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With 7 weeks to go, Obama-Romney race still tight

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By BRIAN BAKST and CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Middle East violence is shaking up a presidential race that otherwise looks stubbornly stable, and tight. President Barack Obama holds a tiny edge, Republican Mitt Romney is seeking a breakthrough message, and three debates

With 7 weeks to go, Obama-Romney race still tight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 15th

Neighbor: NY rape suspect terrorized W.Va. women

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By STEVE SZKOTAK and VICKI SMITHAssociated Press The man accused of raping an elderly woman in New York's Central Park frightened people for years in his tiny West Virginia hometown, where a neighbor says residents were so terrified after his release from prison last year they bought guns

Poll: Strong support for campaign spending limits

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By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans don't like all the cash that's going to super political action committees and other outside groups that are pouring millions of dollars into races for president and Congress. More than 8 in 10 Americans in a poll by The

Obama pays tribute to Americans killed in Libya

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By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama paid tribute to the Americans killed in Libya and denounced the violence and anti-U.S. mob protests apparently sparked by an anti-Muslim video made in the United States. Among the four killed was Chris Stevens, the first U

Syria envoy says no plan to end violence yet

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By ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The new international envoy tasked with ending Syria's civil war summed up his first foray to Damascus Saturday with a startling and frank admission that he still has no plan for stopping the bloodshed which he warned

Calif. filmmaker: I won't return to besieged home

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Southern California filmmaker linked to an anti-Islamic movie inflaming protests across the Middle East was interviewed Saturday at a Los Angeles sheriff's station and afterward decided not to return to his home - possibly heading into hiding, authorities said. Nakoula

Al-Qaida calls for more attacks on embassies

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By AYA BATRAWY and LEE KEATHAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Al-Qaida's most active branch in the Middle East called for more attacks on U.S. embassies Saturday to "set the fires blazing," seeking to co-opt outrage over an anti-Muslim film even as the wave of protests that swept 20 countries

Thousands of striking teachers rally in Chicago

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By JASON KEYSER and TAMMY WEBBERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Thousands of striking Chicago public school teachers and their allies packed a city park Saturday in a boisterous show of force as union leaders and the district tried to work out the details of an agreement that could end a week-

2 British soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack

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By DEB RIECHMANNAssociated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A gunman in an Afghan police uniform killed two British soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after insurgents dressed in U.S. Army uniforms attacked a military base, killing two American Marines, wounding nine other