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Analysis: Combative Obama finds subdued Romney

Analysis: Combative Obama finds subdued Romney
By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama came ready Monday for a fighting finish, deriding Mitt Romney as reckless and overmatched in world affairs. Instead he found a subdued challenger who was eager to agree and determined to show he was not a

Analysis: Combative Obama finds subdued Romney

Analysis: Combative Obama finds subdued Romney
By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama came ready Monday for a fighting finish, deriding Mitt Romney as reckless and overmatched in world affairs. Instead he found a subdued challenger who was eager to agree and determined to show he was not a

McGovern's political career only part of legacy

McGovern's political career only part of legacy
By KRISTI EATON and WALTER R. MEARSAssociated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - George McGovern never slowed down, never stopped working - not even after losing the 1972 presidential race in a historic landslide that would have politically felled many others. Instead, he met defeat with humor,

Lebanese army tries to force gunmen from streets

Lebanese army tries to force gunmen from streets
By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese soldiers in armored vehicles fanned out across the country on Monday to break down civilian roadblocks and chase gunmen off the streets as tempers flared over the killing of a top intelligence official who was a powerful opponent of Syrian

10 Things to Know for Monday

10 Things to Know for Monday
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. WHERE IN THE U.S. THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT WILL BE DECIDED AP analysis of the past three presidential races shows 106 counties in nine states may determine who wins. 2

Obama offers condolences to Wis. officials

Obama offers condolences to Wis. officials
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has called officials in Wisconsin to express condolences for the victims of Sunday's shootings at a day spa in suburban Milwaukee. The White House says Obama assured Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Brookfield, Wis., Mayor Steven Ponto that the federal

2 NY men killed in small plane crash identified

2 NY men killed in small plane crash identified
FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities have identified two New York men who were killed after a small plane crashed into an inlet on Long Island. Suffolk County police on Sunday said the men were 51-year-old Cyril McLavin, of Fresh Meadows in Queens, and 72-year-old Andrew Messana, from Bayside,

Soldiers' arrest marks shift in Guatemala

Soldiers' arrest marks shift in Guatemala
By ROMINA RUIZ-GOIRIENAAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Chanting and waving signs to protest high electricity prices, thousands of unarmed indigenous demonstrators blockaded a highway in western Guatemala, forcing a standoff with police. Two truckloads of soldiers arrived and gunfire

Police find fire, chaos at Wis. spa were 7 shot

Police find fire, chaos at Wis. spa were 7 shot
By DINESH RAMDEAssociated Press BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin man who had been accused of domestic violence and slashing his wife's tires took a gun into the spa where she worked Sunday and shot seven women, three fatally, before killing himself, a police chief said. The shootings set

In Cuban missile showdown, 2 brothers' own crisis

In Cuban missile showdown, 2 brothers' own crisis
By CHRISTINE ARMARIOAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - Julio Castro sat at his uncle's Miami home as President John F. Kennedy came on the television the night of Oct. 22, 1962, to tell the nation the Soviet Union was building launch sites for nuclear missiles in Cuba capable of reaching almost