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Unrelenting Obama jabs at Romney's job record

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press CLIFTON, Va. (AP) - An unrelenting President Barack Obama jabbed at Mitt Romney's record with a private equity firm in an ad Saturday that aimed to keep his rival on the defensive just as the Republican challenger's campaign hoped to take advantage of poor

Obama spends nearly $100 million on campaign ads

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign has spent nearly $100 million on television commercials in selected battleground states so far, unleashing a sustained early barrage designed to create lasting, negative impressions of Republican Mitt

THE RACE: Stagnant jobs numbers a factor in race

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By TOM RAUMAssociated Press Unemployment has hovered at just over 8 percent for months. And the presidential race seems to have reached a plateau as well. So far, neither President Barack Obama nor GOP rival Mitt Romney has been able to break out and move ahead. The lack of volatility in national

Obama, Romney short on specifics for voters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By NANCY BENACAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Worried about the economy? The rising cost of health insurance? The burgeoning federal debt? Yup, the presidential candidates have a bullet point for that. But despite Republican Mitt Romney's 59-point jobs plan, President Barack Obama's 64

NRA finds some GOP lawmakers resistant to gun laws

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By ERIK SCHELZIGAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Threats, denunciations and verbal potshots between the National Rifle Association and the leaders of the Legislature were common in the decades that Democrats ran the show in the Tennessee Capitol. Turns out Republicans are just as good at

Buffett says JPMorgan Chase doing the right things

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By JOSH FUNKAP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Friday he believes JPMorgan Chase is doing the right things to deal with its multibillion-dollar trading losses. The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. addressed a variety of topics during Friday

Is Italy's Berlusconi plotting a comeback?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By VICTOR L. SIMPSONAssociated Press ROME (AP) - When Silvio Berlusconi resigned after dominating Italy's political scene for two decades, he left a country in financial shambles and a personal legacy tarnished by sex and corruption scandals. Commentators called it the end of an era. Eight

Dogs, dead people get election docs from nonprofit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By MIKE BAKERAssociated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The voter registration form arrived in the mail last month with some key information already filled in: Rosie Charlston's name was complete, as was her Seattle address. Problem is, Rosie was a black lab who died in 1998. A group called the

Romney: No role in Bain management after 1999

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By JIM KUHNHENN and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press LACONIA, N.H. (AP) - His credibility under attack, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney insisted on Friday that he had "no role whatsoever in the management" of a private equity firm after early 1999, and demanded that President Barack

AdWatch: Romney ad accuses Obama campaign of lies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - TITLE: "No Evidence." LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: Several battleground states. KEY IMAGES: A narrator asks: "When a president doesn't tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead?" The words "Obama's Outsourcing Attacks: 'Misleading,