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Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: ABORTION and BIRTH CONTROL: Obama: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives to be available for

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: ABORTION and BIRTH CONTROL: Obama: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives to be

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief: ABORTION and BIRTH CONTROL: Obama: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: OBAMA: Abortion and birth control: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives to be

Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC

Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC
By LEANNE ITALIE and MEGHAN BARRAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Frustration - and in some cases fear - mounted in New York City on Thursday, three days after Superstorm Sandy. Traffic backed up for miles at bridges, large crowds waited impatiently for buses into Manhattan, and tempers flared

Amtrak to restore service from NYC to Boston

Amtrak to restore service from NYC to Boston
By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Amtrak will resume service between New York City and Boston on Friday following the repair of commuter rail tracks damaged by Superstorm Sandy, the railroad said late Thursday. Earlier, Joseph Boardman, the Amtrak's president, said he was still

NTSB sets Dec. 11 hearing on Nev. Amtrak crash

NTSB sets Dec. 11 hearing on Nev. Amtrak crash
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Federal safety regulators will meet in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11 to determine the probable cause of an Amtrak crash that killed a semi-truck driver and five passengers on a train he slammed into in Nevada last year. The National Transportation Safety Board announced the new

Flying gets easier but travel woes still persist

Flying gets easier but travel woes still persist
By DAVID KOENIG and SCOTT MAYEROWITZAssociated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Planes are getting up to speed faster than trains and automobiles in the storm-stricken Northeast. All the region's major airports were open once New York's LaGuardia resumed flights Thursday morning. While

UPDATE: Bodies Of 2 Missing New York City Boys Found

UPDATE: Bodies Of 2 Missing New York City Boys Found
NEW YORK (AP) - Police say the bodies of two missing New York City boys have been found.    The discovery was confirmed Thursday by NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.    Police say the boys were a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old. They disappeared Monday night when waves of water

New York struggles back 2 days after killer storm

New York struggles back 2 days after killer storm
By JENNIFER PELTZ and LEANNE ITALIEAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Flights resumed, but slowly. The New York Stock Exchange got back to business, but on generator power. And with the subways still down, great numbers of people walked across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan in a reverse of