Tuesday, October 23, 2012

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Obama-Romney Race Has Both Arguing Plausible Path to Victory - San Francisco Chronicle
(For more campaign news, see ELECT.) Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney entered the final two weeks of their White House race on confident and combative notes, using different themes to bolster a common message: Each …


GOP Senate Candidate Says Pregnancy from Rape is 'Something That God ... - New York Magazine
One might think that after all the trouble Todd Akin caused for the GOP by sharing his thoughts on "legitimate rape," Republican candidates across the country would be choosing their words on the topic extremely carefully. However, that didn't stop GOP …


Auto bailout debate just goes on and on - The Detroit News
Washington -- The federal auto bailout sparked renewed interest Tuesday, one day after President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney had their fiercest clash yet on the $85 billion rescue plan. "Auto bailout" was the most searched …


Apple IPad Mini Debut Leaves Rivals Room to Undercut Price - Bloomberg
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook unveiled a smaller, thinner iPad that carries a price high enough to shore up profit while leaving room for competitors to sell their tablets more cheaply. Apple said yesterday that the 7.9-inch iPad mini will …


No rush yet of app developers to Windows 8 - The Seattle Times


Autumn Pasquale's prayer service draws huge crowd of mourners, classmates - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Enlarge Tim Hawk / South Jersey Times Those who gathered to pray for Autumn Pasquale, hold candles outside the First Baptist Church in Clayton during a prayer gathering, Tuesday, October 23, 2012. (Staff Photo by Tim Hawk/South Jersey Times) Prayer …


Voters in Ohio village skeptical of both Obama and Romney - Los Angeles Times
CAMPAIGN 2012: The Battlegrounds. Voters in Ohio village skeptical of both Obama and Romney. The hardworking people in struggling Wintersville, Ohio, are among the most coveted voters in the nation. But neither campaign has managed to capture their …


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Apple takes on smaller tablets with iPad mini - Boston Globe
Apple Inc. moved to cement its dominance in tablet computing with a smaller version of its popular iPad device. But while the new iPad mini unveiled Tuesday carried the company's signature technical sophistication and elegant design, at a starting price of …


Obama, Romney begin swing-state tour in home stretch - Los Angeles Times
Obama, Romney begin swing-state tour in home stretch. With two weeks to go and the race neck and neck, the candidates begin a final sprint across the several states expected to decide who will win the election. print. Comments. 0 …


Papers: State knew NECC broke Rx laws - Boston Herald
A massive state document dump this week reveals the state failed to take tough action against the Framingham compounding pharmacy behind a nationwide meningitis outbreak despite a series of complaints over the past decade, but Gov. Deval Patrick …


Mourdock: Even pregnancy from rape something "God intended" - CBS News
In a Tuesday night debate with his Democratic rival and a Libertarian candidate for one of Indiana's U.S. Senate seats, Republican candidate Richard Mourdock suggested that pregnancies resulting from rape are "something that God intended to happen," …


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Microsoft's newest weapon in China piracy fight - Reuters
1 of 2. A student shares her experience of using Windows 8 as she speaks to the media during a Microsoft promotional event ahead of the launch of Windows 8, in Shanghai October 23, 2012. There was once a time when the launch of a new Windows …


GOP Senate candidate Mourdock: When rape results in pregnancy, 'that's ... - Washington Post


Romney skips foreign policy on campaign trail - CBS News
HENDERSON, Nev.Running mates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan aimed to project a sense of momentum and confidence as they entered the final two weeks before Election Day. President Obama has "a message of going forward with the same policies of the …


Teen brothers charged with death of 12-year-old New Jersey girl - Reuters


Qatar's Emir Visits Gaza, Pledging $400 Million to Hamas - New York Times
JERUSALEM -- The emir of Qatar on Tuesday became the first head of state to visit the Gaza Strip since Hamas took full control of it in 2007, the latest step in an ambitious campaign by the tiny Persian Gulf nation to leverage its outsize pocketbook in support …


Apple unveils iPad mini - Los Angeles Times
SAN JOSE -- Apple Inc.'s new iPad is small in size but not low in price -- and that's got consumers grumbling and Wall Street worried. By launching a 7.9-inch iPad mini that is as thin as a pencil and as light as a pad of paper, Apple threw itself into the market …


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Candidates Battle to Lock Up Key States - Wall Street Journal
By CAROL E. LEE, PATRICK O'CONNOR and DANNY YADRON. Backed by a ramp-up in TV ad purchases, Mitt Romney will spend much of the final two weeks of the campaign presenting himself as a bipartisan bridge-builder, aides said, while President …


Obama's 'horses and bayonets' debate jab makes few ripples in Va.'s Navy country - Washington Post
Mark Wilson/Getty Images – During the final presidential debate, Republican challenger Mitt Romney contended that the Navy has fewer ships than it did in 1917. Obama, arguing modern nuclear-powered aircraft carriers cannot be compared to battleships of …


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Apple unwraps mini-iPad to take on Amazon, Google - Reuters
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Apple Inc will begin to sell an 8-inch version of the iPad on Friday to compete with Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and other smaller tablets, but it set a higher-than-expected price tag of $329 that Wall Street fears could curb demand. The 7.9 …


Obama-Romney Contest Crisscrosses Nation With Debates Done - San Francisco Chronicle
(Updates with ABC/Post, Gallup tracking polls in 13th, 14th paragraphs. For more campaign news, see ELECT.) Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — With their fate to be decided in two weeks, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney charged into …


Candidates reverse roles in foreign policy debate - NBCNews.com
Nightly News | Aired on October 23, 2012. Candidates reverse roles in foreign policy debate. President Obama and Gov. Romney sparred on foreign policy with Romney attempting to poke holes in the president's record while Obama mocked Romney's …


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Apple's Slim iMac Far Outshines the New iPad Mini - Businessweek
Philip Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple Inc., discusses the. Photograph by Noah Berger/Bloomberg. Philip Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple Inc., discusses the iMac during an event in San Jose, …


Obama, Romney land in battlegrounds to replay debate, convince most crucial ... - Fox News
President Obama and Mitt Romney, fresh off their final debate, hit the road Tuesday to reinforce their policy points and campaign attacks during visits to the states that will decide the 2012 presidential race. "These debates have super-charged our campaign," …


Man killed in Surf Beach shark attack was surfing, officials say - Los Angeles Times
Approximate location of attack shown in red. Authorities confirmed Tuesday that the man killed by a shark at Surf Beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base was surfing with friends at the time. A group of four surfers was in the water when one saw another being …


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Obama debate win unlikely to shift race: Reuters/Ipsos poll - Reuters
Iran, Syria, horses and bayonets. The final debate of the presidential campaign erupts in a series of sharp clashes between President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney over Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, China and the size of the military. Video …


Obama tops Romney in two instant post-debate polls - Los Angeles Times
Two instant polls conducted after Monday night's presidential debate place President Obama in the winner's circle, though the scale of his victory varied depending on the topic. Overall, according to a CBS News poll, respondents ruled in favor of Obama over …


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What is the iPad Mini? What does it do? - Boston.com


Debates over, Obama resumes campaign - CBS News


Nassau County Police Officer Shot, Killed in Queens - Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Tamer El-Ghobashy and Sean Gardiner. A Nassau County Police officer was shot and killed in Queens Tuesday during an incident in which another person was fatally shot, a law enforcement official said. A suspect in the shooting, which occurred on the …


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WHY IT MATTERS: The country's minority populations have grown, racial ... - Washington Post
Julie Jacobson/Associated Press – In this Oct. 20, 2012, photo, election workers Elena Soto, left, and Dave Carlson post early voting signs for a polling place along Frank Sinatra Blvd. behind The Mirage Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas. The nation's complexion is …


Apple, Facing Competition, Introduces a Smaller iPad - New York Times
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Steve Jobs once derided tablets with smaller screens, saying they would need to include sandpaper so people could sand down their fingertips to use them. But that didn't stop his company from shrinking the iPad. Enlarge This Image …


Over-prepared Obama, Romney not their best in final debate - Los Angeles Times
Nothing about President Obama and Mitt Romney came across so clearly in their third and final debate as the perils of over-preparation. The president who seemed almost too cool to rule in his first debate came out occasionally seething for the final round …


Apple unveils iPad mini, new Macs at California event - Fox News
Steve Jobs said it would never happen. Yet a smaller Apple just fell from the iPad tree. Apple CEO Tim Cook and vice president of marketing Phil Schiller took to the stage in California at a media event to finally unveil the company's long-awaited iPad mini …


New Mac products unveiled, smaller iPad expected - Washington Times
SAN JOSE, CALIF. (AP) – New Mac computers, including a 13-inch version of a MacBook Pro with sharper, "Retina" display, were among the products unveiled Tuesday at an Apple event in San Jose, Calif. The company is also expected to unveil a smaller …


Obama and Romney, neck and neck, hit campaign trail for final push - Washington Post
Video: While campaigning in Delray Beach, Florida on Tuesday, President Obama said the most serious issue in the White House race is who voters can trust. Obama said that Gov. Mitt Romney is shifting his positions on key issues, but voters "can trust that I …


Italy disaster head Luciano Maiani quits over L'Aquila - BBC News
The head of Italy's disaster body, Luciano Maiani, has resigned to protest against prison sentences passed on seven colleagues over the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila. Six scientists and an ex-official were convicted of multiple manslaughter for giving a falsely …


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After final debate, Obama says election comes down to trust - Reuters
DELRAY BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told voters on Tuesday that Republican rival Mitt Romney shifts his policy positions and cannot be trusted to deal honestly with the public as the presidential campaign entered its frantic final …


New Jersey police eye possible link between Autumn Pasquale's death and ... - Fox News
Police in northern New Jersey are probing a possible link between a recent string of abduction attempts and the death of 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale, whose body was found stuffed inside a recycling container in the southern part of the state. Pasquale, of …


Live coverage: Apple's new product event - USA TODAY
Log out of Facebook. Search. Close. Live coverage: Apple's new product event. Brett Molina, USA TODAYShare. Comments. apple-event. The walls of the California Theater are decorated with an Apple logo in San Jose, Calif. (Photo: By Marcio Jose Sanchez …


Ex-CIA officer pleads guilty to identifying agent - Reuters
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) – A former Central Intelligence Agency officer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to disclosing the identity of a covert agent, saying in court papers that he revealed the name in an email to a journalist in 2008. John Kiriakou entered …


Debate: Obama wins with 'horses and bayonets' zinger - Newsday


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Snap polls award debate to Obama - USA TODAY


Body found in recycling container is missing 12-year-old New Jersey girl ... - Fox News
In this undated photo released by the Clayton, N.J. Police Department missing Autumn Pasquale, 12, of Clayton, N.J. is shown Authorities say Autumn Pasquale was last seen on her white bicycle on West High Street in Clayton at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, …


World reactions mixed to US presidential debate - USA TODAY
President Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney arrive on stage for Monday night's presidential debate at Lynn University. (Photo: Emmanuel Dunand, AFP/Getty Images). Story Highlights. Some say both candidates failed to address global concerns …


Apple to live stream rumored iPad mini announcement at 10 am - Los Angeles Times
Apple is set to live stream its event Tuesday morning when it is widely expected to announce the iPad mini. The Cupertino, Calif., tech company set up an online page with a video player that will live stream the announcement. Currently, the page shows the …


Haniyeh: Qatar emir ups pledge to Gaza to $400 million - Jerusalem Post
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Tuesday announced that Qatari emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani raised his pledge to Gaza from $254 million to $400 million. The emir arrived earlier in the day to a red-carpet welcome in Gaza on what is being billed as …


In Jerusalem, Carter Derides Netanyahu and Obama - New York Times
JERUSALEM -- Three decades after leaving the White House, former President Jimmy Carter still functions inside the trappings of power, cruising through fiercely contested areas of this city on Monday in a 12-car motorcade, with Secret Service agents …


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Third debate sets tough tone for campaign's final stretch - Fox News
If the third presidential debate set the tone for the final two weeks of the campaign, then expect President Obama to mock and deride his opponent all the way to the finish line and Mitt Romney to keep hammering the economy above all else. The candidates …


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Ryan: "I just don't understand" bayonet remark - CBS News
(CBS News) Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan defended his running mate's positions following Monday's third and final presidential debate and took aim at the president for comparing Mitt Romney's military budget strategy to the game …


Autumn Pasquale: Body of missing New Jersey girl believed found, officials say - CBS News
(CBS/AP) CLAYTON, N.J. – Officials have preliminarily identified a body found in a recycling container in Clayton as that of missing 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale, officials said Tuesday. PICTURES: Body of missing NJ girl believed found. The Gloucester …


Analysis: In final debate, Romney mostly embraces Obama's foreign-policy record - Washington Post
Republican Mitt Romney entered Monday night's debate on foreign policy with the goal of presenting himself as a competent, plausible alternative to President Obama as commander in chief. But Romney appeared to cede many positions to Obama, moving …


Meningitis Outbreak Deaths Increases to 23 - Fox News
Health officials announced on Monday that three more people has died from the national meningitis outbreak, bringing the number of deaths to 23. Currently, there are 297 non-fatal cases in the following states: Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, …


Qatari emir welcomed to Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip - CTV News
A Palestinian worker walks behind posters of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, in preparation for the upcoming visit to Gaza at Palestine stadium in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, …


Italy seismologists' trial a blow to freedom - Khaleej Times
Italy seismologists' trial a blow to freedom (AFP) / 23 October 2012. Scientists on Tuesday sounded the alarm at the sentencing of six Italian seismologists for underestimating the risk of a 2009 earthquake, branding the verdict a dangerous blow to scientific …


Stage set for Apple to introduce iPad Mini - Chicago Tribune
Apple Inc. is expected to make its biggest product move on Tuesday since introducing the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller, cheaper tablet into a market staked out by Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc. Apple hopes to beat back their charge onto its turf …


Biden defends Iran policy, talks possible Libya intel leak - CBS News
(CBS News) At the presidential debate on foreign policy Monday night, Republican candidate Mitt Romney criticized the Obama administration's tact toward Iran, acknowledging current sanctions designed to curtail Tehran's nuclear program are crippling but …


Body of Missing NJ Girl Autumn Pasquale Believed Found - ABC News
The body that investigators found inside a recycling container in Clayton, N.J., has preliminarily been identified as that of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl who went missing this weekend. The body was found at about 10 p.m. Monday, according to a statement …