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• Obama, Romney battle over auto bailout in Ohio
• Indiana complicates GOP's Senate math
• Romney's path: Win indies, stoke base, no errors
• Unilever swaps earnings rat race for sustainability
• Boeing wins $4 billion contract as part of Saudi arms deal: Pentagon
• North Korea says proud of its human rights record
• Higher bond for former Penn State officials in sex abuse scandal
• Paul Ryan 'Can Smell Success'
• Anger grows over fuel shortage in storm-hit Northeast
• Factbox: How the Electoral College works
• Pa.: One last Romney foray for Obama to defend
• Timeline of events surrounding Libya rescue effort
• GOP registration dips below 30 percent in Calif.
• Syrian dissident pushes to unite fragmented opposition
• South Florida Voters Waiting 4 Hours to Vote Early
• Fierce finish: Romney, Obama sharpen closing lines
• Chicago's Cook County is first metro area to levy gun tax
• Mars rover still sniffing for elusive methane
• Factbox: Obama, Romney solutions to stimulating the economy
• Obama, Romney take aim at key Midwestern swing states
• Older voters prefer Romney on healthcare, Medicare: Reuters/Ipsos poll
• Prominent Irish nationalist arrested over Northern Ireland shooting
• Poll: 55 Percent Say US Off Course
• Justice Department dispatches poll watchers
• U.S. renews sanctions, Sudan criticizes decision
• IRS extends deadlines for those hit by Sandy
• Controversial former White House hopeful Bachmann faces tough challenge
• Obama, Romney teams hit streets for every vote
• Romney warns against re-electing Obama
• Nigerian army kills 30 in militant bastion: witnesses

Obama, Romney battle over auto bailout in Ohio Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:15 PM PDT President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are turning the White House race in Ohio into a referendum on the auto bailout, an effort aimed at driving up turnout among their supporters in the election's waning days.

Indiana complicates GOP's Senate math Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:15 PM PDT Fresh signs that Democrats could snatch Indiana's Senate seat from the Republicans make it distinctly harder for the GOP to seize the Senate majority in Tuesday's election.

Romney's path: Win indies, stoke base, no errors Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:55 PM PDT Mitt Romney's plan for victory boils down to this: Convince independent voters he'll change Washington, stoke Republican enthusiasm and avoid unforced errors.

Unilever swaps earnings rat race for sustainability Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Around the time of the 2008 global financial meltdown, consumer products giant Unilever decided to make a dramatic shift in strategy, away from meeting investors' quarterly expectations to a long-range plan that treads lightly on the environment and supports social goals. Confident in profiting through doing good, the Anglo-Dutch maker of Dove soap, Ragu sauces and Lipton tea is working with the United Nations to save children's lives through handwashing and joining other corporations to stem illegal logging, among other things. ...

Boeing wins $4 billion contract as part of Saudi arms deal: Pentagon Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co. has won a contract valued at $4 billion for fighter jet fleet upgrades for the Saudi Arabian Air Force, the Pentagon said on Friday. The procurement order covers conversion of 68 F-15s to Saudi Air Force specifications, and four base stand-up kits. The Pentagon said the work, expected to be completed by December 31, 2019, would be done at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. (Reporting By Ros Krasny)

North Korea says proud of its human rights record Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:12 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea's U.N. delegation declared on Friday that it was proud of Pyongyang's social system and human rights record and rejected as baseless a U.N. monitor's report that described appalling human rights abuses in the reclusive country. Pyongyang was reacting to a report to the U.N. General Assembly's Third Committee, which focuses on rights issues, from U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea Marzuki Darusman that described "a wide range of human rights violations. ...

Higher bond for former Penn State officials in sex abuse scandal Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:02 PM PDT HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A judge on Friday ordered two former Penn State University officials embroiled in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal to post $50,000 in added bond money each after they were charged with additional crimes. Tim Curley, 58, the former Athletic Director, and Gary Schultz, 63, a former athletic department finance official, were charged on Thursday with additional crimes for what Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly called "a conspiracy of silence" in the Sandusky matter. ...

Paul Ryan 'Can Smell Success' Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:00 PM PDT Montrose, Colo. — Today, four days before the election, Paul Ryan told a crowd assembled on an airport tarmac that he could "smell success."  And the crowd roared. The smell, in fact, was that of cow manure, or something that smelled an awful lot like...

Anger grows over fuel shortage in storm-hit Northeast Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:59 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frustration grew on Friday for residents of Northeast states hit by superstorm Sandy as the death toll reached 102, millions were still without power and tempers frayed at a lack of fuel and guidance on when life might return to normal. New York City canceled its annual marathon in the face of rising criticism of a previous decision to go ahead with the race on Sunday as the search for bodies continued in devastated communities from New York's Staten Island to New Jersey seaside towns. Sandy, which brought a record storm surge to coastal areas, slammed into the U.S. ...

Factbox: How the Electoral College works Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:56 PM PDT (Reuters) - The Electoral College was established in the Constitution as a compromise between electing a president by a vote in Congress and by popular vote of citizens. Here are some facts about the Electoral College: * The Electoral College, which is not a place but a process, consists of 538 electors. To win the presidency, a candidate must win at least 270 electors. * The number of electors equals the number of lawmakers in Congress - 435 in the House of Representatives and 100 in the Senate, plus three for the District of Columbia. ...

Pa.: One last Romney foray for Obama to defend Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:26 PM PDT Rip Scott regrets his 2008 presidential vote for Barack Obama. The 60-year-old real estate company owner is going home to his Republican Party this year. Here in Philadelphia's suburbs where Pennsylvania political fights can be won or lost, Scott's reversal is the evidence Mitt Romney is looking for to merit his sudden, eleventh-hour sortie into the state.

Timeline of events surrounding Libya rescue effort Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:42 PM PDT U.S. intelligence and defense officials offered a timeline Thursday of the CIA's response to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, from its annex less than a mile from the diplomatic mission. U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the attack, which occurred on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

GOP registration dips below 30 percent in Calif. Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:38 PM PDT California has reached an all-time high of 18.2 million registered voters, while the number of registered Republicans has fallen below 30 percent, signaling a worrisome decline for the state's minority party, officials said Friday.

Syrian dissident pushes to unite fragmented opposition Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:29 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - The fragmented Syrian opposition will attempt once again this weekend to forge a common policy to gain international respect, obtain weapons and, most importantly, topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a formerly imprisoned dissident said. "An alternative to the regime is dearly needed," said Riad Seif, a liberal politician who is battling cancer and managed to leave Syria only a few months ago after having been imprisoned. ...

South Florida Voters Waiting 4 Hours to Vote Early Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:26 PM PDT Voters in some parts of Florida are waiting as long as four hours to cast their ballots before early voting ends Saturday night. The Miami-Dade County Election Department was reporting early voting wait times in excess of one hour at all 20 of its polling...

Fierce finish: Romney, Obama sharpen closing lines Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:22 PM PDT Down to a fierce finish, President Barack Obama accused Mitt Romney of scaring voters with lies on Friday, while the Republican challenger warned grimly of political paralysis and another recession if Obama reclaims the White House. Heading into the final weekend, the race's last big report on the economy showed hiring picking up but millions still out of work.

Chicago's Cook County is first metro area to levy gun tax Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:19 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The county that includes Chicago on Friday approved a tax on firearms to help pay the healthcare costs from gun violence, the first major U.S. metropolitan area to impose such a tax as a form of gun control. Under the plan, Cook County, Illinois, will impose a $25 tax on each firearm sold. The tax is expected to raise $600,000 in revenue in 2013. With Friday's vote, the nation's third most populous county with nearly 5.2 million residents becomes the first major U.S. ...

Mars rover still sniffing for elusive methane Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:19 PM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov 2 - Initial analysis of the atmosphere of Mars from NASA's rover Curiosity has shown no sign of methane, a gas detected previously by remote sensors, researchers said on Friday. On Earth, more than 90 percent of the methane in the atmosphere results from living organisms and its presence in the Martian atmosphere, first detected in 2003, raised the prospect of microbial life on the planet. Although no methane was detected during Curiosity's first detailed atmospheric analysis, scientists working under the auspices of the U.S. space agency plan to keep looking. ...

Factbox: Obama, Romney solutions to stimulating the economy Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:11 PM 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. ...

Obama, Romney take aim at key Midwestern swing states Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:11 PM PDT HILLIARD, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney focused their final arguments on the political battlegrounds of the upper Midwest on Friday, a region likely to make the difference in a tight White House race. In dueling campaign appearances in the swing states of Ohio and Wisconsin, the two contenders battled over the economy on a day when the jobless rate ticked up to 7.9 percent but employers stepped up their hiring. ...

Older voters prefer Romney on healthcare, Medicare: Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:08 PM PDT (Reuters) - As early voting proceeds across the country ahead of Tuesday's presidential election, voters over 50 continue to be more likely than most to prefer Republican challenger Mitt Romney to President Barack Obama and to favor Romney's position on two issues that directly affect the elderly: healthcare and Medicare. While Friday's Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll saw the candidates at an effective dead heat among all likely voters, older likely voters preferred Romney 51 percent to 43 percent during the week ending November 4. ...

Prominent Irish nationalist arrested over Northern Ireland shooting Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:07 PM PDT BELFAST (Reuters) - An Irish nationalist acquitted earlier this year of the murder of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland was arrested on Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a prison officer, a security source said. The murder of David Black, 52, on Thursday was the first killing of a Northern Irish prison officer in almost 20 years and the fifth fatal attack on a member of the security establishment since the 1998 Good Friday peace deal. ...

Poll: 55 Percent Say US Off Course Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:01 PM PDT Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Days before the verdict on his bid for a second term, the bad news for Barack Obama is that most likely voters think the country is headed seriously off on the wrong track. The better news for Obama: Previous incumbents have survived...

Justice Department dispatches poll watchers Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:00 PM PDT More than 780 federal observers and Justice Department employees will be dispatched to 51 voting jurisdictions in 23 states for Tuesday's voting in an effort to ensure a clean election.

U.S. renews sanctions, Sudan criticizes decision Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:58 PM PDT WASHINGTON/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama renewed U.S. sanctions on Sudan on Friday, acknowledging Khartoum had resolved disputes with South Sudan but warning that Darfur and other conflicts still impeded normal ties, the State Department said. Khartoum reacted by accusing the United States of "double standards". The order maintains several sets of U.S. sanctions imposed since 1997 that restrict U.S. trade and investment with Sudan and block the assets of the Sudanese government and certain officials. ...

IRS extends deadlines for those hit by Sandy Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:52 PM PDT The IRS is extending filing and payment deadlines for taxpayers living in areas of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey affected by Superstorm Sandy.

Controversial former White House hopeful Bachmann faces tough challenge Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:49 PM PDT ST. CLOUD, Minnesota (Reuters) - Representative Michele Bachmann, known for controversial comments during her Republican presidential nomination bid, faces a tough congressional election challenge on Tuesday in a Minnesota district that should be friendly to conservatives. The race in the sprawling Minnesota 6th Congressional District has been the nation's most expensive in both money raised and spent by Bachmann and Democratic challenger Jim Graves, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The two candidates have raised a total of $22.7 million and spent $20.8, the center reported. ...

Obama, Romney teams hit streets for every vote Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:47 PM PDT Encircled by fellow volunteers for Barack Obama, Katie Sprung scanned a clipboard full of addresses. "We don't all three go to the same house, right?" asked Sprung, one of the president's neighborhood team leaders. No, she was told — just one volunteer per door. As they departed, another staff member said into the telephone: "We're not targeting independents anymore. We're focusing on our supporters."

Romney warns against re-electing Obama Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:42 PM PDT In a speech billed as his closing argument to voters, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney warned Friday that re-electing his Democratic opponent would threaten another government shutdown and national default.

Nigerian army kills 30 in militant bastion: witnesses Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:41 PM PDT MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian troops shot dead at least 30 people during raids in the northeast city of Maiduguri, bastion of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, witnesses and hospital staff said on Friday. Boko Haram says it wants to create an Islamic state in Nigeria and its fighters have killed hundreds in bomb and gun attacks targeting security forces, politicians and civilians since launching an uprising in 2009. The sect has become the top security threat to Africa's biggest energy-producing state. ...

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