By CALVIN WOODWARD and TOM RAUM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style presidential debate, the facts took something of a beating Tuesday night.
Mitt Romney wrongly claimed that it took 14 days for President Barack Obama to brand the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya a terrorist act. Obama yet again
...By JULIE PACE and NANCY BENAC
Associated Press
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Two alphas in the fight of their lives, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred with passion and grit in a debate that previewed the closing arguments of a campaign that keeps circling back to bedrock questions about which candidate can do more to strengthen the
...DENVER (AP) - Denver police believe a bar was set fire to hide the slayings of the five people found inside who apparently were killed by other means.
The blaze at Fero's Bar & Grill was reported around closing time at 2 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Robert White said.
Firefighters
...NEW YORK (AP) - Disgraced former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik has surfaced from prison to testify at a perjury trial in the Bronx.
The 57-year-old Kerik began testifying Monday in the case of two brothers accused of lying about renovations done on Kerik's apartment while he was a
...NEW YORK (AP) - Nike has severed ties with famed cyclist Lance Armstrong, citing insurmountable evidence that he participated in doping and misled the company about those activities for more than a decade.
The clothing and footwear company said Wednesday that it terminated Armstrong's contract "with great sadness."
"Nike does not condone the use of
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