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GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority...Tags: Tommy Thompson, Elections, John McCain, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Parties and Movements
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Obama to air ads in Mich. touting auto bailout
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign plans to air advertising in Michigan beginning Wednesday touting the president's support of the auto industry, responding to Republican ads criticizing the president. Obama campaign officials...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Elections, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Politics
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Storm's cost may hit $50B; rebuilding to ease blow
MARTIN CRUTSINGER,AP Economics WritersWASHINGTON (AP) — Superstorm Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion in property damages and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, according to IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm. In the long run, the devastation the storm...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Olive Garden, Macy's, Sears, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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FBI: Crime reported to police fell last year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of violent crimes reported to police decreased 3.8 percent last year to 1.2 million, the fifth straight year of declines, the FBI announced Monday. Meanwhile, the total number of property crime reported to law...Tags: Justice System, Police Investigations, Theft, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice
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Romney stands by his endorsement of Mourdock
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney disavowed Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comment that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape "that's something God intended," but stood by his endorsement of the Indiana...
Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Elections, Kelly Ayotte, Parties and Movements
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GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward remark — that if rape leads to pregnancy it's "something God intended" —...
Tags: Elections, Tommy Thompson, Social Issues, Parties and Movements, Mitch McConnell
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McCain accepts Mourdock explanation of rape comment, backs him
WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Sen. John McCain is again backing Indiana's Richard Mourdock after the Senate candidate explained his remark that pregnancy from rape is "something God intended," a spokesman said Thursday. McCain, the GOP's presidential...
Tags: Democratic Party, Anderson Cooper 360 (tv program), CNN (tv network), Mitt Romney, Elections
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Crossroads makes biggest buy yet in Senate races
WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative Super PAC co-founded by Karl Rove and an affiliated organization are making their biggest buy yet in this year's Senate elections, with a new round of ads costing $8 million that will target Democratic lawmakers in...Tags: Values, Regional Authority, Government, Elections, Ethics
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Ill. Amtrak train set to hit 110 mph in test run
CHICAGO (AP) — In a modest milestone for President Barack Obama's high-speed rail vision, test runs will start zooming along a small section of the Amtrak line between Chicago and St. Louis at 110 mph on Friday. The 30-mph increase from the route's...Tags: Pat Quinn, Amtrak, Japan, Illinois Governor, Mitt Romney
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Gun industry thrives during Obama's term in office
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has presided over a heyday for the gun industry despite predictions by the National Rifle Association four years ago that he would be the "most anti-gun president in American history." He hasn't pressed such...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Weaponry, Personal Weapon Control, Justice and Rights, Elections
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Ryan says Obama misleading on Libya questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan slammed President Barack Obama on Friday for describing the deadly attack in Libya as "not optimal" and said the White House is misleading the country in the face of mounting questions...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Christopher Stevens, Elections, Central Intelligence Agency, Radio Industry
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'Million Muppet March' planned to protest Mitt Romney's threats to cut PBS funding
Zap2ItBig Bird is leaving Sesame Street and heading for Washington, D.C. A grassroots protest to save PBS funding, dubbed the Million Muppet March, is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 3 -- three days before the presidential election -- at the National Mall....Tags: Pam Grier, Mitt Romney, PBS (tv network), Sesame Street (tv program), Ian Somerhalder
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