Friday, October 19, 2012

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Obama says his rival suffers from 'Romnesia' - Los Angeles Times
Obama says his rival suffers from 'Romnesia'. In Virginia, President Obama uses a light touch to remind voters, particularly women, of the strongly conservative positions Mitt Romney took on many issues during the GOP primaries. print. Comments. 0 …


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Romney: Obama Focuses on 'Smaller and Smaller Things' - Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Colleen McCain Nelson. Mitt Romney said Friday he has big, bold ideas for the country but that President Barack Obama increasingly appears to be focused on minutiae. The Republican presidential nominee dubbed Mr. Obama's re-election effort "the …


Campaigning in Virginia, Obama Presses Fight for Women's Vote - New York Times
FAIRFAX, Va. -- President Obama reached out to female voters in this battleground state on Friday, saying that Mitt Romney would "turn back the clock" on women's rights and accusing him of developing "Romnesia" by conveniently forgetting his most …


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As other polls show tight race, Gallup stands apart - Reuters


Blast in Beirut Is Seen as an Extension of Syria's War - New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A powerful bomb devastated a Christian neighborhood of this capital city of Lebanon on Friday, killing an intelligence official long viewed as an enemy by neighboring Syria and unnerving a nation as Syria's sectarian-fueled civil war …


Beirut bomb kills anti-Syrian intelligence official - Reuters
1 of 17. A car burns at the site of an explosion in Ashrafieh, east Beirut, October 19, 2012. At least two people were killed and 15 wounded in a roadside bomb that exploded in central Beirut on Friday, a security source said. Credit: Reuters/Hasan Shaaban …


Assassination of lauded, 'polarizing' intelligence official rocks Lebanon - CNN International
Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan was a top intelligence official in Lebanon; Aligned with an anti-Syrian, anti-Hezbollah faction, he led many probes into assassinations; Fellow Sunnis saw him as an icon, while he was despised by others; A scholar linked to the …


Beirut assassination heightens fears of Syrian violence embroiling Lebanon - Washington Post
BEIRUT -- A top Lebanese security official allied to the country's anti-Syrian factions was killed in a massive car bombing in a densely populated neighborhood of Beirut on Friday, bringing the violence threatening to engulf the region to the heart of Lebanon's …


Security chief dies in Beirut blast - live updates - The Guardian
Security chief dies in Beirut blast – live updates. o Lebanon: 'eight dead, 78 wounded' in explosion o UN-Arab League envoy travels to Syria to call for truce o Dozens killed in air raids on Maarat al-Numan o Read the latest summary

Confused by all the polls? Pollsters explain the variat ion - CBS News
As recently as two weeks ago, political prognosticators were looking at polls and declaring, "If Romney would have to pull off a miracle to close the gap in national polling, he has no shot at matching the president in the electoral college." This week, with …


Protests, gunfire in Lebanon after Beirut killing - Jerusalem Post
Protesters, infuriated by the death of the prominent Sunni, blocked roads in the eastern Bekaa valley region, the northern area of Akkar, neighborhoods of the capital Beirut and in the southern city of Sidon. Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri …


Polls: Gallup still has Romney up, Marist shows Obama leads in two swing states - CBS News
According to the Gallup daily tracking survey, the first presidential debate tilted the race toward Republican nominee Mitt Romney almost overnight and he has held onto his lead in that survey. But two new state polls show President Obama maintaining a …


Anti-Syrian official killed by Beirut car bomb - CNN
An analyst calls the bombing "a message from Damascus"; The security official was aligned with the anti-Syrian regime March 14 movement; The bombing in a commercial district left mangled cars and charred buildings; The Lebanese fear violence in Syria …


Beirut Bombing Kills Senior Lebanese Intelligence Official - Wall Street Journal


Top security official among 8 killed in Lebanon car bombing - CBS News
BEIRUT A car bomb ripped through Beirut on Friday, killing a top security official and seven others, shearing the balconies off apartment buildings and sending bloodied residents staggering into the streets in the most serious blast the Lebanese capital has …


Bomb Blast Rocks Beirut, Killing at Least Eight - New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A large bomb exploded in the heart of Beirut's Christian section on Friday, upending cars, ripping into apartment buildings, shattering windows and spreading panic in a city where memories of sectarian violence from Lebanon's long civil …


Bomb blast in Beirut kills at least eight - Reuters
1 of 16. A wounded woman is carried at the site of an explosion in Ashrafieh, central Beirut, October 19, 2012. At least two people were killed and 15 wounded by a huge bomb that exploded in a street in central Beirut on Friday, witnesses and a security …


Al Smith Dinner: For Obama and Romney, a night of humor - San Jose Mercury News


Beirut car bomb kills 8, wounds dozens - USA TODAY
Beirut car bomb kills 8, wounds dozens. Share. Comments. Beirut car bomb. A Lebanese rescue worker, center, helps an injured man at the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo: Hussein Malla, AP) …


Barack Obama, Mitt Romney best Al Smith jokes - Politico
"I felt really well rested after the nice long nap I had in the first debate." "Everyone please take your seats, or else Clint Eastwood will yell at them." "In less than three weeks, voters in states like Ohio, Virgina and Florida will decide this incredibly important …


Obama on Libya terror attack: 'Not optimal' - Fox News
The all-night terror attack on the U.S. Consulate that killed four Americans last month in Libya was "not optimal," President Obama said Thursday. The president made the comment during an appearance on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." The president …


Campaigns take a break for a night of laughs - NBCNews.com (blog)
President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a break from their often rancorous campaigns to poke fun at each other and themselves at the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner in New York, Thursday night. Romney …


Scout files show local sex abuse - Chicago Tribune
Five decades ago, seven boys from the near-west suburbs wrote letters alleging in graphic detail how their Boy Scout leader fondled them or others in cars and on camping trips. Previously secret Boy Scouts of America records show the organization in 1964 …