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Economic trend lines, for now, favoring Obama

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - For the past year, as the presidential election unfolded, President Barack Obama confronted a dizzying swell of economic news - hiring up, hiring down, a euro crisis abroad, seesawing gasoline prices at the pump, foreclosures dragging down home

Economic trend lines, for now, favoring Obama

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

Reforms create competitive House races in Calif.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By GARANCE BURKEAssociated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Democratic Rep. Pete Stark, the longest-serving member of California's largest-in-the-nation congressional delegation, offered a taste of his trademark invective. "It's a question of choosing experience, or a novice who likes to

Embattled GOP Rep. Akin stays in Mo. Senate race

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Embattled GOP Congressman Todd Akin has made good on his promise to stay in Missouri's U.S. Senate race despite calls by top Republicans to quit following his comments about rape. The final deadline for candidates to remove their names from the Missouri ballot passed

Romney kicks off bus tour of battleground Ohio

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By KASIE HUNTAssociated Press VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) - Kicking off an Ohio bus tour, Republican Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama is offering a "foreign" vision of government. At an airport rally in Vandalia, Romney told several thousand cheering supporters that Obama believes bureaucrats in

NJ gay couple to sue over political attack mailer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By IVAN MORENOAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - A gay couple from New Jersey is suing a group that used their engagement photo in an attack mailer against a Republican Colorado state lawmaker who supported civil unions this year. The Southern Poverty Law Center said it will file a federal lawsuit

Democrats launch ads in ND over stalled farm bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats launched two ads in North Dakota on Tuesday criticizing Republican Senate candidate Rick Berg over the stalled farm bill as the party seeks to capitalize on rural voters' frustration with congressional inaction. Congress left town

THE RACE: Politics infuse Obama, Romney speeches

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By TOM RAUMAssociated Press President Barack Obama had an audience and megaphone that Republican challenger Mitt Romney could only envy: addressing an array of global leaders as the head of the world's largest economic and military power. It doesn't get much more presidential-appearing

A brief glance of Obama's remarks at the UN

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By The Associated Press Highlights of what President Barack Obama said and didn't say in his address to the United Nations General Assembly: WHAT HE SAID ANTI-AMERICAN PROTESTS: The killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens and other attacks on U.S. embassies overseas were attacks on America. The

Venezuela poll: Chavez leading rival by 10 points

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By FABIOLA SANCHEZAssociated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez held a 10-point lead over rival Henrique Capriles in one of the final polls ahead of Venezuela's Oct. 7 election, but the survey released Tuesday showed the challenger narrowing the gap. The poll by