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Ten signs Election Day is over
It's been a long slog of a campaign and many Americans - whether their favored candidate won or lost - are just relieved it's...
Barack Obama addresses looming fiscal cliff
President Barack Obama will make a statement on the economy later, setting the stage for a political showdown over a looming budget crisis. Barack Obama...
Black Friday 2012: Wal-Mart opens stores on Thanksgiving Day at 8 pm
2012 Black Friday sales will have Wal-Mart throwing open their doors earlier than ever before. Opening at 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, two hours earlier...
McDonald’s Follansbee flies US flag upside-down as businesses close for a day of mourning after Barack Obama’s re-election
Several American businesses reacted to the news of President Barack Obama’s re-election with both anger and despair, as one McDonald’s location hung the US...
Most racist states of America: map reveals hateful tweets following Barack Obama’s re-election
Many of Americans were upset when Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney lost the election and most of them used social media to post shockingly...
SEAL Team Six disciplined for revealing secrets as consultants on Medal of Honor: Warfighter video game
Seven US Navy SEAL's have been disciplined for revealing secrets during work as paid consultants on a video game, officials say. They received reprimand letters...
New York fuel rationing based on number plate begins on Friday
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered number plate-based petrol rationing, 10 days after Hurricane Sandy battered the city. Fuel shortages since the superstorm hit...
Snow Storm batters New York and New Jersey leaving FEMA offices closed due to bad weather
A strong winter storm last night dumped heavy snow on New York and New Jersey, also pummeled by Hurricane Sandy last week - even...
Gabrielle Giffords faces Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner in court
Gabrielle Giffords has attended court to see Jared Lee Loughner, the gunman who shot her in Arizona last year, sentenced to life in prison. Jared...
How Barack Obama won 2012 election
President Barack Obama won re-election with a similar coalition that carried him to the presidency in 2008: women, young voters, African Americans and Latinos. But...
Winter storm hits New York and New Jersey
Tens of thousands of residents in New York and New Jersey have again lost power as a winter storm hit areas still recovering from...
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, Innocence of Muslims filmmaker, in jail for probation violations
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the US man behind anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims that led to mass protests in the Middle East has been sentenced...
Barack Obama returns to White House for four more years of challenges
Barack Obama wasted little time on Wednesday as he headed back to Washington hours after celebrating his election victory in Chicago and securing a...
Mitt Romney Team accidentally releases victory website after he officially lost
Wednesday after Election Day, Roll Call's Political Wire posted screen grabs of some of the pages from the website that Mitt Romney and Paul...
Dow Jones plunges 300 points after Barack Obama re-election as Wall St suffers worst day of the year
New York stocks on Wednesday night took fright at the outcome of the American presidential election as the world braced itself for prolonged and...
2012 Mitt Romney concession speech in full
Mitt Romney thanked family and campaigners for support in his concession speech after admitting defeat in 2012 US election. Congratulating Barack Obama on his win,...
2012 Barack Obama acceptance speech in full
Barack Obama announced that the “best is yet to come” during a moving acceptance speech as the news came that he had been re-elected...
Nor’easter threatens to hit East Coast with 60 mph winds and snow on Wednesday
As relief efforts continue for the thousands of Northeasterners impacted by Superstorm Sandy, a new storm on Wednesday threatens to bring chilly temperatures and...
Empire State Building bathed in blue light to mark Barack Obama’s victory
The Empire State Building was bathed in blue light on Election Night as Barack Obama won a second term in office. Two columns of light,...
Donald Trump calls for a revolution after disgusting injustice, sham and travesty of Barack Obama’s re-election
Moments after Barack Obama’s victory was projected by several news outlets last night, Donald Trump took to Twitter to voice his outrage, demanding a...
Diane Sawyer drunk during ABC News election coverage
Diane Sawyer's Election Night performance left some viewers asking if she had begun celebrating Tuesday's election a bit early. Co-anchoring ABC News' coverage, the veteran...
Barack Obama Twitter: Four more years
Barack Obama won re-election to the White House tonight with a landslide victory over Mitt Romney, according to projections from most of the television...
Barack Obama re-elected as US president
Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican rival Mitt Romney. With results in from most states, Barack Obama has secured the...
2012 Election Results So Far
2012 Election: voting results so far Alabama (9 electoral votes) Mitt Romney 61% (1,245,221 votes) Barack Obama 38% (787,027 votes) Alaska (3 electoral votes) Mitt Romney 55% (120,329...
Pennsylvania voting machine turns vote for Barack Obama into one for Mitt Romney
An electronic voting machine in Pennsylvania has been removed from service after it changed votes for Barack Obama into those for Mitt Romney. An 18-second...
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