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Biden jokes about 2016 presidential bid

Biden jokes about 2016 presidential bid
By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is joking about running for president in 2016. During a visit to a Sarasota, Fla., restaurant on Wednesday, Biden took a customer's cellphone and engaged the man on the other end - apparently the customer's

YUCK! Restaurant Acknowledges Infestation

YUCK! Restaurant Acknowledges Infestation
KHQ.COM – A Restaurant in Northern California is providing customers with information that most food joints do their best to cover up. The owner of Cafe del Soul in Marin County, CA has had management post a sign by the restaurant's door. The sign informs passersby the restaurant is

Campaigns invade other sides' turf

Campaigns invade other sides' turf
By DAN SEWELLAssociated Press MASON, Ohio (AP) - Romney-Ryan signs sit on nearly every block in this southwest Ohio suburb and there's scant trace of support for President Barack Obama. Cynthia Herman is determined to find it. She is among the Obama volunteers who have taken on a tough, but

Images from Campaign 2012: 10 to remember. Or not

Images from Campaign 2012: 10 to remember. Or not
By NANCY BENACAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama and Mitt Romney circling one another like prizefighters. Joe Biden chatting up a biker chick. Clint Eastwood conversing with an empty chair. Campaign 2012 is rich with images that conjure the seriousness and silliness that unfold

Hurricane Sandy wreaks havoc on small businesses

Hurricane Sandy wreaks havoc on small businesses
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERGAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on small businesses along the East Coast Monday, keeping employees and customers away. At Angelo's Civita Farnese, a restaurant in Providence, R.I., the lunchtime crowd didn't materialize and few

Sandy unlikely to damage US economy, analysts say

Sandy unlikely to damage US economy, analysts say
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - Airlines have canceled thousands of flights, stranding travelers around the globe. Insurers are bracing for possible damages of $5 billion. Retailers face shrunken sales. Hurricane Sandy took dead aim at New

An uneasy economy, and those living through it

An uneasy economy, and those living through it
By CALVIN WOODWARD and MITCH WEISSAssociated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Here was Chas Kaufmann's life before the Great Recession: $28,000 in restaurant tabs in a year, cruises, house parties with fireworks. His Mr. Gutter business was booming in the Pennsylvania Poconos. Now: "We mainly

Obama hopes Nevada turnout team trumps bad economy

Obama hopes Nevada turnout team trumps bad economy
By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - It's people like Paul Prekop who make Nevada a maddeningly difficult state for President Barack Obama to lock down, and who give Republican Mitt Romney hope that there's a route to the White House even if he loses the big prize of Ohio

Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls

Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls
By MARGIE MASONAssociated Press DEPOK, Indonesia (AP) - When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn't know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It's a click she will forever regret, leading to a brutal story that has repeated itself as sexual

Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls

Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls
By MARGIE MASONAssociated Press DEPOK, Indonesia (AP) - When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn't know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It's a click she will forever regret, leading to a brutal story that has repeated itself as sexual