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• NIU police face probe over withholding of evidence
• Has Obama been good for millionaires?
• Romney targets Ohio, Pennsylvania on Election Day
• Two final polls split between Obama and Romney
• Store near Obama rally has a message for the Secret Service
• Jay-Z sings ’99 Problems But a Mitt Ain’t One’ at Obama rally
• Early voting results favor Obama, but popular vote remains uncertain
• Polls suggest undecided voters might not help Romney
• City attorneys in cop bar beating suit rest their case
• Nor'easter threatens battered East Coast
• My plea to the undecided: Stay home!
• War on poverty? Why campaigns don't talk about the poor
• Hurricane Sandy blows migrating birds off track
• The 2012 election is the closest race in 76 years
• Prosecutor: U.S. soldier had blood of Afghan massacre victims on him
• New York man crushed by giant crucifix has leg amputated
• Tale of two New Jersey towns now linked by Sandy
• Hearing begins for U.S. soldier accused of Afghan massacre
• Everything you wanted to know about voting machines
• The middle class: Worse off than you think?

NIU police face probe over withholding of evidence Posted: 05 Nov 2012 05:07 PM PST DeKalb State's Attorney Clay Campbell, left, requested the probe after a judge found the department withheld evidence that could have cleared an officer in an assault case.

Has Obama been good for millionaires? Posted: 05 Nov 2012 05:06 PM PST The question of whether Americans are better off than they were four years ago depends, of course, on the American.

Romney targets Ohio, Pennsylvania on Election Day Posted: 05 Nov 2012 11:51 AM PST It turns out that what Mitt Romney billed as his final campaign rally tonight in New Hampshire won't be the final political event of his White House bid.

Two final polls split between Obama and Romney Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:56 PM PST Polls from Gallup and the Washington Post/ABC News were released Monday, with the former showing Mitt Romney up 1 point among likely voters and the latter favoring President Obama by 3 points.

Store near Obama rally has a message for the Secret Service Posted: 05 Nov 2012 02:40 PM PST The president is planning an outdoor rally in Des Moines, but one store within the event's security zone is taking a stand against searches inside the shop.

Jay-Z sings ’99 Problems But a Mitt Ain’t One’ at Obama rally Posted: 05 Nov 2012 03:03 PM PST The Hip-hop artist performed at a rally for the president where he sang a version of his song "99 Problems" with the refrain, "99 Problems But a Mitt Ain't One."

Early voting results favor Obama, but popular vote remains uncertain Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:12 PM PST Thirty million votes are already cast for the next president of the Unites States, and the turnout so far favors President Barack Obama over GOP challenger Mitt Romney. The contest for the White House has hardly begun, however: These results, from 34 states and the District of Columbia, account only for the party affiliation of [...]

Polls suggest undecided voters might not help Romney Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:48 PM PST Undecided voters have been focus grouped, split up into tiny subdivisions, and above all, relentlessly mocked this election. And now, after hundreds of millions of dollars spent to win their vote, there's finally some evidence from pollsters that they're reaching a decision. The latest WSJ/NBC national poll puts Obama up over Romney by the narrowest margin, 48 percent to 47 percent. But it's the poll's breakdown of respondents who are either undecided or still willing to consider switching that stands out. ...

City attorneys in cop bar beating suit rest their case Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:05 PM PST Attorneys defending the city of Chicago in a lawsuit stemming from the 2007 beating of a female bartender by an off-duty officer rested their case, setting the scene for closing arguments.

Nor'easter threatens battered East Coast Posted: 05 Nov 2012 02:06 PM PST A week after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the East Coast, wiping out entire communities, residents were bracing for yet another potentially damaging storm.

My plea to the undecided: Stay home! Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:12 PM PST Yahoo! News columnist Jeff Greenfield explains why he thinks some people just shouldn't vote.

War on poverty? Why campaigns don't talk about the poor Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:32 AM PST A presidential campaign, it would seem, is not the best time to have a comprehensive debate about poverty in America.

Hurricane Sandy blows migrating birds off track Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:06 PM PST Gannets in New York Harbor, jaegers at Cape May, NJ, storm petrels on the Hudson River and even a red-billed tropicbird are just some of the rare birds sighted along the Atlantic coast after Hurricane Sandy.

The 2012 election is the closest race in 76 years Posted: 05 Nov 2012 02:46 PM PST As of Monday, President Obama has a very slim 0.4 percent lead in the popular vote based on consensus data from Real Clear Politics.

Prosecutor: U.S. soldier had blood of Afghan massacre victims on him Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:46 PM PST Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has been charged with 16 counts of premeditated murder and six counts of attempted murder in one of the worst atrocities of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

New York man crushed by giant crucifix has leg amputated Posted: 05 Nov 2012 11:17 AM PST A deeply religious man in upstate New York who believes a church's giant crucifix cured his wife of cancer had his own leg amputated after the same crucifix collapsed on top of him. CBS New York reports that the accident occurred when 45-year-old David Jimenez was cleaning the 600-pound crucifix, which was allegedly held up [...]

Tale of two New Jersey towns now linked by Sandy Posted: 05 Nov 2012 11:08 AM PST Asbury Park and Bay Head are two towns on opposite ends of the Jersey Shore's socio-economic spectrum - one with many poor people, the other with professionals in lucrative Wall Street careers.

Hearing begins for U.S. soldier accused of Afghan massacre Posted: 05 Nov 2012 09:31 AM PST Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is charged with 16 counts of premeditated murder and six counts of attempted murder for a pre-dawn attack on two villages last year.

Everything you wanted to know about voting machines Posted: 05 Nov 2012 09:52 AM PST After the "hanging chad" kerfuffle of 2000, most of the country moved to voting machines. But they present their own issues.

The middle class: Worse off than you think? Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:40 AM PST The decline of the middle class has emerged as a key issue in the presidential campaign with both candidates promising policies to restore the economic stability of the middle class.

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