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Romney expands ad campaign into Pennsylvania
Mitt Romney is launching a statewide advertising campaign in Pennsylvania. The Republican presidential candidate is making a final-week bid to defeat ...
Presidential race rained out even in sunny states
Crista Laughlin was a mile high and dry, but Superstorm Sandy still kept the 40-year-old Obama campaign volunteer from walking precincts or working ...
Pot, gay marriage, suicide are ballot-item topics
After all the economy-focused campaign talk, voters in some states will get a chance on Election Day to sound off on intriguing topics that the ...
Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake
As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation's ...
Superstorm Sandy causes flooding in New York City
Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline with 80 mph winds Monday night and hurled an unprecedented 13-foot surge of seawater at New ...
Gaffe-prone candidates hurt GOP's Senate chances
Republicans hopeful of taking over the Senate should be measuring the drapes. But a series of blown opportunities two years ago and again this year ...
A week to go: Sandy disrupts presidential campaign
Eight days before the election, President Barack Obama switched from campaigner to hands-on commander of the federal response to Superstorm Sandy as ...
Superstorm Sandy takes aim at Atlantic coast
Stripped of hurricane status but every bit as dangerous, the weather monster known as Sandy wheeled toward the New Jersey and Delaware coast Monday ...
Clinton: Romney claim about Jeep a 'load of bull'
Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton have criticized Mitt Romney for saying that Chrysler is shifting production of its Jeep ...
Romney scraps Monday night, Tuesday campaigning
Mitt Romney juggled politics and Hurricane Sandy's fury on Monday as he tweaked his campaign schedule and political rhetoric eight days before most ...
Sandy gains power and aims for Northeast
Hurricane Sandy wheeled toward land as forecasters feared Monday, raking cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts, flooding shore ...
Obama's iPod a bit like his electorate _ varied
President Barack Obama's iPod could pass for a voter outreach tool. Interviewed Monday on Cincinnati radio station WIZF, Obama ran through his musical ...
Obama aims to project leadership as storm hits
President Barack Obama the candidate stepped aside Monday so the commander in chief could take over. In the waning days of his re-election bid, the ...
Ohio: Vote is crucial _ but who are your voters?
Tommie Jo Marsilio is a former union shop steward. She's a single mom. And she's a Mitt Romney voter. "It's not my job to shatter stereotypes," she ...
US seeks Algeria's support in possible Mali move
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Algeria's assistance on Monday for any future military intervention in Mali, pressing the North ...
AP survey: Economic ills may defy next president
Whoever wins the U.S. presidential election will likely struggle to manage the biggest economic threats he'll face. That's the cautionary message that ...
Vicious Nevada Senate contest nears uncertain end
The TV ads thrum back-to-back, hour after hour: Republican Sen. Dean Heller wants taxpayers to subsidize oil companies. Democratic Rep.
Publisher: New Khaled Hosseini novel out May 21
Khaled Hosseini's next novel will be a journey across time and space. The author of the million-sellers "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid ...
Republicans poised for gains in governor's races
Republicans are in position to extend their recent gains among governors as they compete for seats they haven't won in a quarter-century. Of the 11 ...
US consumer spending rose 0.8 percent in September
Americans increased their spending in September at twice the rate that their income grew, a sign of confidence in the economy. Still, consumers made ...
THE RACE: Storm disrupts campaigning on both sides
The "October Surprise" turned out to be a monster storm that is forcing President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney to overhaul campaign plans.
Mood of the Nation: Struggling yet still hopeful
On the eve of the 2012 elections, The Associated Press interviewed dozens of Americans to try to gauge the economic mood of the nation. People were ...
An uneasy economy, and those living through it
Here was Chas Kaufmann's life before the Great Recession: $28,000 in restaurant tabs in a year, cruises, house parties with fireworks. His Mr.
Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votes
President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican ...
Obama hopes Nevada turnout team trumps bad economy
It's people like Paul Prekop who make Nevada a maddeningly difficult state for President Barack Obama to lock down, and who give Republican Mitt ...