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In race to 270, it may come down to 106 counties

In race to 270, it may come down to 106 counties
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - How Virginia goes in the presidential election may come down to voters who live amid the small wineries, affluent subdivisions and Civil War battlegrounds of Loudoun County. Voters in the tony Hamilton County suburbs

WHY IT MATTERS: Race

WHY IT MATTERS: Race
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st
By SUZANNE GAMBOAAssociated Press The issue: The nation's complexion is rapidly changing. A more racially and ethnically diverse population is rising so that, perhaps within three decades, whites will no longer be the majority. That means shifts in political power, the risk of intensified

George McGovern dies; lost 1972 presidential bid

George McGovern dies; lost 1972 presidential bid
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st
By KRISTI EATON and WALTER R. MEARSAssociated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way - and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal that fully unfurled too late to knock Republican

Obama, Romney allies square off on foreign policy

Obama, Romney allies square off on foreign policy
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st
By JOSH LEDERMAN and KASIE HUNTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - On the eve of their final presidential debate, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama - through their allies - squared off Sunday over which candidate would best protect the nation's interests and security abroad with just two weeks

Obama, Romney allies square off on foreign policy

Obama, Romney allies square off on foreign policy
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st
By JOSH LEDERMAN and KASIE HUNTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - On the eve of their final presidential debate, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama - through their allies - squared off Sunday over which candidate would best protect the nation's interests and security abroad with just two weeks

Libyan turmoil persists year after Gadhafi death

Libyan turmoil persists year after Gadhafi death
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st
By PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - On the anniversary of the capture and killing of Moammar Gadhafi, Libya is still grappling with the legacy of his four decades of rule as the interim government and the dictator's former spokesman engaged in a war of words amid the

Enough already: voters hit with ads, calls, more

Enough already: voters hit with ads, calls, more
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st
By NANCY BENAC and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - People who live in battleground states tend to have a number and a coping strategy. Virginian Catherine Caughey's number is four: Her family recently got four political phone calls in the space of five minutes. Ohioan

Lawyers, CEOs boosted Obama's Sept. donations

Lawyers, CEOs boosted Obama's Sept. donations
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th
By JACK GILLUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorneys, business owners and retirees were among those who helped President Barack Obama maintain slim fundraising supremacy over Republican challenger Mitt Romney last month, with the president raising $181 million as he entered the last full

Enough already: voters hit with ads, calls, more

Enough already: voters hit with ads, calls, more
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th
By NANCY BENAC and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - People who live in battleground states tend to have a number and a coping strategy. Virginian Catherine Caughey's number is four: Her family recently got four political phone calls in the space of five minutes. Ohioan

Dozens of states make it hard to get abortions

Dozens of states make it hard to get abortions
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th
By LINDSEY TANNERAP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) - It's legal to get an abortion in America, but in many places it is hard and getting harder. Just this year, 17 states set new limits on abortion; 24 did last year, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights nonprofit whose