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Romney campaigns in Midwest - Washington Post
Supporters listen to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at a rally in an airport hangar in Tampa on Wednesday. Melina Mara / THE WASHINGTON POST. Related Content. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, right, joins other volunteers …


Fire's season ended with 2-1 MLS playoff loss to Houston Dynamo - Chicago Sun-Times
BRIDGEVIEW, IL – OCTOBER 31: Alex #71 of Chicago Fire and Jermaine Taylor #4 of Houston Dynamo fight for the ball in an MLS match on October 31, 2012 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. The Houston Dynamo defeated the Chicago Fire 2-1. (Photo …


Slow recovery from Superstorm Sandy begins - USA TODAY
Nearly 6 million homes and businesses in at least 12 states remain without power as an army of more than 50,000 utility workers from across the country and Canada work to make repairs. Story Highlights. Sandy's U.S. death toll stands at 63; Estimates of the …


Republican candidate says 'the rape thing' is not cause for abortion
OLYMPIA, Wash. – A Washington state congressional candidate says abortion should not be legal, even when it involves “the rape thing.”


Internet rolls into Bangladesh villages on a bike
In this Sept. 30, 2012 photo, Sathi Akhtar, a 29-year-old Bangladeshi woman known as Tattahakallayani or Info Lady shows a 15-minute video played in a laptop at one of their usual weekly meetings at Saghata, a remote impoverished farming village in Gaibandha district, 120 miles (192 kilometers) north of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dozens of Amina Begum had never seen a computer until a few years ago, but now she's on Skype regularly with her husband. A woman on a bicycle brings the Internet to her.


Australia's Whitehaven Coal wins vote in fight with tycoon
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Shareholders of Whitehaven Coal voted on Thursday to keep the company’s board intact, refusing to join a drive by tycoon Nathan Tinkler to oust the chairman and independent directors at Australia’s largest independent coal miner. The battle reflects broader pressures in the Australian mining industry as it tries to deal with a drop-off in demand from major export market China after a decade-long boom. Tinkler, who is Whitehaven’s biggest shareholder with a 19. …


Quality of Chinese cars improving, but lags rivals: survey
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese car brands are getting better, but still suffer more problems within the first two to six months of ownership than their international rivals, according to a widely-watched quality survey. The number of problems in Chinese cars as reported by consumers in the poll fell to 212 this year from 232 in 2011, consulting firm J.D. Power and Associates said in the survey released on Wednesday. But that was still well above the industry average of 146, while problems reported in global brands such as Buick, Toyota and BMW also dropped to 117 in 2012 from 131 last year. …


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