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Hurricane upends final week of Mass. Sen. campaign

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By BOB SALSBERG and STEVE LeBLANCAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - The powerful storm ravaging the East Coast is upending the final week of campaigning in Massachusetts' grueling U.S. Senate race. Republican Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren both postponed any

Obama ad pushes back on Romney jobs claim in Ohio

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By BETH FOUHYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - TITLE: "Collapse." LENGTH: 30 Seconds AIRING: Ohio KEY IMAGES: The ad opens with a still photo of a shuttered factory and pans to a headline from a New York Times column Mitt Romney wrote in 2008, headlined, "Let Detroit go Bankrupt." A male

Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill's mother has died.

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill's mother has died. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Mother of Mo. Sen. McCaskill dies at age 84

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By DAVID A. LIEBAssociated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Betty Anne Ward McCaskill, the mother of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and a political trailblazer in her own right, died Monday at her home in St. Louis after a long struggle with heart and kidney problems, the senator said. The

Mourdock: Cannot 'unring the bell' of rape comment

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By TOM LoBIANCOAssociated Press GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) - GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock says he can't "unring the bell" on comments he made last week about rape, and he's joining a national Republican effort to shift discussion away from his remarks. Mourdock also tells reporters

Clinton: Romney claim about Jeep a 'load of bull'

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By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton have criticized Mitt Romney for saying that Chrysler is shifting production of its Jeep brand autos from Ohio to China. Jeep, a major employer in Ohio, has said it is adding jobs

New Romney ad misleads on auto bailout

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By BETH FOUHYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - TITLE: "Who Will Do More?" LENGTH: 30 seconds AIRING: Northern Ohio markets, including Toledo and Youngstown. KEY IMAGES: The ad opens with a car crossing a city bridge and cuts to other images of people in their cars - a young woman, a young black

Obama's iPod a bit like his electorate _ varied

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By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's iPod could pass for a voter outreach tool. Interviewed Monday on Cincinnati radio station WIZF, Obama ran through his musical tastes, an eclectic and all-encompassing list of artists and tracks that reflect the

Vicious Nevada Senate contest nears uncertain end

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By MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - The TV ads thrum back-to-back, hour after hour: Republican Sen. Dean Heller wants taxpayers to subsidize oil companies. Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley is flipping foreclosed homes for profit. He wants to ship jobs overseas and strip health

Ohio: Vote is crucial _ but who are your voters?

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By JIM KUHNHENN and STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press KENT, Ohio (AP) - Tommie Jo Marsilio is a former union shop steward. She's a single mom. And she's a Mitt Romney voter. "It's not my job to shatter stereotypes," she says. But she is. Two years ago she became the first