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Obama hopes Nevada turnout team trumps bad economy

By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - It's people like Paul Prekop who make Nevada a maddeningly difficult state for President Barack Obama to lock down, and who give Republican Mitt Romney hope that there's a route to the White House even if he loses the big prize of Ohio

Sandy gains power and aims for Northeast

By ALLEN G. BREED and JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Gaining strength and threatening 50 million people, Hurricane Sandy chugged north Monday, raking ghost-town cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts. Subways and schools were closed, the floor of the New York

Eastern US braces for dangerous superstorm

By ALLEN G. BREED and JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Forecasters say Hurricane Sandy is about 425 miles (685 kilometers) southeast of New York City and the center of the storm is expected to be near the mid-Atlantic coast on Monday night. The National Hurricane Center said early

Eastern US braces for dangerous superstorm

By ALLEN G. BREED and JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns were buttoned up Monday against the onslaught of a superstorm that threatened 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation, with forecasters warning