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Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts

By THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney is struggling in swing-state Iowa at a perilous point: just as voters here start casting early ballots in the presidential race. President Barack Obama has a clear lead in Iowa opinion polls, helped by the fact that

New Jaguar F-Type looks to glory days, tweaks them

By LORI HINNANTAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - Its predecessor is widely agreed to be among the most stunning sports cars ever - and Jaguar showed it was trying to go one better than the glory days of the 1960s with the new F-Type. The Indian auto company Tata bought Jaguar Land Rover for $2.3

Conservatives pour new money into 6 Senate races

By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A conservative super PAC has jumped back into the Indiana Senate race with a nearly $1 million ad buy highlighting Democratic nominee Joe Donnelly's support for two of President Barack Obama's policies. The Indiana buy is part of more

Yahoo gives new CFO big raise to leave his old job

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo's new chief financial officer is getting a big raise to join the struggling Internet company. Ken Goldman, who will become Yahoo's CFO next month, is starting out with an annual salary of $600,000 and could earn a bonus of up to $540,000, according to documents