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Trump: I have "very big" news on Obama

Posted: 6:25 AM Donald Trump is once again attempting to insert himself into the presidential election announcing that he has a "big announcement" pertaining to President Obama that could "possibly" impact the election.

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Poll: Decisive win for Obama in final debate

Posted: 6:21 AM President Obama scored a clear two-to-one victory against Mitt Romney during the final presidential debate Monday night, according to a CBS News instant poll of uncommitted voters.

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MTSU to analyze campaign attack ads

Updated: 6:08 AM As the presidential campaign heads into the final days, Middle Tennessee State University is examining how negative advertising and attack ads are effective and why they flood the airwaves.

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Nearly 1 in 10 Tennessee voters already voted

Updated: 2:04 PM After only four days, nearly 10% of registered voters in Tennessee have hit the polls, according to new numbers from the Tennessee Secretary of State's Office.

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In debates and life, Romney likes the rules

Posted: 10:14 AM The Republican candidate is quick to poke holes in his rival's arguments. But he's just as ready to take the moderator to task when he believes the predetermined ground rules have been breached.

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Candidates seek foreign policy edge in 3rd debate

Posted: 10:12 AM Barack Obama and Mitt Romney head into their third and final debate with each man eager to project an aura of personal strength and leadership while raising doubts about the other guy.

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Wyoming Democrat wages lonely congressional fight

Posted: 6:24 AM Chris Henrichsen's hopeful knocking on doors only disturbed the afternoon naps of dogs in a previously quiet Casper neighborhood. Then he finally hit pay dirt: Someone actually answered.

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McGovern's political career only part of legacy

Posted: 6:20 AM George McGovern never slowed down, never stopped working — not even after losing the 1972 presidential race in a historic landslide that would have politically felled many others

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San Diego media baron promotes conservative causes

Posted: 6:11 AM The new media barons of America's eighth-largest city are upfront about wanting to use their newspaper to promote their agenda of downtown development and politically conservative causes.

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CNN: Obama spoke longer; Romney spoke more

Updated: 7:45 AM CNN said Thursday that Romney spoke more words in both debates than Obama, even though the network's on-air clock showed Obama had more speaking time.

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Over 120,000 turn out for 1st day of voting

Posted: 1:42 PM Voters couldn't wait to get to the polls for the first day of early voting. According to Secretary of State Blake Fontenay, 121,406 people turned up on Wednesday to cast their ballots.

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Tennessean ends Democratic trend, endorses Romney

Posted: 1:28 PM An editorial published Thursday expressed disappointment with the campaign tone set by Romney and President Barack Obama and the lack of clarity on what either would do if elected.

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Family: Ex-Sen. McGovern 'no longer responsive'

Posted: 6:54 AM McGovern was the Democratic presidential candidate who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972. He was a member of the U.S. House from 1957 to 1961 and a U.S. senator from 1963 to 1981

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Incumbent Rep. Stephen Fincher got bill passed

Posted: 1:05 PM The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act was supported by business groups because its aim is to make it easier for small, private firms to get venture capital through initial public offerings.

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After Clinton, Obama takes Benghazi responsibility

Posted: 8:13 AM With three weeks before the presidential election, the administration has been unable to put to rest its handling of the Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens

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1 debate left; 2 alphas wage fight of their lives

Posted: 6:41 AM President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred with passion and grit in a debate that keeps circling back to bedrock questions about which candidate can do more to strengthen the fragile economy.

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Obama out to seize momentum from Romney in debate

Posted: 6:36 AM The pressure is on President Barack Obama to deliver a Goldilocks performance in the second debate: Not too cool, as he was in his first, listless encounter with Mitt Romney.

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In debates, listening is as important as talking

Posted: 6:34 AM These might sound like simple principles, but it seems that candidates sometimes forget that during debates, they're being watched not just when they're speaking, but when they're listening.

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