Some polls in Galveston County got off to a late start due to mechanical glitches.
GOP candidate waves to hundreds of supporters cheering for him at a Pittsburgh parking lot.
Washington police have found a cell that may be just right for the suspect who allegedly broke into two college apartments, eating in one and going to bed in the other. Police in Everett, Wash., were called to an apartment at Everett Community College early...
GOP vice presidential nominee thanks volunteers, supporters at the Henrico County Victory Center.
In two small moments today, one an old tradition, the other an unexpected surprise, President Obama and Mitt Romney each glimpsed victory in today's election. Obama played his traditional pre-election basketball game and Romney was surprised by a big crowd at an Ohio airport.
Rev. Jesse Jackson reports high turnout among black voters in swing state Ohio; Harlem voters also flock to the polls.
RICHMOND, Va.–Paul Ryan made a lightning-fast stop at a campaign office here, thanking and revving up supporters as the minutes left until the polls close tick by. The GOP vice presidential nominee stopped by the Henrico County Victory Center as volunteers were still making calls...
President Obama today rebuffed as “nonsense” the insinuation by Sen. John McCain and other Republicans that the administration had engaged in a “cover-up” of botched security planning and response at the American consulate in Benghazi surrounding the attack on Sept. 11. “Any allegations of cover-up...
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We know how Carl Rove and James Carville are betting on the election. But how about Vinnie The Gimp, Hot Horse Herbie and Nathan Detroit? Gamblers have long shown themselves to be accurate predictors of U.S. presidential elections. So, who are they betting on this time—and by what margin? They're betting on Obama. By how much depends on what group of gamblers you ask. Some of the biggest can be found laying down Presidential bets on gambling websites such as Intrade (based in Ireland) and on online U.K. bookmakers Ladbrokes and William Hill. Presidential betting doesn't take place in Las Vegas (at least not legally), since U.S. law forbids it domestically....
As voters head to the poll today to choose between Mitt Romney and President Obama, thousands of lawyers and poll watchers from both camps are engaged in their own parallel battle over which votes will be counted. The first shot fired in the battle came this morning in Philadelphia, Pa., where Republican officials protested to the state's Court of Common pleas that their inspectors were being blocked from polling places.
Whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney win the White House in November, this election will be unprecedented.
A mass shooting happened this morning at Valley Protein in Fresno, California. The suspect, Lawrence Jones, is among the three fatalities.
"World News" anchor discusses early voting and the state of the presidential race.
Beam me up … an absentee ballot? It turns out there’s no distance too far for absentee voting on Election Day. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the option of voting from space, thanks to savvy technology and a 1997 bill passed by...
As voters head to the poll today to choose between Mitt Romney and President Obama, thousands of lawyers and poll watchers from both camps are engaged in their own parallel battle over which votes will be counted. The first shot fired in the battle came this morning in Philadelphia, Pa., where Republican officials protested to the state's Court of Common pleas that their inspectors were being blocked from polling places.
Voters wait up to three hours to cast their ballots at polling sites.
Damage from Hurricane Sandy may be bad news for home owners, but it's good news for plumbers, carpenters, tree-surgeons, trash-haulers, carpet-cleaners, scrap dealers and a host of other business whose services are now in peak demand. Bernard Baumohl, executive director of the Economic Outlook Group in Princeton, N.J., predicts that recovery efforts in the Northeast will add half a percentage point to U.S. GDP. "We're looking at some jaor reconstruction taking palce at homes, boats, bridges, boardwalks, parks and public transportation," he told the Newark Star-Ledger Sunday.