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Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By The Associated Press ___ Measure of US home prices rises most in 6 years WASHINGTON (AP) - A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year increase since July 2006. The gain reported by CoreLogic offered more evidence of a

New Jersey's Email Voting Suffers Major Glitches, Deadline Extended To Friday

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NBCNEWS.COM - New Jersey's emergency experiment with email voting hasn't fared well. One election official described it as a "catastrophe" and voters are complaining that computer glitches are blocking their last-minute efforts to obtain electronic ballots. An avalanche of requests

Police: Calif. shooting suspect was 'methodical'

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By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Clattering machinery at a chicken-processing plant provided all the cover Lawrence Jones needed to kill two co-workers execution style and wound two others Tuesday, police said. Armed with a handgun, the 42-year-old ex-convict moved

Geologists find East Coast quakes travel farther

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By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Data from the 2011 earthquake centered in Virginia shows East Coast tremors can travel much farther and cause damage over larger areas than previously thought, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. The agency estimated about one-

Intrigue swirls around Russia defense chief's fall

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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - Vladimir Putin fired his powerful defense chief over a corruption scandal Tuesday, but a heady mix of sex, power struggles and military vendettas dominated talk in Russia about what was really behind the downfall of the man who has overseen

In states hit by Sandy, voters find ways to polls

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By BETH FOUHY and MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters drove Bob Mackie from his home on Long Beach Island, N.J., but nothing was going to stop him from voting Tuesday. The 72-year-old widower drove an hour each way to cast his ballot

In states hit by Sandy, voters find ways to polls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

Strike hits Greece in bid to derail austerity plan

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By NICHOLAS PAPHITISAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek trade unions launched a general strike and nationwide protests on Tuesday against a new package of austerity measures, to be voted on this week, which would condemn Greece to more years of hardship in exchange for rescue loans.

Broken Beaver Dam Floods Duvall Home

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DUVALL, Wash. (AP) - At least one home and nearby streets in Duvall were flooded Monday when a beaver dam broke and released a 3-acre pond. Lynn Miller with King County Emergency Management says it washed debris into a neighborhood. KOMO reports police officers, firefighters and King

States scramble to help displaced residents vote

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By BETH FOUHY and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKIAssociated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) - One storm-battered New Jersey county was delivering ballots to emergency shelters Monday while New York City was lining up shuttle buses to ferry people in hard-hit coastal areas to the polls. With the presidential