Efforts to mislead, pressure voters intensify
WASHINGTON - Some voters are being told they can cast their ballot by phone. Others are being pressured by their employer to vote Republican. Misleading and intimidating tactics typically reserved for the final days before an election are already in play. Full Article
U.S. sues Bank of America over "Hustle" mortgage fraud
- The United States filed a civil mortgage fraud lawsuit against Bank of America Corp , accusing it of selling thousands of toxic home loans that later defaulted to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , leading to more than $1 billion of losses.
Euro zone business downturn deepens
LONDON - Euro zone businesses in October suffered their worst month since the bloc emerged from its last recession more than three years ago, forcing them to cut more jobs to reduce costs. Full Article
White House told of militants hours after attack
WASHINGTON - Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show. Full Article
Young immigrants cautiously step out of shadow
TAMPA, Florida - With the help of creative lawyers, many young undocumented immigrants are embracing deferred deportation. Others are waiting until after the election, worried that the initiative could be canceled under a Romney administration. Full Article
Nevada struggles with the dark side of Macau
The Asian casino boom has been a godsend for gaming companies, but it has left the Nevada Gaming Control Board facing difficult questions about how to confront the influence of Asian organized crime, both overseas and inside the state. Full Article
Violence surges on Israel-Gaza frontier
JERUSALEM - Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza and an Israeli air strike killed a militant in a surge of violence after the Emir of Qatar embraced the enclave's Hamas leadership with a visit. Full Article
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Pakistan's threat within: The Sunni-Shia divide
GILGIT, Pakistan - Across Pakistan, violent Sunni radicals are on the march against the nation's Shi'ite minority. Secretive groups like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi are aiming to stoke the intense sectarian violence that has pushed countries like Iraq close to civil war. Full Article
Heat turned up on BBC over sex abuse scandal
LONDON - The British government warned the BBC that a growing sex abuse scandal was raising "very real concerns" about public trust in the broadcaster. Full Article
Trading at Noon: Facebook soars and Netflix sinks
Oct 24 - Investors friend Facebook, Netflix sinks further and Zynga sends workers packing.
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Arabs grudgingly favor Obama
CAIRO - Many in the Middle East believe Barack Obama failed to deliver on promises of a new U.S. approach in the region but still prefer him to presidential rival Mitt Romney, who they see as too close to Israel and too keen to project military might. Full Article
The odd disappearance of Paul Ryan
Instead of reinvigorating Mitt Romney’s campaign with bold, radical evocations of a brave new world where old people clutching vouchers buy pensions on the open market, Ryan, it appears, has been hidden away lest he frighten the horses. Commentary
May the odds be ever in your favor
Political predictors like Nate Silver and Intrade are a renaissance, not a revolution. Despite being different touchstones, their success springs from the same well: a human desire to forecast the unknown, and a modern desire to do it with data. Commentary
Are the big banks winning?
The big banks pay lip-service to the goals of Dodd-Frank, but they’re mounting bitter actions in federal courts to block meaningful constraints and regulations on procedural and other grounds. This is an ominous turn of events. Commentary
Unrealistic Nobel economics
Matchmaking theory won Lloyd Shapley and Alvin Roth the Nobel prize for economics. It is simple, slightly illuminating for economists, occasionally useful for everyone – and profoundly misleading. Commentary
Why "peace" was the catchphrase of the presidential debate
Nation building at home trumped nation building abroad in the presidential debate Monday, and small business won as many mentions from the nominees as the death of Osama bin Laden. It was no accident that the contenders talked about teachers more than Libya. Commentary
Romney’s Etch a Sketch foreign policy
In last night's debate, Mitt Romney showed tremendous flexibility about changing his views. But instead of offering a coherent alternative, he mostly exhibited an electoral strategy. Commentary
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The Great Tablet Wars of 2012
iPad Mini is just the start - by year end the market will be flooded with new tablets competing to lure users on price, size and speed. Video
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