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• Romney shows softer side; Obama raising more cash

  October 7, 2012 in Nation/World APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney is showing his softer side, while President Barack Obama works to extend his cash advantage as both men begin the final-month sprint to Election …

• O’Reilly, Stewart to tangle in mock debate

  October 6, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart are to tangle in a sold-out mock presidential debate that’s as much about laughs as about politics. The Fox News anchor squares …

• Jobs report brings down debate high in Romney camp

  October 5, 2012 in Nation/World ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — The cheering stopped on Mitt Romney’s campaign plane Friday morning. The day before, aides had whistled and clapped when the Denver control tower commended the Republican … 8

• Romney blasts Obama despite drop in unemployment

  October 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says a drop in the nation’s unemployment rate to 7.8 percent “is not what a real recovery looks like.” The former Massachusetts …

• Romney on ‘47 percent’: I was ‘completely wrong’

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World FISHERSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has described his disparaging remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay federal income taxes as “not elegantly stated.” … 4

• Romney: ‘Victory is in sight’ after first debate

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — Buoyed by a powerful debate showing, Mitt Romney said Thursday he offers “prosperity that comes through freedom” to a country struggling to shed a weak economy. President …

• Post-debate: Romney basks, Obama challenges

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — An invigorated Mitt Romney basked in rave reviews Thursday after his first face-off with the president, envisioning an inaugural celebration, while President Barack Obama and his allies … 3

• Romney barrels out of first debate on offense

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — Little more than a month from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney is barreling out of the first presidential debate energized by a solid performance that telegraphed his … 3

• FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth. They made some … 1

• FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps

  October 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth. Here’s a look … 2

• It’s show time: Obama, Romney meet in first debate

  October 3, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — Primed for a showdown, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney left their practice sessions behind Wednesday for a prime-time debate before millions with the power … 1

• First debate sets up moment of high-risk theater

  October 3, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney come face to face for the first time in this presidential campaign Wednesday night for a nationally televised debate that …

• Book: Obama hoped to try bin Laden, if captured

  October 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A new book says President Barack Obama hoped to put Osama bin Laden on trial, showing the U.S. commitment to due process under law, if the al-Qaida …

• Wide-eyed Chipotle worker, Romney photo goes viral

  October 3, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — The manager of a Denver Chipotle restaurant has become an Internet celebrity thanks to the wide-eyed pose he struck alongside Mitt Romney when the Republican presidential candidate …

• First debate sets up moment of high-risk theater

  October 2, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney come face to face for the first time in this presidential campaign Wednesday for a nationally televised debate that will …

• Pa. judge blocks photo ID rule for Election Day

  October 2, 2012 in Nation/World HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters won’t have to show photo identification to cast ballots on Election Day, a judge said Tuesday in a ruling on the state’s controversial voter …

• Judge halts Pa.’s tough new voter ID requirement

  October 2, 2012 in Nation/World HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s divisive voter identification requirement became the latest of its kind to get pushback from the courts ahead of Election Day, delivering a hard-fought victory to …

• Pa. voter ID law ruling could mean political swing

  October 2, 2012 in Nation/World HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some political momentum could be on the line when a judge rules on whether to keep intact Pennsylvania’s tough new law requiring voters to show photo …

• Pa. voter ID law ruling could mean political swing

  October 1, 2012 in Nation/World HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some political momentum could be on the line in a judge’s forthcoming ruling on Pennsylvania’s tough new voter identification law. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson is …

• Romney presses foreign policy criticism anew

  October 1, 2012 in Nation/World BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Amid violent flare-ups in the Middle East, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is trying to prove his own readiness to be commander in chief and force … 3

• Hours of preparation for Romney ahead of debate

  October 1, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER, Colo. (AP) — If Republican Mitt Romney stumbles during Wednesday’s presidential debate, it won’t be for a lack of preparation. The Republican presidential nominee has spent at least eight …

• Obama trying to avoid miscue in first debate

  October 1, 2012 in Nation/World HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — President Barack Obama has one mission heading into his first debate with Republican Mitt Romney: Don’t screw things up. Five weeks from Election Day, Obama has …

• Romney criticizes Obama foreign policy record

  October 1, 2012 in Nation/World BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is arguing America needs new foreign policy leadership, using President Barack Obama’s handling of the Middle East as an opening to criticize the … 2

• Miami-based Venezuelans to vote in New Orleans

  September 30, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — By bus and car, commercial flight and charter, U.S.-based Venezuelans are traveling en masse to New Orleans in the coming days, spending hundreds of dollars and in …

• McCain: Don’t expect surprises in upcoming debate

  September 30, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain says not to expect any surprises in this week’s first presidential debate because the televised confrontations nowadays are so heavily scripted. McCain was President … 2

• Thousands pray for US at ‘America for Jesus’ rally

  September 29, 2012 in Nation/World PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of conservative Christians gathered Saturday on Independence Mall in Philadelphia to pray for the future of the United States in the weeks before the presidential election. … 3

• Voter registration problems widening in Florida

  September 28, 2012 in Nation/World TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — What first appeared to be an isolated problem in one Florida county has now spread statewide, with election officials in nine counties informing prosecutors or state …

• As debate looms, Romney looks to Pennsylvania

  September 28, 2012 in Nation/World PHILADELPHIA (AP) — His path to victory narrowing, Mitt Romney is looking to Pennsylvania to help slow President Barack Obama’s momentum ahead of a high-stakes meeting on the debate stage …

• World powers open to more nuke talks with Iran

  September 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — World powers decided Thursday to lay the groundwork for another round of negotiations with Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a senior U.S. official said, but they …

• Romney decries military cuts; Obama talking jobs

  September 27, 2012 in Nation/World VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged to create many more jobs and “make the middle class secure again” in a campaign-closing appeal on Thursday — more than … 3

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