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Senate race ads focus on Medicare, Obamacare, debt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - For critical Senate races, Republicans are turning to the playbook that served them so well in the 2010 elections. They're saturating the airwaves with political ads detailing the perils of "Obamacare" and the nation's growing debt.

Winning the day as means to winning the election

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By NANCY BENACAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - It can be something as small as positioning the candidate at just the right camera angle or as big as catching the opponent in a campaign-altering slip of the tongue. Every day, the ground troops of Team Obama and Team Romney set out in pursuit

Winning the day as means to winning the election

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By The Associated Press A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief: Abortion: Abortion and birth control are divisive issues in politics, and they've flared up at times in this campaign despite the candidates' reluctance to dwell

Foxconn denies worker unrest slows iPhone assembly

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By DIDI TANGAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Foxconn Technology Group denied on Saturday that production was affected at a Chinese factory that makes Apple's iPhones, although both state media and an overseas labor watch group said some workers halted production lines on Friday, apparently

NKorean soldier defects to SKorea across border

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A North Korean soldier killed two of his superiors Saturday and defected to South Korea across the countries' heavily armed border in a rare crossing that prompted South Korean troops to immediately beef up their border patrol,

Chinese iPhone workers strike over quality demands

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

BEIJING (AP) - A labor watch group says thousands of workers at a Chinese factory that makes Apple's iPhones have gone on strike over increased quality control demands and having to work during an extended national holiday. New York-based China Labor Watch says several iPhone 5 production lines

Panetta says new era for US in South America

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday the U.S. has moved into a new era in South America and is no longer the sole provider of security in the hemisphere. Arriving in Peru, Panetta plans to offer to send U.S.

Panetta says Karzai should thank allied forces

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lashed back at Afghan President Hamid Karzai Friday, saying the Afghan leader should say thank you now and then to the allied forces who are fighting and dying there, rather than criticizing them. Panetta was

What unemployment-rate conspiracists were saying

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By The Associated Press Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch set off a wave of conspiracy theories Friday by tweeting, "Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers." "Chicago" refers to President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters