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Fewer qualms for gun-rights groups over Romney now

By BRIAN BAKSTAssociated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gun-rights groups perceive President Barack Obama as a threat to unfettered access to firearms. They once had qualms about Mitt Romney, too. But times and circumstances have changed for Romney, the GOP presidential nominee now in tune with

Obama embraces economic record in new commercial

By JULIE PACE and NEDRA PICKLERAssociated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - With the economy showing some signs of improvement three weeks before Election Day, President Barack Obama on Monday laid down a full embrace of the economic record many Republicans say is his biggest weakness. The

Long after death, Confederate spy honored in Ark.

By JEANNIE NUSSAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The story of David O. Dodd is relatively unknown outside of Arkansas, but the teenage spy who chose to hang rather than betray the Confederate cause is a folk hero to many in his home state. Street signs and an elementary school in the

Fewer qualms for gun-rights groups over Romney now

By BRIAN BAKSTAssociated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gun-rights groups perceive President Barack Obama as a threat to unfettered access to firearms. They once had qualms about Mitt Romney, too. But times and circumstances have changed for Romney, the GOP presidential nominee now in tune with