round of potential power outages.

Maine call center seeking to fill 400 jobs

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:37 PM PST

ORONO, Maine (AP) — A call center in Orono is looking to hire 400 employees in the next week to take calls from people affected by Superstorm Sandy.

Md. couples exult after same-sex marriage OK'd

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:34 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Glen Dehn and Charles Blackburn steered clear of festive election night parties, opting to watch the returns from their Baltimore home for fear Maryland voters would reject the right of same-sex couples to wed.

Vt. ambulance crews in NJ for storm

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:34 PM PST

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Seven Vermont ambulances and teams of emergency personnel are helping out in New Jersey as another storm approaches parts of the state already devastated by Superstorm Sandy.

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Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:34 PM PST

Sen. Brown: Not sure of next step after defeat

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:30 PM PST

BOSTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Scott Brown says he doesn't know what's in his future after his defeat Tuesday to Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren.

Guide to the women's basketball season

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:27 PM PST

Brittney Griner is going into her senior season at Baylor looking for another national championship.

More Democratic Congress still a house divided

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:23 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Congress will be slightly more Democratic and more female though House Republicans still hold a majority large enough to confront and confound President Barack Obama as the nation grapples with a slow-moving economic recovery and record deficits.

Committee picks 3 for Vt. education secretary

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:19 PM PST

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A committee of the Vermont State Board of Education has picked three finalists to become the secretary of education in Vermont.

Red Sox hire Nieves as pitching coach

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:15 PM PST

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have hired Juan Nieves to join John Farrell's staff as pitching coach.

Re-elected, Obama heads back to divided government

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:12 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — One day after his surprisingly comfortable re-election, a triumphant President Barack Obama headed back to the White House and divided government on Wednesday with little time left for a compromise with Republicans to avert spending cuts and tax increases that threaten a new recession.

Mich. shootings spree suspect arraigned, jailed

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:11 PM PST

HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Michigan prosecutors have charged a 43-year-old man suspected in a shooting spree along a 100-mile stretch of roads with assault with a dangerous weapon and other gun charges.