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Armstrong out as Livestrong head, loses sponsors

Armstrong out as Livestrong head, loses sponsors
By JIM VERTUNOAP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Already an outcast in cycling after a massive doping report, Lance Armstrong absorbed hits much closer to home Wednesday: to his wallet and his heart. Armstrong was dumped by Nike, Anheuser-Busch and other sponsors, and he gave up the top spot

Talk show icon King to moderate 3rd party debate

Talk show icon King to moderate 3rd party debate
By BRIAN BAKSTAssociated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Larry King, the celebrated talk show host accustomed to A-list interview guests, has agreed to moderate a debate featuring a squad of minor-party presidential candidates. The former CNN giant will guide next Tuesday's debate in Chicago,

Obama, Romney seek support from women after debate

Obama, Romney seek support from women after debate
By DAVID ESPO and KEN THOMASAssociated Press MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) - One day after their contentious, finger-pointing debate, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney vied aggressively for the support of women voters Wednesday, as they and their running mates charged across nearly a

Obama, Romney seek support from women after debate

Obama, Romney seek support from women after debate
By DAVID ESPO and KEN THOMASAssociated Press MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) - One day after their contentious, finger-pointing debate, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney vied aggressively for the support of women voters Wednesday, as they and their running mates charged across nearly a

World Food Prize activities attract Occupy protest

World Food Prize activities attract Occupy protest
By DAVID PITTAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - It's difficult to argue with the goals of the World Food Prize Foundation - to recognize people who have helped improve the quality and availability of food to reduce world hunger. But as the Des Moines-based foundation prepares for its

World Food Prize activities attract Occupy protest

World Food Prize activities attract Occupy protest
By DAVID PITTAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - It's difficult to argue with the goals of the World Food Prize Foundation - to recognize people who have helped improve the quality and availability of food to reduce world hunger. But as the Des Moines-based foundation prepares for its

Viewers riveted by feisty presidential debate

Viewers riveted by feisty presidential debate
By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer At the University of Cincinnati, 200 students were expected to turn out to watch the second debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. But organizers hadn't reckoned on the intense curiosity as to how the president would perform after an admittedly lackluster

Obama And Romney Square Off In Second Presidential Debate

Obama And Romney Square Off In Second Presidential Debate
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — An aggressive President Barack Obama accused challenger Mitt Romney of favoring a "one-point plan" to help the rich in America and playing politics with the deadly terrorist attack in Libya in a Tuesday night debate crackling with energy and emotion just three weeks before

Romney releases new ad TV on abortion

Romney releases new ad TV on abortion
By BETH FOUHYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Mitt Romney's campaign has released a new TV ad suggesting the Republican hopeful believes abortion "should be an option" in certain cases. The ad features a woman saying she'd heard Romney's position on abortion and birth control "

WATCH IT LIVE: Third And Final Presidential Debate

WATCH IT LIVE: Third And Final Presidential Debate
BOCA RATON, FL – With fifteen days left in a deadlocked presidential contest, ninety minutes on Monday night could prove pivotal.  When President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney meet in their third debate tonight in Boca Raton, Fla., it will be their final