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US superstorm threat launches mass evacuations
Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably ...
Sen. Reid leaves hospital after Vegas car crash
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was discharged from the hospital less than three hours after an apparent rear-end crash Friday afternoon on a Las ...
In close race, Obama turns to first lady for help
As the music of Stevie Wonder pulsated through Racine Memorial Hall, Michelle Obama bounded onto the stage. "You know what this room feels like? It ...
Campaign surrogates shore up support in final days
President Barack Obama has Springsteen. Republican Mitt Romney has his sons. They, along with dozens of other celebrities and elected officials, are ...
Romney ups criticism of Obama's second-term plans
Heading into the campaign's final weeks, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is upping his criticism of President Barack Obama's plans for ...
Body language: The gloves have come off
Maybe it's a cliché to say the gloves came off in Tuesday's presidential debate. But then again, maybe not, since the candidates sometimes looked like ...
Gasps, applause: What you didn't see on TV
Most voters watching the debate from home didn't get to see what happened before and after President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt ...
Obama embraces economic record in new commercial
With the economy showing some signs of improvement three weeks before Election Day, President Barack Obama on Monday laid down a full embrace of the ...
Obama, first lady voting early ahead of Nov. 6
President Barack Obama won't be posing for any photos in the voting booth on Election Day — he's casting his ballot early. Obama and first lady ...
Romney seeks Ohio votes as Obama preps for debate
Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan went back to school on Saturday to rally college students in all corners of all-important Ohio and hammer at ...
Puny issues take flight in presidential campaign
Do little things mean a lot? Or not? Four years ago, Barack Obama denounced petty attempts to "make a big election about small things." Now ...
Mrs. Romney says horses helped with MS diagnosis
The wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Wednesday that her love of horses helped her overcome her fear that multiple sclerosis ...
Jacksonville area may prove key to Florida victory
Eric Allen was 18 and voting in his first presidential election when he chose Barack Obama over John McCain. Four years older now and looking for a ...
Latifah, Woodard lead new 'Steel Magnolias' cast
The onscreen love between Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Jill Scott and Phylicia Rashad in the updated version of "Steel Magnolias" is real.
Ann Romney to guest-host 'Good Morning America'
Ann Romney is guest-hosting "Good Morning America" next Wednesday. ABC says the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will be on hand ...
Warnings, tweets, Jenga off-camera at debates
Most voters watched the debate on the television and didn't get to see what happened before and after President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney took the ...
Obama, Romney delve into the details
Americans demanded details and, boy, did they get them. In their first debate, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney delved into dense ...
Aggressive Romney spars with Obama in first debate
In a showdown at close quarters, an aggressive Mitt Romney sparred with President Barack Obama in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over ...
Some takeaways from the first presidential debate
Some notable moments from the first presidential debate Wednesday night between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, just 34 ...
Obama notes 20th wedding anniversary at debate
President Barack Obama says at the start of the first presidential debate that 20 years ago he "became the luckiest man on earth" when married his ...
Dems sign up more voters than GOP in Sept. in Nev.
Democrats have widened their lead in the voter registration game in Nevada, one of a handful of swing states and a frequent stop for both presidential ...
What do Ohio's white working-class voters want?
To look at Ohio is to glimpse America in a nutshell — a state full of places where laborers, truck drivers, cooks, store clerks and business owners ...
Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts
Republican Mitt Romney is struggling in swing-state Iowa at a perilous point: just as voters here start casting early ballots in the presidential race
Michelle Obama to appear on 'Steve Harvey' show
First lady Michelle Obama will appear on Steve Harvey's new daytime talk show. The show's producers say she will tape her appearance on Thursday.
Romney assails Obama after US ambassador's death
Mitt Romney led a chorus of Republican criticism of the administration's foreign policy on Monday, accusing President Barack Obama of minimizing the ...