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NH resort won't be open for 1st voting this year

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) - For more than 50 years, voters in a township tucked close to the Canadian border have cast some of the nation's first ballots for president at the historic Balsams Grand Resort Hotel. But not this year. Although the hotel will be closed for the Nov. 6 election,

THE RACE: Debt crisis looms in race's home stretch

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By TOM RAUMAssociated Press The most pressing economic issue facing Washington - whether President Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney wins - is a looming deadline for across-the-board spending cuts and tax increases. Government debt, which has soared above $16 trillion on Obama's watch

Could events beyond campaign control jolt race?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By BRIAN BAKSTAssociated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - An election-eve terrorist strike. A tanking stock market. A stunner of a jobs report. An unscripted moment. Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are on guard for anything that could push the presidential race

McCain accepts Mourdock explanation, backs him

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain is again backing Indiana's Richard Mourdock after the Senate candidate explained his remark that pregnancy from rape is "something God intended," a spokesman said Thursday. McCain, the GOP's presidential

In testimony, Romney was skeptical of Staples

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By DENISE LAVOIE and STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated Press CANTON, Mass. (AP) - In newly unsealed testimony related to Staples founder Tom Stemberg's divorce, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he was initially skeptical of the idea for Staples, the office supply chain he lauds as a

Obama vows to protect women's health care rights

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama says voters saw again this week why male politicians shouldn't be making health care decisions for women. Obama's comments were a reference to remarks by Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock. The

All day, all night: Obama's long search for votes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Deep in the longest day of his campaign, President Barack Obama was in a Las Vegas casino, gambling that his re-election bid needed one more stop. It was 1:40 a.m. on his clock, and he was pleading with the hotel cooks and waiters

Obama and Bill Clinton to campaign together

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will campaign together Monday, opening the final full week before Election Day with a three-state battleground blitz. The joint rallies underscore Clinton's role as perhaps Obama's most important

Obama pressures Romney to break his Mourdock ties

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By JULIE PACE and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - President Barack Obama, seeking to shore up support among women, intensified his pressure Thursday on Mitt Romney to break any ties with a Republican Senate candidate who said that if a woman becomes pregnant from rape it is "

How the AP-GfK poll was conducted

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By The Associated Press The Associated Press-GfK poll on the 2012 presidential election and politics was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Oct. 19-23. It is based on landline telephone and cellphone interviews with a nationally representative random