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Race for the White House: Join us live

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 03:23 PM PST

A combination file photographs shows U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaking at campaign ralliesAs votes are being tallied, chat with our columnists and reporters.

Obama returns to Reddit, soliciting votes

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:24 PM PST

Reddit Co-Founder on Freedom of SpeechAbout an hour ago, President Barack Obama signed on to the social media website Reddit and stumped for users' votes. In a post titled "Reddit, this is important," Obama told redditors that "polls will start closing in this election in just a few hours, and I need you to vote." Like one of the gang, [...]

Unpopular Congress expected to return mostly intact

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:55 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2012 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. A barrage of negative ads, more than $2 billion in spending and months of campaign stops come down to this reality: Americans will wake up Wednesday with likely the same divided Congress it had that past two years. Republicans are poised to keep their hold on the House, Democrats are most likely to narrowly hold the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Democrat Chris Murphy has won Connecticut's bombastic Senate race, defeating Republican and former WWE president Linda McMahon. Elsewhere, it's been a good night for the Independents. In Maine, Angus King has been elected to Senate, where he previously served as governor. In Vermont, independent junior Senator Bernie Sanders has won reelection. Four other Democrats have [...]

Romney: I have no regrets

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:13 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and wife Ann Romney arrive to vote in Belmont, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Speaking to reporters on the final flight of his campaign plane, Mitt Romney admitted his 2012 bid wasn't "perfect," but said he had no regrets. "I'm very proud of the campaign that we've run. No campaign is perfect," Romney said. "I'm sure like any campaign people can point [...]

L.A. hotel offers luxury curbside voting

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 01:42 PM PST

LA Hotel Offers Luxury Voting ExperienceThose fortunate enough to call themselves denizens of the exclusive neighborhoods of Brentwood and Bel Air, Calif. can cast their ballots in luxury on Election Day. The Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel is serving as an official polling site for residents of the 90049 zip code,...

Fear of looting grips NYC as new storm threatens

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:45 PM PST

A sign proclaiming a lack of valuables inside is posted in the door of a veterinary clinic on a storm- and fire-ravaged block in Rockaway Beach, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in the the Queens borough of New York. Weather experts have some good news for beleaguered coastal residents in the Northeast: A new storm that threatened to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts now looks like it will be weaker than expected. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)Richard Chan prowled around his cold, dark Staten Island home with knives and a sword to protect it from thieves.

Cook County voting: Confusion over new polling places

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:18 PM PST

The Chicago elections website was non-functioning most of the day today, adding to the confusion among voters who didn't realize their polling sites had changed.

Chicago prepares for Obama rally

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:10 PM PST

Thousands of people with tickets to President Barack Obama's election result party will soon begin arriving at McCormick Place.

Romney's final sprint: 'All coming together'

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 01:37 PM PST

Mitt Romney dashed to the finish on Tuesday, voting with his wife, Ann, before hop-scotching across Ohio and Pennsylvania to thank volunteers and make a final get-out-the-vote push.

'Did I vote?': Man dies, is revived at poll

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 02:57 PM PST

ballotBy Lylah M. Alphonse During early voting in Southfield Township in Michigan on Monday, even a near-death experience couldn't keep one elderly voter away from the polls. Ty Houston was filling out his absentee ballot at the township offices when an elderly woman near him started screaming. "I was filling out the form as were [...]

Obama wins Ill., Romney Ind.: AP

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:38 PM PST

Mitt Romney has won in Indiana, a state won by President Barack Obama four years ago. Romney is also the winner in South Carolina, a state where Obama is deeply unpopular. Those states have 20 electoral votes between them.

Daredevils illegally snap photos of ballots

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PST

ballotLike they do with their breakfasts, pets and children on any other day, thousands of voters took to Instagram on Election Day to post photos of their ballots. But unlike your filtered pet pictures, photographing your ballot and sharing it with others is likely illegal. According to the Citizen Media Law Project, which has been [...]

Romney happy, confident on Election Day

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 01:15 PM PST

Republican presidential nominee Romney talks to reporters on his campaign plane enroute to Boston, Massachusetts to await result of U.S. presidential electionMOON TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Mitt Romney was supposed to get off his campaign plane and board his motorcade for a last-minute get-out-the-vote effort. But when the plane landed at the Pittsburgh International Airport, he found some 1,000 people waiting across the street from the tarmac, lined up on a three-story parking garage where they screamed and waved [...]

More women than men posting about voting on Facebook

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:47 PM PST

FB mapFacebook is keeping track of more than just the things you like and the games you play. For Election Day, the social media giant is watching how many people are posting about going to the polls.

Activist gets 4 years in fake NATO summit threat

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:34 PM PST

A reputed member of the anarchist "Black Bloc" pleaded guilty today to threatening to blow up a train overpass during the NATO summit and was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Linda McMahon gives master class in false flag GOTV

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:39 AM PST

Reports out of Connecticut on Election Day tell a tale of Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon sure to go down in the annals of GOTV false flag operations. McMahon's campaign is closing out the cycle with an appeal to urban and minority voters that looks and feels much like a Democratic campaign effort. Doorhangers call on voters to cast their ballots for President Obama as well as McMahon, promising the pair "will fight for us. ...

Coroner: Death toll in Calif. shooting rises to 3

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:57 PM PST

An unidentified woman cries as she's rushed into a car after learning of a workplace shooting Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Fresno, Calif. A parolee who worked at a California chicken processing plant opened fire at the business on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding three others, before shooting himself, police said. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)Authorities say two more people have died after being shot at a California chicken processing plant, bringing the death toll to three.

Briton murdered in China fed tips to British intelligence

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:55 AM PST

Combination photo shows British businessman Neil Heywood and Gu Kailai, wife of China's former Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary Bo XilaiA British businessman murdered in China in a high-profile case of political intrigue was an informal source of information for MI6.

Intrigue swirls around Russia defense chief's firing

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:26 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 9, 2012 file photo, Russia's Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, bottom right, watch the Victory Day Parade, in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired the country's defense minister two weeks after a criminal probe was opened into alleged fraud in the sell-off of military assets. Putin made the announcement of Anatoly Serdyukov's dismissal on Tuesday Nov. 6, 2012 in a meeting with Moscow regional governor Sergei Shoigu, whom he appointed as the new minister. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Vladimir Putin fired his powerful defense chief over a corruption scandal Tuesday, leaving many to wonder what the real reason was for his dismissal.

Yay for democracy! Really.

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:05 PM PST

Poll worker assists voter with voting booth curtain before voting during U.S. presidential election at Penrose recreation center in PhiladelphiaToday I voted in the United States, in an actual polling station, for the first time since 2000. I'd voted in 2004 and 2008, but during both elections I was living outside the U.S., so I had to vote via absentee ballot, which feels about as politically satisfying as taking the S.A.T.