2012年11月3日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Romney, Obama converge on Iowa in late scramble for votes

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 04:35 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama after arriving at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport in OhioDUBUQUE, Iowa (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential race, which has hinged for months on a handful of states, converged on one city in Iowa on Saturday as President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney each made a last-minute appeal for support before Tuesday's election. With the race in a dead heat nationally, both candidates touched down briefly in Dubuque, a Mississippi River city of 58,000 people, as they sprinted across the country in a bid to secure any possible advantage before Election Day. ...

Democrats need stronger Illinois showing to retake U.S. House

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 04:12 PM PDT

ROMEOVILLE, Illinois (Reuters) - Democrats appear unlikely to regain a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday despite a nationwide push, and a major reason could be disappointment in President Barack Obama's home state. In Illinois, Democrats began this election year determined to reverse a Republican gain of four U.S. House seats in 2010 that gave them a majority of the Illinois delegation in a state considered solidly Democratic. ...

Factbox: Obama, Romney solutions to stimulating the economy

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:28 AM PDT

(Reuters) - The health of the U.S. economy has been central to the campaign for the White House, with both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney seeking to convince voters they have a plan to usher in faster growth and job creation. The economy has struggled to break above a 2 percent annual growth pace since the 2007-09 recession and unemployment remains uncomfortably high at 7.9 percent. About 23 million Americans are either unemployed, working only part-time although wanting full-time work, or want a job but have given up the search. ...

Factbox: Vice President Joe Biden

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:28 AM PDT

(Reuters) - Joe Biden spent 36 years in the U.S. Senate, served four years as Barack Obama's vice president and twice ran unsuccessfully for president. His chatty, off-the-cuff nature led to some memorable gaffes. Here are some key facts about Biden. - Biden, 69, grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, in a middle-class family. Occasional financial hardships while he was young gave him a good ear for the concerns of blue-collar workers. ...

Campaign 2012: Is Obama betting it all on Bill?

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 06:04 AM PDT

Republican Mitt Romney has millionaire backers, a huge staff and years of campaign experience, which may be enough to win the White House. President Barack Obama has one asset Romney can't match, however: Bill Clinton.

Factbox: U.S. House of Representatives races to watch

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 05:49 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives has experienced three consecutive "wave" elections in which more than 20 seats changed hands, with the peak coming in 2010 when Republicans took control after gaining 63 seats. On Tuesday, voters will elect the 113th Congress. Even though public approval of Congress hit all time lows in the Gallup poll over the past year, no waves are in sight. ...

Obama banks on Bill Clinton to clinch close states

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 05:44 AM PDT

Former President Bill Clinton speaks at a campaign event for Barack Obama at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg, Fla. Friday, Nov. 2. 2012. (AP Photo/Scott Iskowitz)Republican Mitt Romney has millionaire backers, a huge staff and years of campaign experience, which may be enough to win the White House. President Barack Obama has one asset Romney can't match, however: Bill Clinton.

Insurgents shoot dead 3 soldiers in Iraq

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 02:34 AM PDT

Iraqi authorities say insurgents have gunned down three soldiers at a checkpoint near the country's capital.

Best Selling Christian Author, Ed Rush, Reaches #1 on Amazon with his New Book Titled - "Warrior: How to Fight for Your Faith, Family, Finances, & Future"

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:02 AM PDT

Marine Fighter Pilot and Speaker, Ed Rush, authored the book "Warrior: How to Fight for Your Faith, Family, Finances, and Future" and was honored Today when his book reached #1 Bester Seller on Amazon.San Diego, CA (PRWEB) November 03, 2012 Popular Christian speaker and now best selling author Ed Rush was honored today when his recently released book "Warrior: How to Fight for Your Faith, Family, Finances, and Future." reached number #1 in the Orthodoxy and Christology categories on Amazon. ...

HE DIED IN DEFENSE OF FREE SPEECH

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 10:00 PM PDT

WATERVILLE, Maine -- He was born on a pioneer farm 14 miles east of here, graduated first in his class from the tiny Baptist college planted precariously on a barren bank of the Kennebec, set out West to become a river-town schoolteacher, prepared for the ministry, drifted into journalism -- always remaining true to the teachings of his church, his family and the hymns they sang around a crude Maine country hearth: His job on Earth was to cleanse the world of sin. ...

U.S. jury awards troops $85 million over Iraq chemical exposure

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 05:50 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon jury awarded 12 Army National Guardsmen $85 million in damages from defense contractor KBR Inc. on Friday after finding that the company failed to protect them from exposure to cancer-causing chemicals when they served in Iraq. Each Guard soldier was awarded $850,000 in non-economic damages and another $6.25 million in punitive damages for "reckless and outrageous indifference" to their health in the trial in U.S. District Court in Portland. ...

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