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KOGELO, Kenya (AP) — Waving her cane and smiling broadly, the step-grandmother of Barack Obama celebrated his reelection in Kogelo, the home of Barack Obama's father. The family matriarch is Sarah Obama, who was the second wife of the president's late grandfather. "Take the great job that people have given to you and lead them […]
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in 2013 that has bedeviled efforts to enact his major legislation. "Now that the election is […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday's presidential election results showed the American voting public has not only become more permanently diverse in its makeup, but also in its mindset. Obama bet, and won, on the assumption that the electorate would retain much of the age, ethnic and racial diversity he brought out in 2008. But across the […]
Chrysler celebrated Election Day by giving their employees a day off to go vote. The car company openly expressed their support for President Barack Obama after he decided to help bail out the industry. The car manufacturer accounts for one in eight jobs in Ohio. Chrysler’s vice president of design Ralph Gilles sent out a […]
A candidate vying for an Ohio Senate seat is struggling to win the approval of his in-laws. Republican candidate Josh Mandel spent his campaign reinforcing his values against gay marriage and gay military members. He is currently running against Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. While trying to convince Ohio constitutes to support him in the polls, […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is making an unannounced stop in Cleveland. Biden voted Tuesday morning in his home state of Delaware and then boarded a plane for Chicago, where he's joining President Barack Obama to await the election returns. An hour after takeoff, the small group of reporters traveling with the vice […]
Before joining her husband in Iowa for his last campaign stop on Monday, First Lady Michelle Obama made an appeal to voters in the swing state of Florida. “We are going to get this done,” she told the crowd in Orlando Park Monday night, reminding supporters on the eve of the election that it’s “all […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill has won re-election in Missouri, holding off Rep. Todd Akin who came under fire for saying women had ways of preventing pregnancies in the case of "legitimate rape." McCaskill's victory denies Republicans a seat they'd hoped to pick up before Akin's comments. Democrats have picked up two Senate seats […]
POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (AP) — Election Day turnout was heavy Tuesday in several storm-ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey, a welcome change from crisis to catharsis for many who saw exercising their civic duty as a sign of normalcy amid lingering devastation. Lines were long in Point Pleasant, N.J., where residents from the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Northeast coastal residents got some good news Wednesday. Weather experts say that a new storm that threatens to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts on Wednesday now looks like it will be weaker than expected. The storm on Tuesday was moving from Florida toward the Atlantic. As it moves up the coast […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren has unseated Republican Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts, giving Democrats their second pickup of the night of a Republican Senate seat. Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly also won a seat the GOP had held for decades in Indiana, beating back a challenge from tea party favorite Richard Mourdock. Republicans have also […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted fewer job openings in September after advertising more in August than first estimated. The Labor Department says job openings dropped by 100,000 to 3.56 million, the fewest in five months. August's openings were revised up to 3.66 million. Employers also filled fewer of their available positions in September. However, […]
