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Fla. Democrats want extended early voting hours

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Florida Democrats say they've filed a federal lawsuit asking for the state's early voting period to be extended. Republican Gov. Rick Scott has stood firm against giving Florida residents more time to vote before Tuesday. On Saturday, some Floridians waited for hours on

PROMISES, PROMISES: Hours to go, promises to keep

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By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney has a ton of promises to keep if he becomes president, and that's on his first day alone, never mind the other 1,460 days. Barack Obama was similarly brimming with will-do's in his first presidential campaign, racking them

For Romney, Obama, long slog to nail-biter finish

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By NANCY BENACAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney pulled the plug on his first presidential run on Feb. 7, 2008, and immediately served notice that he wasn't about to fade away. "I hate to lose," he told conservatives that day. Barack Obama wasn't paying too much attention to

2012 ad blitz: big money, smaller audience

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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.

Puerto Ricans are key in Florida presidential vote

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By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama has a problem with Florida's important Puerto Rican voters, and it has little to do with the immigration and deportation issues that dominate so much of the national debate involving Hispanic voters. Florida

5 things to watch for in the campaign homestretch

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Five things to watch for in the last days of the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney: 1. SCHEDULE CHANGES?: The clock is ticking, and races are tight in key states. Keep an eye on whether Obama or Romney make last-minute changes to

Campaigning for victory, Romney speeches shift

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By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press NEWINGTON, N.H. (AP) - From an airport runway on a cold New Hampshire morning, Republican Mitt Romney faced 2,000 supporters and delivered the same speech he had given the day before - three times on the day before, actually. "I won't just represent one

In speech after speech, Obama asks for more time

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By KEN THOMASAssociated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) - He cajoles his audience into action. He needles rival Mitt Romney with biting mockery. He reminds voters about the past and where he wants to take them. In the final days of his final campaign, President Barack Obama is part community

Rivals stress differences and bipartisanship hopes

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By DAVID ESPO and JULIE PACEAssociated Press HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Two days from judgment by the voters, President Barack Obama raced through four far-flung battleground states on Sunday while Mitt Romney ventured into traditionally Democratic Pennsylvania, seeking a breakthrough in a close

US Air Force keeps fleet of aging warhorses flying

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By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - For decades, the U.S. Air Force has grown accustomed to such superlatives as unrivaled and unbeatable. These days, some of its key combat aircraft are being described with terms like geriatric, or decrepit. The aging of the U.S. Air Force, a long-