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Election apps to help make your 2012 decision

Election apps to help make your 2012 decision
By Natt GarunProvided by Yoohoo, it's election day. Do you still feel unprepared to tackle the voting booth today? No worries, that's what these helpful apps and widgets are here for. You still have some time to get extra insight on your political candidates this year, ranging from apps

Election apps to help make your 2012 decision

Election apps to help make your 2012 decision
By Natt GarunProvided by Yoohoo, it's election day. Do you still feel unprepared to tackle the voting booth today? No worries, that's what these helpful apps and widgets are here for. You still have some time to get extra insight on your political candidates this year, ranging from apps

Biggest late poll problem long lines in key states

Biggest late poll problem long lines in key states
By CURT ANDERSONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Voters in key states such as Florida and Virginia waited in long lines hours after polls closed Tuesday night to cast ballots, even as politicians and their supporters urged them not to give up despite the long delays. Candidates turned to

2012 ad blitz: big money, smaller audience

2012 ad blitz: big money, smaller audience
By BETH FOUHYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - One million ads. More than $1 billion. Ten battleground states. Those eye-popping figures tell the story of the 2012 presidential campaign TV ad blitz - never before has so much money been spent on so many commercials aimed at so few voters.

Obama, Romney teams hit streets for every vote

Obama, Romney teams hit streets for every vote
By BILL BARROWAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Encircled by fellow volunteers for Barack Obama, Katie Sprung scanned a clipboard full of addresses. "We don't all three go to the same house, right?" asked Sprung, one of the president's neighborhood team leaders. No, she was told -

When working from home goes wrong

When working from home goes wrong
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSONAP Retail Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly every office dweller fantasizes about the joys of working from home: Dressing in PJs instead of suits. Eating from the fridge and not the vending machine. Listening to birds chirp instead of the boss bark. But

When working from home goes wrong

When working from home goes wrong
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSONAP Retail Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly every office dweller fantasizes about the joys of working from home: Dressing in PJs instead of suits. Eating from the fridge and not the vending machine. Listening to birds chirp instead of the boss bark. But

Solid job growth in last reading before election

Solid job growth in last reading before election
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States added a solid 171,000 jobs in October, and more than a half-million Americans joined the work force, the latest signs that the uneven economic recovery is gaining strength once again. In addition, more jobs were

Civility efforts seek better behavior on campus

Civility efforts seek better behavior on campus
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIERAssociated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Jewish students in the University of California system labeled terrorists for their support of Israel. Black high school students pelted by bananas on a Tennessee campus tour. A hostile student in Maryland challenging his professor to a

Bahrain activist sentenced for anti-king tweets

Bahrain activist sentenced for anti-king tweets
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Bahrain says a civil court has sentenced an online activist to six months in prison on charges of insulting the Gulf nation's king in Twitter posts. The activist, whose name was not released, was among four people arrested last month for allegedly defaming Bahrain's