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Enough already: voters hit with ads, calls, more

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By NANCY BENAC and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - People who live in battleground states tend to have a number and a coping strategy. Virginian Catherine Caughey's number is four: Her family recently got four political phone calls in the space of five minutes. Ohioan

Lawyers, CEOs boosted Obama's Sept. donations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By JACK GILLUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorneys, business owners and retirees were among those who helped President Barack Obama maintain slim fundraising supremacy over Republican challenger Mitt Romney last month, with the president raising $181 million as he entered the last full

Enough already: voters hit with ads, calls, more

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

Super PACs meet solo PACs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By BRIAN BAKST and JACK GILLUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The latest trend in an election year marked by gushers of money? Big spenders going solo to spread a message. A billionaire investment broker is doling out millions to run a minute-long national ad telling Americans that he's

Libyan turmoil persists year after Gadhafi death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - On the anniversary of the capture and killing of Moammar Gadhafi, Libya is still grappling with the legacy of his four decades of rule as the interim government and the dictator's former spokesman engaged in a war of words amid the

Schmidt: A-Rod was cursed once he got big contract

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By MIKE SCHMIDTFor The Associated Press There was a time when Alex Rodriguez was touted as the guy who could relieve us of Barry Bonds as the home run king. He was young, healthy and an MVP contender every year. If anyone deserved $30 million a year, it was him. That's a stretch - "deserve

Timeline of events, comments surrounding Benghazi

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has become a major issue in the presidential campaign, focused on the evolving Obama administration explanations. Before the Sept. 11 assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, a

Unions shift political might to state, local races

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Unions are shifting more of their political resources to state and local races this year as they try to head off passage of laws that could undermine bargaining rights, make it harder to organize or reduce their political muscle. Labor leaders

Unions shift political might to state, local races

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

New Obama ad in Ohio hits Romney on auto bailout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign has released a new television commercial in Ohio drawing attention to Mitt Romney's opposition to the federal auto bailout. Several auto workers appear in the ad, saying they owe their jobs to Obama's decision to extend billions in