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Obama wins re-election, makes history again
Nov 07, 2012 00:29 EST
US President Barack Obama swept to re-election Tuesday, creating history again by defying the undertow of a slow economic recovery and high unemployment to beat Republican foe Mitt Romney.
With key wins, Obama takes strides to re-election
Nov 06, 2012 22:16 EST
President Barack Obama took two big strides towards re-election Tuesday by blocking Mitt Romney's grab for Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the first key states called in their bitter White House race.
Tense wait for Obama, Romney on election night
Nov 06, 2012 21:00 EST
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney steeled themselves for nervous hours Tuesday as polls closed in the first of the key swing states that will decide their tight and bitter White House duel.
Voters turn out in force for Obama-Romney finale
Nov 06, 2012 19:31 EST
Voters turned out in force for Tuesday's US election, in many cases lining up for hours to have the last word in the hard-fought race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Memorable quotes on US election day
Nov 06, 2012 18:50 EST
As Americans vote Tuesday in a cliff-hanger presidential election, here are some memorable election day quotes:
Obama or Romney? US voters head to the polls
Nov 06, 2012 16:21 EST
Tens of millions of Americans trooped to polling stations on Tuesday to give their final verdict on Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's close-fought battle for the White House.
Storm chaos sets election obstacle course
Nov 06, 2012 15:49 EST
Adora Agim had lined up before dawn to vote in Hoboken, New Jersey, but already the sun was up and the doors to her polling station in the storm-ravaged city remained shut.
In sunshine and storm's wake, Americans line up to vote
Nov 06, 2012 13:21 EST
From storm-ravaged New Jersey to a sun-kissed California, millions of Americans lined up Tuesday to vote in the dramatic climax of a hard-fought race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Storm chaos leaves election obstacle course
Nov 06, 2012 11:50 EST
Adora Agim had lined up before dawn to vote in Hoboken, New Jersey, but already the sun was up and the doors to her polling station in her storm-ravaged city remained shut.
Voters grumble in storm-hit US state
Nov 06, 2012 10:45 EST
Impatient New Jersey voters queued up amid rubble and rotting rubbish left by superstorm Sandy as US presidential election officials scrambled to open makeshift polling stations on time.
In dark and cold, Americans cast first ballots
Nov 06, 2012 10:23 EST
From a New England hamlet to a critical swing state neighboring Washington's halls of power to the storm-scarred streets of New York, Americans lined up Tuesday to cast ballots for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.
Sandy's wrath lingers in US as toll nears 100
Nov 02, 2012 04:20 EDT
A grim routine set in Friday as superstorm Sandy's US victims struggled to adjust to gas lines, power outages and temporary housing while the death toll from the monster cyclone approached 100.
Sandy's wrath lingers in battered US northeast
Nov 02, 2012 03:15 EDT
A grim routine set in Friday as superstorm Sandy's US victims struggled to adjust to gas lines, power outages and temporary housing while the death toll from the monster cyclone approached 100.
US storm toll soars as New York subway reopens
Nov 02, 2012 02:06 EDT
The death toll from superstorm Sandy neared 100 even as New York struggled back to life amid all the suffering, with the first subway trains rolling in four days.
Sandy death toll mounts as New York subway rolls again
Nov 01, 2012 18:03 EDT
The toll of death and suffering from superstorm Sandy mounted on Thursday even as New York struggled back to life, with the first subway trains rolling in four days.
Sandy turns New Jersey town into oily swamp
Nov 01, 2012 15:41 EDT
Another day living among Army National Guard troops, the stench of leaking oil, cold, darkness, and swamp-like mud in the streets left residents of one of New York's richest suburbs wondering Thursday when they'll ever recover from Hurricane Sandy.
US struggles with Sandy desolation, NY subway rolls
Nov 01, 2012 12:41 EDT
Troops rescued more people from storm-flooded homes on Thursday and millions remained without power along the US East Coast even as New York struggled back to life with the first subway trains rolling in four days.
Obama tours disaster zone as Sandy's toll mounts
Nov 01, 2012 04:50 EDT
President Barack Obama toured New Jersey's devastated coastline, vowing to stay with flood victims "for the long haul" as the US toll from superstorm Sandy passed 70.
Obama tours disaster zone as Sandy toll passes 60
Nov 01, 2012 00:29 EDT
President Barack Obama toured New Jersey's devastated coastline on Wednesday, vowing to stay with flood victims "for the long haul" as the US toll from superstorm Sandy passed 60.
New York re-emerges from Sandy damage
Oct 31, 2012 18:06 EDT
Storm-battered New York got slowly back on its feet on Wednesday, with Wall Street and two of the city's airports up and running after a monster storm that left more than 50 Americans dead.
