Friday, November 2, 2012

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Friday, Nov 02, 2012 11:46 AM PDT
Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines:

The strategy: Grind it out, get out the vote 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 11:46 AM PDT
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Springfield High School during a campaign event, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Springfield, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)The president is relying heavily on his campaign's massive ground game to carry him across the election finish line.
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Romney hits battleground states in last push 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 09:14 AM PDT
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures as he speaks at a campaign stop at the Wisconsin Products Pavilion at State Fair Park in West Allis, Wis., Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WEST ALLIS, Wis.â€"With just four days to go before Election Day, Mitt Romney again sought to convince voters that he's the real agent of change in the race. "Look beyond the speeches and the attacks and the ads," Romney said in what could be his final appearance in the hotly contested state of Wisconsin. "Words [...]
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'They forgot about us': post-Sandy anger growing 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 10:07 AM PDT
A sign asking for help from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is seen in the BroadChannel section of the Queens borough of New YorkNEW 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. ...
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How Sandy destroyed years of medical research 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 06:30 AM PDT
A Con Edison worker walks through the flood waters in front of NYU Langone Medical Center during Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29.Mice and other specimens were lost when a New York lab flooded and lost power, potentially setting back crucial studies for years.
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Will final jobs report affect the election? 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:13 AM PDT
File of job seekers waiting to meet with employers at a career fair in New York CityBoth campaigns have said voters' views of the economy are essentially fixed by now, barring a dramatic change.
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Gloves, off: Obama accuses Romney of ‘massaging' facts in ad 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 09:31 AM PDT
U.S. President Obama participates in a campaign rally in Hilliard"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 not change," Obama told supporters in Ohio.
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Poll: Mourdock trails by 11 points in Indiana Senate race 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 09:58 AM PDT
Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock pauses during a news in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, to explain the comment he made during last night Senate debate. Mourdock said that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape, "that's something God intended." Mourdock has been locked in a close contest with Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The Indiana GOP Senate candidate sparked controversy last month when he said he opposes abortion even in the case of rape because "it is something that God intended."
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How Colorado's weed initiative could cost Obama the election 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:19 AM PDT
Hawaii Pot Finds Success In ColoradoGary Johnson, the Libertarian presidential candidate, could prove to be the Ralph Nader of 2012.
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Zoo elephant can 'speak' Korean out loud 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:54 AM PDT
Koshik, a 22-year-old Asian elephant, puts his trunk in his mouth to modulate sound next to his chief trainer Kim Jong-gab at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Koshik uses his trunk to pick up not only food but also human vocabulary. He can reproduce five Korean words by tucking his trunk inside his mouth to modulate sound. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Koshik is capable of saying "hello," "good," "no," "sit down" and "lie down" â€" all by using its trunk to do the work of lips in a process scientists don’t fully understand.
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Hyundai, Kia to compensate owners for overstating mileage 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 10:08 AM PDT
For the past few years, Hyundai has touted itself as selling more vehicles that achieve 40 mpg on the highway than any other automaker. Today, U.S. federal regulators announced that Hyundai and Kia Motors had inflated the fuel economy ratings on 900,000 vehicles sold since 2010. The automakers will compensate owners for their extra burned fuel â€" and kill their incorrect ads as well.
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Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 09:25 AM PDT
Photos: See a roundup of the day's best imagesKennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks at a retirement ceremony for the space shuttle Atlantis as it is moved to its new home in the Visitor's Center at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 2, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
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Share your election photos with Yahoo! News 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 11:04 AM PDT
It's almost here!
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Curiosity snaps stunning self-portrait on Red Planet 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 10:33 AM PDT
Like a tourist who snaps a photo of himself in front of the Eiffel Tower, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has stretched out its arm and captured a high-resolution self-portrait in spectacular surroundings.
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Apple iPad mini draws New Yorkers; crowds thin elsewhere 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 12:22 PM PDT
Apple employees share high-fives with customers who has been waiting in line to purchase the new iPad minis at Apple Store Ginza in TokyoNEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's iPad mini hit stores around the world on Friday, attracting sparser crowds than previous Apple launches, but the kickoff still drew hundreds of New Yorkers only days after one of the biggest storms to hit the United States. A proliferation of rival gadgets aimed at the holidays and cheaper tablets from Google Inc and Amazon.com Inc may have sapped interest in Apple's latest bet, resulting in shorter lines outside stores from Tokyo and Amsterdam to Sydney and Hong Kong. The 7. ...
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Swing state stories: ‘Old lady brigades’ and exhaustion 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:07 AM PDT
Romney signAs Election Day approaches, Yahoo News has asked voters in swing states to share what it's like being in the thick of things. This week: Ohio and Florida.
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Is North Korea's first lady pregnant? 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 07:06 AM PDT
North Korea's First Lady Pregnant?The latest North Korea rumor mill is a possible fourth generation Kim in sight for the ruling family.
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Member of WWII Navajo code talker unit dies at 90 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 07:22 AM PDT
Navajo code talker George Smith (Paul Natonabah/Navajo Times)Navajo code talkers used their rare and ancient language to outwit the Japanese during World War II.
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New Benghazi report bolsters CIA account 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:29 AM PDT
New Benghazi Account Bolsters CIAThere was no order "to stand down in providing support" in Benghazi, as had been suggested in media articles, a report says.
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New Yorkers prepared for more darkness 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 06:45 AM PDT
A New York City policeman goes from taxi to taxi informing drivers that the gas station they have been in line for hours has run out of fuel in Midtown ManhattanSome Manhattanites walked miles to find open grocery stores to replenish food supplies, others ventured outside for the first time since the storm to reluctantly report to work.
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Iranians mark anniversary of US embassy seizure 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 07:09 AM PDT
Iranian demonstrators burn a representation of a U.S. flag and a caricature of President Barack Obama, in an annual state-backed rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. The rally marks the Nov. 4, 1979, storming of the building by militant students who held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days to protest U.S. failure to hand over the toppled shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Iran for trial. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi of the powerful Revolutionary Guard, not shown, addressed the rally saying the U.S. must annul the CIA, pull out its warships from the Persian Gulf and dismantle its military bases from 50 countries around the world if it wants to restore ties with Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guard offered a pot of gold to anyone who could prove that America is not "the most criminal regime on earth."
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Nightmare scenario: The election night that might not end 
Friday, Nov 02, 2012 04:05 AM PDT
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds on in the back of his campaign bus with aide Garrett Jackson, center, and senior adviser Kevin Madden, left, after a campaigning at Meadow Event Park in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)A close election means that the winner may not be clear for hours, maybe even days…maybe even weeks.
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