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Swing state could go either way in presidential race

Add one more high-profile name to the list of those making surprising, last-minute stops to Pennsylvania just days before Election Day: Former President Bill Clinton.


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Distraught mother tried to enter home but was turned away

Mother tells of searching for shelter only to be refused entry., before her boys, aged two and four, were swept away.


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Case is the latest in FBI sting operations that some have called entrapment

(CNN) -- A Massachusetts man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol building and the Pentagon with remote-controlled airplanes loaded with plastic explosives.


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Many feel holding the race in the middle of a crisis is a slap in the face to the victims

(CNN) -- Recchia and other critics are suggesting that marathon runners and race volunteers turn their focus instead to handing out food and water to storm victims.


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Sandusky moved to

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier has been charged with several counts in the child rape scandal at the university, including perjury, conspiracy, and endangering the welfare of children.


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Private sector hiring jumped in October, according to a report released Thursday by payroll processor ADP.


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Does the Fourth Amendment prevent police from searching based on a scent?

Supreme Court looks at cases involving drug-sniffing dogs, police searches and the Fourth Amendment


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Social issues and religion at center of campaign

Focus on the Family, the Colorado-based social conservative organization founded by evangelical author and radio host James Dobson, is targeting Iowa voters with a mailing that quotes President Obama as saying "we are no longer a Christian nation."


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Obama has edge but race has tightened

A new Franklin and Marshall poll shows a close contest for Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes.


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George Romney was behind plan to end segregation

A few months after Congress passed a landmark law directing the federal government to dismantle segregation in the nation's housing, President Nixon's housing chief began plotting a stealth campaign.


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