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GOP sees reason for hope in Senate race in Maine

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By DAVID SHARPAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - It's big money and Godzilla in Maine's six-way race for retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe's seat. The campaign cash, more than $1 million in attack ads, comes from Republicans trying to paint front-runner Angus King, a former two-term

WHY IT MATTERS: 1 new justice could change a lot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press The issue: With four justices in their seventies, odds are good that whoever is elected president in November will have a chance to fill at least one Supreme Court seat. The next justice could dramatically alter the direction of a court closely divided between

Ethics panel to hold hearing in Maxine Waters case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee will hold a hearing Friday in the case of Rep. Maxine Waters, a senior Democrat on the Financial Services Committee, who disputes allegations she tried to steer U.S. bailout money to a bank where her husband owns

THE RACE: Hard for both sides to focus on economy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By TOM RAUMAssociated Press For months, all the major polls have identified the economy as the No. 1 presidential election issue. But it drifts in and out of focus on the campaign trail as first one side and then the other becomes occupied with something else. Republican challenger Mitt Romney

Romney controversy points to power of viral video

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By BETH FOUHYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - After this, politicians everywhere should surely get the message. Mitt Romney's secretly recorded remarks at a Florida fundraiser - and the uproar that has followed - reinforce a key reality of the digital media era: the power of viral video to

Why did Chick-fil-A cross the road, pull funds for gay marriage foes?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By Patrik Jonsson After enduring a major public-relations tsunami this summer, Chick-fil-A, the Atlanta-based sandwich shop that's closed on Sundays, says it will end its decade-long corporate support of culture-warrior groups that oppose gay marriage. "Going forward, our intent is to leave the