Romney, Obama neck and neck in four swing states: Reuters/Ipsos poll

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• Romney, Obama neck and neck in four swing states: Reuters/Ipsos poll
• 'What can I do?': New Yorkers seek ways to help
• Most NYC schools to open Monday despite challenges
• Power returning after Sandy but gas problems rise
• U.S. disaster relief in a race against cold snap
• State Farm flies planes towing phone number over NY, NJ
• GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
• Insight: Sandy shows hospitals unprepared when disaster hits home
• Pot town pushes back against industrial growers
• Romney, Obama try to eke out a win in campaign's last days
• Syrian rebels attack air base to secure north-south corridor
• Factbox: Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate
• Factbox: Paul Ryan, Republican vice presidential candidate
• Factbox: How the Electoral College works
• Factbox: Obama, Romney solutions to stimulating the economy
• At the end, Romney, Obama spar over voter revenge
• Will Jersey shore ever be the same after Sandy?
• NJ Phillips Bayway refinery still idle, assessing damages from Sandy
• Life on the rope line: 10 minutes of Obama frenzy
• Power returning after Sandy but weariness grows
• Life on the rope line: Lots of advice for Romney
• George Lucas' filmmaking rooted in rebellion
• Young immigrant, newly fearless, ponders future
• Obama: Voters must be able to trust a president
• Better off 4 years later? A mixed bag of answers
• Lonely quest for 3rd party presidential hopefuls
• Both sides of Mali crisis in Burkina Faso talks
• Kenya bull fight: Obama trounces Romney
• Correction: Algeria-Terror Turnaround story
• Israel: Syria tanks enter Golan DMZ
• ELECTION WATCH: Test, test and test
• NHL labor talks resume after more than 2 weeks off
• Suspected jihadis kill 3 police in Egypt's Sinai
• Pharaonic princess's tomb found near Cairo, Egypt
• With can-do stance on marathon, mayor misreads NYC
• Misidentified 2010 plane crash victim reburied
• Factbox: Storm Sandy blamed for at least 110 deaths in U.S., Canada
• Merkel: Euro debt crisis will last 5 years or more
• Serena: Matter of time until No. 1 again
• PSEG works to restore power to 600,000 NJ customers after Sandy

Romney, Obama neck and neck in four swing states: Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:37 PM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney remain neck and neck in four swing states that are likely to determine the winner of the White House race next week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Saturday. The Democratic incumbent and former Massachusetts governor are both making final dashes through the handful of states they hope to win to secure victory on Tuesday. In one of the biggest prizes of the election - Ohio - Obama has a very slight lead over Romney with 46 percent compared to 45 percent support among likely voters, the poll showed. ...

'What can I do?': New Yorkers seek ways to help Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:27 PM PDT Normally on a Saturday morning, Erica Siegel, a 33-year-old real estate agent, would be working or taking a run. But this weekend found her packing rolls of toilet paper, boxes of garbage bags, and canned vegetables and soups to bring to a Queens park, where they would be sorted for delivery to storm victims.

Most NYC schools to open Monday despite challenges Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:02 PM PDT Life is far from normal for 13-year-old Eliran Cohen a week after Superstorm Sandy flooded his family's Staten Island condo.

Power returning after Sandy but gas problems rise Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:53 AM PDT More New Yorkers got power Saturday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy struck the region, but frustrations mounted over gasoline shortages as refueling sites turned into traffic jams of horn-honking confusion.

U.S. disaster relief in a race against cold snap Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:49 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fuel supplies headed toward the U.S. Northeast on Saturday and a million customers regained electricity ahead of a coming cold snap that threatened to add to the misery of coastal communities devastated by superstorm Sandy. The power restorations relit the skyline in lower Manhattan for the first time in nearly a week and allowed 80 percent of the New York City subway service to resume, but 2.5 million homes and businesses still lacked power, down from 3.5 million on Friday. ...

State Farm flies planes towing phone number over NY, NJ Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:16 AM PDT (Reuters) - State Farm, the largest U.S. home and auto insurer, said it would start flying two planes over areas affected by superstorm Sandy on Saturday, towing a banner with its claims number. The planes will fly from sunrise to sunset, with one covering the greater New York City area and the other the New Jersey coast. The insurer has already received nearly 76,000 claims for what is expected to be the second-worst natural disaster in U.S. history after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. ...

GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:11 AM PDT Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority after Tuesday's suspense-filled elections.

Insight: Sandy shows hospitals unprepared when disaster hits home Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:08 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kim Bondy was in New Orleans seven years ago when Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, and scores of patients died in flooded hospitals cut off from power. She never thought that she might face that danger herself. But on Monday night, as superstorm Sandy submerged parts of New York City, Bondy was one of 215 patients evacuated from New York University's Langone Medical Center after basement flooding from the East River cut off its electricity. ...

Pot town pushes back against industrial growers Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:37 AM PDT Happily isolated on California's remote Humboldt County coast, Arcata has long made room in its heart for marijuana, whether grown illegally in the back woods by refugees of the Summer of Love, or legally in the back rooms of homes by medical pot patients.

Romney, Obama try to eke out a win in campaign's last days Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:36 AM PDT NEWINGTON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama hopscotched across the country on Saturday in a final push to squeeze out victory from the handful of states that will decide Tuesday's presidential election. "Three more days! Three more days!" chanted a crowd of roughly 2,000 at an early-morning rally in New Hampshire, where Romney urged supporters to try to sway neighbors who have Obama signs in their yards to change their minds. ...

Syrian rebels attack air base to secure north-south corridor Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:33 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels attacked a military airport in the country's north on Saturday in a push to cut off Syria's biggest city Aleppo from the capital Damascus, and secure a strategic north-south corridor. President Bashar al-Assad's forces appear over-stretched with fewer fighters on the ground and have sought to limit rebel advances with far superior firepower, increasingly from the air and especially in the Aleppo and Damascus areas. ...

Factbox: Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:28 AM PDT (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, is pursuing the White House for the second time. Here are key facts about him. - Romney, 65, espouses traditional Republican positions to cut taxes, reduce federal regulations, shrink government spending and bolster the U.S. military. He vows to create 12 million new jobs in his first term with a plan focused on domestic energy development, expanded free trade, improving education, reducing the deficit and championing small business. ...

Factbox: Paul Ryan, Republican vice presidential candidate Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:28 AM PDT (Reuters) - Representative Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate in the 2012 election, is a "young gun" out of the Republican Party's more conservative wing. Here are key facts about Ryan. - Ryan, 42, a rising star among the fiscal conservatives who dominate the Republican Party, has served seven terms in the House of Representatives since first being elected in 1998 on a platform opposing tax hikes and espousing gun rights. ...

Factbox: How the Electoral College works Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:28 AM 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. ...

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. ...

At the end, Romney, Obama spar over voter revenge Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:41 AM PDT Reaching for the finish line, Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama embarked Saturday on the final 72-hour haul of their long, grinding quest for victory, swatting at one another over what should motivate Americans to vote, which candidate they can trust and offering dueling pictures of what the next four years should bring.

Will Jersey shore ever be the same after Sandy? Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:13 AM PDT It is one of the icons of America, the backdrop to a thousand stories — the place where Tony Soprano's nightmares unfolded, where Nucky Thompson built his "Boardwalk Empire", where Snooki and The Situation brought reality TV to the ocean's edge and where Springsteen conjured a world of love and loss and cars and carnival lights and a girl named, incongruously, Sandy.

NJ Phillips Bayway refinery still idle, assessing damages from Sandy Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:12 AM PDT (Reuters) - Phillips 66's 238,000 barrel per day Bayway refinery in Linden, New Jersey, remained idle on Saturday and the company gave no estimate on when the storm-stricken plant could resume crude oil processing. Electrical power was restored to Bayway earlier this week following Hurricane Sandy, but clean-up efforts and equipment damage assessments are still underway, the company said on its website. It was unclear how long repairs would take before the plant can restart. Bayway is the second-largest oil refinery in the region. ...

Life on the rope line: 10 minutes of Obama frenzy Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:03 AM PDT Kiss by kiss, handshake by handshake, President Barack Obama glides across the perimeter of a small tennis stadium, stooping to embrace white-haired retirees wearing dark sunglasses and extending his arms to shake hands or touch the masses a few rows back.

Power returning after Sandy but weariness grows Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:01 AM PDT More New Yorkers awoke Saturday to power being restored for the first time since Superstorm Sandy pummeled the region, but patience was wearing thin among those who have been without power for most of the week.

Life on the rope line: Lots of advice for Romney Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:00 AM PDT Mitt Romney calls it the "advice line."

George Lucas' filmmaking rooted in rebellion Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:00 AM PDT There's no mistaking the similarities. A childhood on a dusty farm, a love of fast vehicles, a rebel who battles an overpowering empire — George Lucas is the hero he created, Luke Skywalker.

Young immigrant, newly fearless, ponders future Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:54 AM PDT Angy Rivera glided through the airport as though she owned it, giddy with excitement at her brave new world.

Obama: Voters must be able to trust a president Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:53 AM PDT President Barack Obama says voters need to be able to trust their president because they can't predict what challenges he'll face in office.

Better off 4 years later? A mixed bag of answers Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:36 AM PDT It's a staple of every presidential election, a single question that puts the incumbent's record on trial and asks American voters to be the jurors.

Lonely quest for 3rd party presidential hopefuls Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:32 AM PDT The lone Virgil Goode campaign sign on a stretch of Virginia road was far outnumbered by placards promoting Mitt Romney.

Both sides of Mali crisis in Burkina Faso talks Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:24 AM PDT Opposing sides in Mali's crisis have arrived in Burkina Faso for talks with President Blaise Compaore, who is trying to mediate a solution to the conflict.

Kenya bull fight: Obama trounces Romney Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:23 AM PDT If the U.S. presidential election were to be determined by a bull fight in Kenya then President Barack Obama would defeat Mitt Romney.

Correction: Algeria-Terror Turnaround story Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:19 AM PDT In a story Nov. 2 about Algeria's battle against al-Qaida fighters in the Kabylie region, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the last name of an analyst for the Eurasia Group. His name is Riccardo Fabiani, not Fabbiani.

Israel: Syria tanks enter Golan DMZ Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:17 AM PDT Three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights on Saturday, prompting Israel to complain to U.N. peacekeepers, a military spokesman said. The foray would be the first such violation in 40 years and hikes concerns that violence from Syria's civil war could heat up a long-quiet frontier.

ELECTION WATCH: Test, test and test Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:15 AM PDT This is a test of election-related copy.

NHL labor talks resume after more than 2 weeks off Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:13 AM PDT After more than two weeks apart and the hockey season hanging in the balance, the NHL and the players' association are returning to the bargaining table Saturday after more than two weeks off.

Suspected jihadis kill 3 police in Egypt's Sinai Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:58 AM PDT Egyptian security officials say suspected Islamic militants have ambushed police in the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing three.

Pharaonic princess's tomb found near Cairo, Egypt Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:55 AM PDT Czech archaeologists have unearthed the 4,500-year-old tomb of a Pharaonic princess south of Cairo, in a finding that suggests other undiscovered tombs may be in the area, an official from Egypt's antiquities ministry said Saturday.

With can-do stance on marathon, mayor misreads NYC Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:47 AM PDT Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to sell the New York City Marathon as a symbolic victory for the city after a devastating storm, invoking two of the biggest symbols of them all — Rudy Giuliani and 9/11.

Misidentified 2010 plane crash victim reburied Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:46 AM PDT A repeat burial has been held for Poland's last president-in-exile, whose body was misidentified and buried in the wrong grave following the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed 96 people.

Factbox: Storm Sandy blamed for at least 110 deaths in U.S., Canada Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:45 AM PDT (Reuters) - Deaths in the United States and Canada blamed on Sandy, the ferocious storm that tore across the U.S. East Coast this week, rose to at least 110 on Saturday. In New York City, police said the storm took 40 lives, a reduction of one from previous reports because of what the police department called the reclassification of some deaths that occurred during and after the storm. About half the victims were on Staten Island, the borough that lies across New York Harbor from lower Manhattan. Twenty-two deaths were reported by authorities in hard-hit New Jersey, and 13 in Pennsylvania. ...

Merkel: Euro debt crisis will last 5 years or more Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:40 AM PDT German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe's sovereign debt crisis will last at least five more years.

Serena: Matter of time until No. 1 again Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:39 AM PDT In the midst of the Williams sisters' first bustling visit to Africa, Serena wasn't quite sure which country she was in Saturday.

PSEG works to restore power to 600,000 NJ customers after Sandy Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:37 AM PDT (Reuters) - New Jersey-based utility Public Service Enterprise Group said on Saturday that more than 600,000 of its customers remain without power following Hurricane Sandy, but it has been able to restore power to some 1.1 million customers so far. PSEG CEO Ralph LaRossa said during a conference call that the utility has brought all of its 42 switching stations back into operation and has restored operations at 220 of its 240 substations. That has helped return power to most PSEG customers affected by Sandy. At the peak of outages earlier this week, some 1. ...

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