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Obama warns Americans storm 'is not yet over'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Seeking to project command in a crisis, President Barack Obama told storm-stricken residents along the East Coast that "America is with you" but warned that the disaster "is not yet over." As the countdown to Election Day reached the one week mark

Obama cancels campaign stops in Ohio on Wednesday to deal with aftermath of superstorm Sandy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama cancels campaign stops in Ohio on Wednesday to deal with aftermath of superstorm Sandy. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Pot, gay marriage, suicide are ballot-item topics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - After all the economy-focused campaign talk, voters in some states will get a chance on Election Day to sound off on intriguing topics that the presidential rivals ignored, including death-penalty repeal, marijuana legalization and assisted

5 things to watch for in the campaign homestretch

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

WASHINGTON (AP) - Five things to watch for in the final week of the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney: 1. HOW LONG CAN THEY WAIT? Obama and Romney pull off the campaign trail - with a week to go before Election Day - because of the superstorm, both

Presidential race rained out even in sunny states

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By KRISTEN WYATT and NICHOLAS RICCARDIAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Crista Laughlin was a mile high and dry, but Superstorm Sandy still kept the 40-year-old Obama campaign volunteer from walking precincts or working the phones. Instead, she was huddled inside her suburban Denver home, watching

Romney, GOP suddenly plunging onto Democratic turf

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By BRIAN BAKST and THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Mitt Romney is suddenly plunging into traditionally Democratic-leaning Minnesota and Pennsylvania, and his GOP allies are trying to put Michigan into play. It's forcing President Barack Obama to defend his own turf - he

Nature slams campaigns into real world

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Suddenly, after drifting through months of confusing finger-pointing and iffy economic theory, the presidential candidates are getting walloped by an all-too-tangible October surprise. Superstorm Sandy is a real-world, gut-level test. The force

Buddy Act: Clinton, Biden gave fiery Ohio speeches

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - They are old friends and sometime political rivals, each a gregarious, backslapping politician and legendary - some would say long-winded - talker. So when Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton came together Monday on

Hurricane upends final week of Mass. Sen. campaign

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

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

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

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