Romney, Republican fundraisers have more to spend. * Obama replenishes funds in record-breaking September. By Alina Selyukh and Patrick Temple-West and Alexander Cohen. WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Mitt Romney held a financial advantage … Iran open to nuclear talks after US election, diplomats say - Los Angeles Times
Iran open to nuclear talks after U.S. election, diplomats say. The White House denies a report that it has agreed to one-on-one talks, but suggests Iran may be interested in such talks soon after the presidential election, regardless of who wins. print. Comments … Dad, 4-year-old killed in Calif. shooting; 3 hurt - CBS News
Inglewood emergency personnel respond to the scene where a man, wearing a mask, set a duplex on fire and then shot five members of a family on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 in Inglewood, Calif. / Chuck Bennett,AP Photo/The Daily Breeze. Updated 10:57 PM … 
(CBS News) BOCA RATON, Fla. – New fundraising figures out Saturday show this presidential race is on track to to be the first $1 billion campaign. Through the end of September, the Obama campaign raised a total of $558 million and the Romney campaign … 
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — The White House on Saturday denied a press report saying the United States and Iran had agreed for the first time to have one-on-one talks over the latter's controversial nuclear program. "It's not true that the United States … 
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a press conference in Tehran on Oct. 2. (Photo: Vahid Salemi, AP). Story Highlights. Iran's nuclear program has been advancing; White House is prepared to talk to Iran one-on-one … 
The car bomb assassination of Lebanese Sunni intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan was a brazen assault on the anti-Syrian, anti-Hezbollah camp in Lebanon, which might just spread the Syrian civil war to Beirut and beyond. Al-Hassan was a Sunni security … 
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, center, talks Saturday with adviser Dan Senor, left, and running mate Paul Ryan before boarding his campaign plane at Daytona International Airport. (Photo: Evan Vucci, AP) … 
For the second Saturday running, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney went to ground to prep for a televised debate that could prove crucial in a tight White House race now entering its home straight. President Obama hunkered down in Camp David ahead of the … 
CAIRO -- Tensions are high in Lebanon a day after a deadly bombing that killed the country's police intelligence chief and at least seven other people. Militiamen forced businesses to close in the the coastal port city of Tripoli, and army troops shot at … 
A day of national mourning is being held in Lebanon amid opposition protests over a massive car bombing a day earlier in Beirut. The dead included internal intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan, who was close to the anti-Syrian opposition. Protesters have … 
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan stepped up their attack Saturday on President Obama, saying he is out of fresh ideas on fixing the economy and other pressing problems in America - just days before the final presidential debate and in the final weeks of the … 
By BARBARA SURK, Associated Press - 20 minutes ago. BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria has a long and tumultuous history of meddling into Lebanese affairs. For much of the past 30 years, the seven-times-smaller Lebanon has lived under Syrian military and political … 
However else Campaign 2012 is chronicled, there is little doubt it will be remembered as the Year of Debates. Never have candidate debates played as important a role, from the start of the Republican primaries through the general election, as they have in … 
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A day after a powerful bomb ripped through the Christian quarter of this city, killing a top security official and seven others and raising new fears that Syria's civil war was spilling over into Lebanon, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said he … 
Lebanese men block a road leading to the airport in Beirut to protest against the assassination of top intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan in a blast on Friday, October 19. A car bomb blast in central Beirut killed the top security official linked to the … 
NEW: At least another 37 people were killed amid fighting in Syria, opposition groups say; Lebanese PM Mikati is staying in power, despite his offer to resign; Mikati is backed by Hezbollah; Blame over Lebanese intel chief's death is largely aimed at Syrian … 
Mitt Romney has been quick to pick on something the American press has just decided is a story, even though it has been obvious for a long while. President Obama doesn't have a manifesto – and it is not clear what he would do if he wins another term in the … 
The Israeli navy boarded the Gaza-bound "Estelle" ship seeking to break Israel's naval blockade on Gaza, an army spokesperson confirmed at 11:40 am on Saturday. The army said the soldiers seized control of the ship, which is carrying pro-Palestinian … 
DUBAI – Iran on Saturday condemned a car bomb attack in Beirut that killed a prominent Lebanese intelligence official on Friday and suggested that Israel was to blame. A senior Israeli official dismissed the suggestion as "beyond pathetic". Related: Protests … 
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. SATURDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) — American boys are entering puberty at a younger age now than they did several decades ago, new research reveals. Specifically, investigators discovered that males are showing … 
420,000: The number of youth members in units chartered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the most of any faith-based organization. As of 2011, the United Methodist Church had the second strongest membership, followed by the Catholic … 
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2012 -- On Monday night, October 22, at 9 p.m. President Obama and Mitt Romney have one last chance to go at each other. And you know they will come out swinging. With only two weeks to the election on November 6, every … 
Southeast Missouri State University students have informed the FBI they became alarmed when Quazi Nafis, the key suspect in the New York Federal Reserve attack plot, began speaking of violence and his political views slowly turned radical. (CBS News) … 
Tens of thousands of people are marching through central London to protest against the government's austerity spending cuts. Firefighters, nurses and teachers joined unemployed youngsters, anti-war activists and other campaigners on Saturday in a march … 
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan held a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla., Friday night. (Photo: Emmanuel Dunand, AFP/Getty Images). Tags. Voting 
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press – President Barack Obama waves as he walks out of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct., 19, 2012, before his departure on Marine One helicopter for a trip to the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., … 
FILE – In this Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, file photo, a new Microsoft Corp. logo, left, is seen on an exterior wall of a new Microsoft store inside the Prudential Center mall, in Boston. Microsoft is making a radical break with the past to stay relevant in a world where … 
The Lebanese cabinet has been holding emergency talks a day after a powerful car bomb killed the head of internal intelligence and seven others. PM Najib Mikati offered his resignation but has been asked to stay on by the president. Opposition leaders … 
It was the week of the binder. "Binders full of women." A phrase that would be mocked, memed, hyped and picked apart, endlessly. Here's the full statement, as uttered by Mitt Romney during the "town hall" presidential debate Tuesday night, answering a … 
With two presidential debates in the books, two things are clear: First, Mitt Romney has demonstrated a command of the issues the next president will face. Second, of the two candidates, only Romney spends any significant time talking about what he's going … 
Iran denounces Beirut bombing, points finger at Israel. Iranian Foreign Ministry says attack that killed top Lebanese intel official was aimed at aim of 'sowing dissension,' adding 'Zionist regime Lebanon's worst enemy.' Jerusalem: Beyond pathetic. Reuters … 
BEIRUT - Protesters burned tires and set up roadblocks around Lebanon on Saturday in a sign of boiling anger over a massive car bomb that killed a top security official and seven other people a day earlier — a devastating attack that threatened to bring … 
On Friday, we put out a call for photos of Florida to mark the third presidential debate happening in Boca Raton next week. Our readers in the Sunshine State were quick to respond. We've got an abundance of great shots, and as with our earlier Kentucky and … 
A man on a motorbike passes burning tires laid by Sunni protesters, angry at the killing of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, to block a road in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. / AP Photo/Bilal Hussein. BEIRUT Lebanese security officials say angry …