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| Isolated NYC borough says help is slow after Sandy Friday, Nov 02, 2012 05:25 AM PDT The mother grabbed her two boys and fled their home as it filled with water, hoping to outrun Superstorm Sandy. Full Story | Top |
| Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 07:04 PM PDT  Frustration â€" and in some cases fear â€" mounted in New York City on Thursday, three days after Superstorm Sandy. Traffic backed up for miles at bridges, large crowds waited impatiently for buses into Manhattan, and tempers flared in gas lines. Full Story | Top |
| Heckler interrupts Romney rally in Virginia Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 07:05 PM PDT Mitt Romney was interrupted at a rally Thursday in Virginia Beach, Va. A rowdy audience member took advantage of a pause during the Republican presidential nominee's speech and shouted "climate change caused Sandy!" He then flashed a sign that read "End Climate Silence." While Romney seemed to take the heckler in his stride, the crowd [...] Full Story | Top |
| New York Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 03:13 PM PDT  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is endorsing President Barack Obama for re-election, citing his leadership on climate change. Full Story | Top |
| Obama hits final stretch with message of gravitas Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 04:02 PM PDT NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev.--Gone are the jokes about "Romnesia" and the loose talk of a "campaign marathon extravaganza." For Barack Obama, the president of a nation reeling from a storm that devastated the Eastern Seaboard, it's time for gravitas. Standing in front of a skyline of red mountains not far from the College of Southern [...] Full Story | Top |
| New Benghazi Account Bolsters CIA Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 07:09 PM PDT Intelligence officials have disclosed a new detailed timeline of the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, acknowledging the CIA played a greater role in responding to the attack than has previously been disclosed. Â A senior U.S. intelligence official also insisted that the CIA security... Full Story | Top |
| Late Super PAC Ad Buy Urges African Americans In Ohio To Vote Republican Because Lincoln Freed The Slaves Friday, Nov 02, 2012 07:13 AM PDT In the final days of the campaign in Ohio, the stops have been pulled out in the scramble to eke out a win. And that means one super PAC calling on African Americans to vote against President Obama because Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. Cable viewers in several markets across the state are being treated to ads by an obscure self-described "alternative conservative" super PAC called the Empower Citizens Network. One of the group's ads accuses Obama and Democrats of imploding the economy by forcing mortgage companies to lend to "unqualified borrowers" while the Soviet national anthem plays. ... Full Story | Top |
| Secret Service agent kills self amid affair probe Friday, Nov 02, 2012 01:38 AM PDT For nearly six years, a senior Secret Service agent kept his extramarital affair with a Mexican woman a secret from the agency responsible for protecting the president. Full Story | Top |
| Post-storm anger grows, especially outside Manhattan Friday, Nov 02, 2012 10:07 AM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frustration grew for superstorm Sandy's victims in the U.S. Northeast on Friday, many of whom were left with no power, no gasoline and little information about when their shattered lives might return to normal. While Manhattan prepared to host the annual New York City Marathon on Sunday, acute gasoline shortages in the city's storm-battered outer boroughs and New Jersey led to long lines and short tempers. Tankers finally began entering New York Harbor on Thursday, and a tanker carrying 2 million barrels of gasoline arrived at 2 a.m. ... Full Story | Top |
| Most of Congress coming back despite low approval Friday, Nov 02, 2012 01:30 AM PDT  Listen up, voters, you're the boss. Full Story | Top |
| New York area fuel "panic buying" even as pipeline, ports reopen Friday, Nov 02, 2012 11:23 AM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The lines of New York area motorists scrambling for gasoline lengthened on Friday, as a third day of "panic buying" intensified even as pipelines and oil tankers resumed limited shipments. The restoration of power to more than half the 8 million homes and businesses knocked out by Hurricane Sandy offered the best hope for boosting fuel supplies. Still, operations remained constrained across the complex New York Harbor network of storage tanks and pipelines. Two New Jersey refineries were still shut, with reports of severe damage at one. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gas stations scramble in Sandy's aftermath Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 09:44 PM PDT  There's plenty of gasoline in the Northeast â€" just not at gas stations. Full Story | Top |
| Biden jokes on Letterman: ‘If you vote early, you don’t have to pay taxes’ Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 06:27 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden hit "The Late Show with David Letterman" on Thursday, spreading the Obama campaign's gospel of early voting in a special "Top Ten List" five days before Election Day. In an early preview provided by CBS, Biden uncorks a fine No. 6: "If you vote early, you don't have to pay taxes." [...] Full Story | Top |
| Lotto Winner Finally Claims $23M Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 02:35 PM PDT  The lucky winner of California’s SuperLotto Plus Jackpot has finally come forward to claim her $23 million, just 25 days short of forfeiting the prize. “We had our winner come forward and claim the $23 million prize,†confirmed California Lottery spokesperson Alex Traverso to ABC... Full Story | Top |
| Obama accuses Romney of ‘massaging the facts’ in Jeep ad Friday, Nov 02, 2012 09:31 AM PDT HILLIARD, Ohio--President Barack Obama accused Mitt Romney on Friday of "massaging the facts" over a TV ad the GOP challenger produced that insinuated Chrysler was making plans to send Jeep manufacturing jobs to China. "When you try to change the facts just because it's convenient to your campaign, that's not change.Trying to massage facts, that's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Up in smoke: How Gary Johnson and a Colorado marijuana initiative could cost Obama the election Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:19 AM PDT A marijuana initiative on the Colorado ballot combined with a popular third-party candidate and cost Obama the election. Full Story | Top |
| Mayor Bloomberg: ‘I don’t think we’ve had a murder in two or three days’ Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 02:19 PM PDT New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg shared what he considers a small ray of light to come out of the darkness left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. "I don't think we've had a murder in two or three days," Bloomberg said at his daily press briefing on Thursday. "That's some good news." While it [...] Full Story | Top |
| Bodies of Two Boys Washed Away By Sandy Found Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 01:48 PM PDT  The bodies of two young boys who were washed away by Sandy’s floodwaters as their horrified mother watched were found today in a marshy area, according to police. The 2-year-old and 4-year-old boys disappeared on the New York City borough of Staten Island Monday night... Full Story | Top |
| US officials counter reports on Benghazi attacks Friday, Nov 02, 2012 09:15 AM PDT  Just days before the presidential election, U.S. officials are striking back at allegations they failed to respond quickly or efficiently against the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, detailing for the first time a broad CIA rescue effort. Full Story | Top |
| For Romney, Obama, 1 last jobs report fuels race Friday, Nov 02, 2012 12:43 AM PDT  In the final throes of a spirited campaign, President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney are awaiting one more measure of the nation's economic pulse â€" a monthly jobs report that will leave an imprint on the last four frenetic days of the presidential contest. Full Story | Top |
| WWII Carrier Pigeon Delivers Message Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:01 AM PDT  Secrets from World War II may have been found in a coded message attached to the skeleton of a carrier pigeon found in an English chimney. The bird was found when David Martin in Bletchingly, Surrey, was renovating his fireplace. Martin told the BBC that he... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. agency withdraws tax report challenging Republican ideas Friday, Nov 02, 2012 03:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government agency has withdrawn a report that challenged Republican ideas about taxes and economic growth - an action that drew fire from Democrats who accused it on Thursday of bowing to political pressure. Republican lawmakers blasted the Congressional Research Service (CRS) report when it was issued in September and then went to the agency to complain. The report suggested that lower tax rates on the wealthy are not linked to economic growth, an item of faith among many conservatives. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama, Romney, clash on jobs report—but election effect likely muted Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:13 AM PDT President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney on Friday seized on the last jobs report before Election Day to reinforce their political arguments about the economy. Neither side, however, expected that the better-than-expected news would change many minds. In a statement, Romney said that come Tuesday the choice would be "between stagnation and prosperity." [...] Full Story | Top |
| US officials: No delays in rescue effort in Libya Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 07:42 PM PDT CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday, as they laid out a detailed timeline of the CIA's immediate response to the attack from its annex less than a mile from the diplomatic mission. Full Story | Top |
| New Jersey town to Ala. volunteer utility crew: Don’t help with Sandy unless you’re unionized Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 10:35 PM PDT Utility crews from several states East of the Mississippi River hit the road this week to volunteer their time and talents in Northeastern states hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. But crews from Alabama got the shock of their lives when other workers in a coastal New Jersey town told them they couldn’t lend a hand without a union card. Full Story | Top |
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