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Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: ABORTION and BIRTH CONTROL: Obama: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives to be

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: OBAMA: Abortion and birth control: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives to be

Secret Service agent who hid affair kills himself

Secret Service agent who hid affair kills himself
By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - For nearly six years, a senior Secret Service agent kept his extramarital affair with a Mexican woman a secret from the agency responsible for protecting the president. But in the wake of an embarrassing prostitution scandal involving 13

Secret Service agent kills self amid affair probe

Secret Service agent kills self amid affair probe
By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Secret Service agent who was being investigated by the government for failing to disclose a long-standing relationship with a foreign citizen killed himself last week in Washington, people familiar with the matter told The

Secret Service agent kills self amid affair probe

Secret Service agent kills self amid affair probe
By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Secret Service agent who was being investigated by the government for failing to disclose a long-standing relationship with a foreign citizen killed himself last week in Washington, people familiar with the matter told The

Storm spins death and 'a lot of tears' along path

Storm spins death and 'a lot of tears' along path
By CHRISTOPHER SULLIVANAssociated Press Death blew in on the superstorm's wild winds and sea water torrents, claiming 90-year-olds and children with capriciously toppling trees, taking tall-ship adventurers in mountainous Atlantic waves and average folks just trying to deal with a freakish

Suspect in casino chip theft arrested in Calif

Suspect in casino chip theft arrested in Calif
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A man suspected of sneaking into a restricted area of the Venetian resort and stealing $1.6 million in casino chips was arrested in Southern California, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. Authorities credited media attention about the case for a tip that led them to Palmdale resident

Md. experiences full variety of Sandy's wrath

Md. experiences full variety of Sandy's wrath
By BRIAN WITTE and JESSICA GRESKOAssociated Press CRISFIELD, Md. (AP) - On Maryland's jagged coastline, hurricane-riled waves destroyed an iconic pier and floodwaters forced caskets from graves in a town famed for crabbing. In the mountainous western edges, 2 feet of snow snapped power

Water, fire, destruction: NYC after the superstorm

Water, fire, destruction: NYC after the superstorm
By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The massive storm that pummeled the East killed 10 people in New York City and left the nation's largest city eerily quiet Tuesday, with no running trains, a darkened business district and neighborhoods under water. It was "

Throughout East, people in awe of superstorm Sandy

Throughout East, people in awe of superstorm Sandy
By The Associated Press Residents in the East weathered the effects of Hurricane Sandy and marveled at its raw power as it churned north and then merged with two other weather systems to create a fearsome superstorm. Here are their stories. ___ Dani Hart searched for the perfect New York City