Obama, Romney keep an eye on a storm as they duel in swing states - Los Angeles Times
Sandy gone, Caribbean mourns 43 dead, cleans up - The Associated Press
By TRENTON DANIEL, Associated Press - 1 minute ago. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Hurricane Sandy is swirling off toward the U.S. East Coast, leaving the Caribbean to mourn the storm-related deaths of at least 43 people and clean up wrecked homes … Obama, Romney line up elite lawyers for potential election disputes - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney scramble to come out ahead in the November 6 election, two other men are preparing for a legal showdown that could begin the next day. They are the lawyers who have … Harry Reid Hospitalized After Crash In Las Vegas [UPDATED] - Huffington Post
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been hospitalized after a crash near the Sahara exit on I-15 northbound in Nevada, according to KNTV. The extent of Reid's injuries is not immediately known. According to Mike Blasky of the Las Vegas Review Journal, four of the … In N.Y. stabbing deaths, portrait of a troubled nanny emerges - San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK — She was unraveling. Yoselyn Ortega's home was an overcrowded tenement in Harlem that she yearned to leave. She shared the apartment with her teenage son, a sister and a niece. She had been forced to relinquish a new apartment for her … Early voting starts Saturday - The News Herald
PANAMA CITY -- Election officials are urging local residents to head to the polls early in the hopes of avoiding problems and long lines on Election Day. Early voting begins Saturday and ends Nov. 3. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. in four … Italian former PM Berlusconi sentenced for tax fraud - Xinhua
BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhuanet) — An Italian court sentenced former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to four years in jail for tax fraud, but later cut it to one year because of an amnesty law. Berlusconi's tax fraud case stems from the purchase of broadcasting rights … Car bombing, fighting mar Syrian holiday truce - Xinhua
BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhuanet) — Violence again erupted across Syria on Friday, marring a shaky temporary truce during the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday. A car bomb exploded in Damascus and forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad clashed with rebels across Syria … China Blocks and Criticizes Investigation Into Premier - New York Times
HONG KONG -- A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry on Friday criticized a decision by The New York Times to publish a lengthy investigation into assets accumulated by the family of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, saying that the article "smears China and … 
The President voted Thursday in his hometown neighborhood in Chicago. He cast his ballot in between stops in Cleveland, Tampa and Richmond. Obama is pumping up efforts in key states, visiting eight states in two days. Photo: Associated Press … 
As though readying for an enemy invasion, emergency managers in the region are bracing for the worst from Hurricane Sandy – and that's exactly what they are likely to get, meteorologists warned Friday. "This is an historic and catastrophic storm," said Bob … 
The nightmarish case of a nanny accused of stabbing to death two children in her care stunned the family's well-to-do neighborhood and caused legions of parents to wonder how well they know who is watching their kids. The nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, lay in … 
Mitt Romney's big economics speech: Can he deliver 'big change?' In Iowa, Mitt Romney tells voters President Obama made the economy he inherited worse and pledges policy changes to bring the US economy 'roaring back.' By Mark Trumbull, Staff writer … 
Nightly News | Aired on October 26, 2012. Family shattered after nanny murders children. The unthinkable happened to the Krim family in New York City when the person they trusted to care for their children stabbed their 2-year-old son Leo and 6-year-old … 
Latest track as of 5pm continues to show center of storm hitting well south of New England. This doesn't mean we don't see a major storm. Friday 5 pm.gif. One of the problems with the computer models is that they can forecast fairly accurately several days in … 
AMES, Iowa - Mitt Romney stepped up his bid to strip President Obama of the popular attributes that propelled his candidacy four years and claim them as his own, casting himself in a formal speech here as an agent of change who would govern as a … 
Romney cancels Virginia event, Obama monitoring storm. * Blackouts could disrupt early voting. * Millions of Americans brace for "Frankenstorm". By Patricia Zengerle. WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy threw a wrench into the last hectic … 
Mike Blasky/Las Vegas Review-Journal. This image from the scene shows damage to a vehicle in the motorcade that was transporting U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Interstate 15 near Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas on Friday. Reid was transported to … 
Martin Bashir | Aired on October 26, 2012. Romney surrogate Sununu sets another race-bait trap with 11 days to go. The Hill's Karen Finney, Newsweek/Daily Beast's Michelle Cottle, and Lehigh University's Dr. James Peterson discuss why Team Romney … 
The nightmarish case of a nanny accused of stabbing to death two children in her care stunned the family's well-to-do neighborhood and caused legions of parents to wonder how well they know who is watching their kids. The nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, lay in … 
ROME -- A court in Milan convicted former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, of tax fraud on Friday and sentenced him to four years in prison. Mr. Berlusconi is also currently on trial over charges that he paid for sex with an underage prostitute. He has denied … 
The Chinese government blasted on Friday an exposé published by The New York Times, detailing the wealth amassed by relatives of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, as a "smear" - and blocked Western media websites in China to prevent its citizens from … 
Two days after Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by militants from the Pakistani Taliban, I sat with her father outside the intensive care unit in Peshawar while she fought for her life. In a war in which there have been so many tragic things to come to terms … 
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declares State of Emergency as Hurricane Sandy barrels through Caribbean, killing 40. Sandy could be 'worst case' superstorm, more powerful than Hurricane Irene; officials will decide Saturday whether to evacuate wide … 
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Seizing on fresh evidence of economic sluggishness, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said Friday that President Barack Obama inherited a bad situation when he took office and then "made the problem worse." Obama campaigned … 
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts officials braced Friday for the arrival of a mega-storm that Gov. Deval Patrick said could bring to the state damaging winds, up to 10 inches of rain and the threat of both coastal and inland flooding. While the exact track of … 
A nanny suspected of stabbing two young children to death in a luxury apartment in New York City was in critical condition Friday with apparently self-inflicted injuries. The children's mother returned home Thursday evening to find two of her small children … 
Campaigning in Cincinnati on Thursday, Mitt Romney borrowed from President Obama's signature message in 2008, promising throughout his speech that a vote for him Nov. 6 will be a vote for "big change." The GOP nominee encouraged residents of the … 
On Friday morning a makeshift memorial had been set up outside the ornately detailed prewar building on the Upper West Side where the day before a mother had returned home to her luxury apartment on to find two of her children, a 2-year-old boy and a … 
On Friday at about 8 a.m., the hurricane was about 105 miles east of Nassau, the largest city in the Bahamas, with wind speeds of 80 m.p.h., according to the National Weather Service. The storm is moving northwest at about 10 m.p.h., but is likely to slow … 
By Justin Lahart. An economic model aimed at predicting presidential elections suggests that Gov. Mitt Romney has a narrowly better chance than President Barack Obama of carrying the race. Yale University economist Ray Fair has analyzed economic data … 
Focusing on Ohio — and Colorado... New NBC/WSJ/Marist polls show Obama and Romney tied in Colorado at 48% and Obama up 50%-47% in Nevada... Ohio's proxy battle: Brown vs. Mandel... Talk about an October surprise: Here comes Hurricane Sandy … 
By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV And HABIB KHAN TOTAKHIL. KABUL - A massive explosion ripped through a mosque in the northern Afghan province of Faryab on Friday, killing at least 40 people, as the provincial leadership gathered there for prayers to mark … 
A New York City police officer comforts a woman in front of the luxury Manhattan apartment building where police say a nanny stabbed two small children to death in a bathtub and then stabbed herself in New York, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Police say the … 
Oct. 25, 2012: A police crime scene vehicle is parked in front of the luxury Manhattan apartment building where police say a nanny stabbed two small children to death in a bathtub and then stabbed herself in New York. (AP). nannystab2641.jpg. Oct. 25, 2012: … 
(AP) - 1 minute ago. WASHINGTON (AP) -- An adviser to Mitt Romney suggests that fellow Republican Colin Powell endorsed Democratic president Barack Obama because both men are black. John Sununu is the former New Hampshire governor who …