Associated Press

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Mitt Romney says the nation's debt could grow to almost $20 trillion if the country re-elects President Barack Obama.

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New Republican-leaning groups are entering the presidential advertising fray as polling suggests Mitt Romney's campaign may be losing ground against President Barack Obama in key swing states.

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The state Department of Revenue is proposing new regulations governing Louisiana's alternative fuel vehicle tax credit to limit estimated program costs to $10 million a year.

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A Texas school district has revised its corporal punishment policy to allow administrators of either sex to paddle boys and girls — as long as a school official of the same gender is present.

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As Mitt Romney joins running mate Paul Ryan in Ohio for two days of campaigning, a new poll suggests the Republican ticket has some ground to make up.

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Six weeks from Election Day, President Barack Obama's campaign has momentum — and a big case of nerves. Top advisers are both relishing in Obama's edge in key battleground state polling and warning it can change in an instant.

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Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says the Obama administration's requirement that employers, including Catholic ones, be required to offer contraception coverage is an "assault on religious liberty."

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President Barack Obama's campaign is launching a new offensive against Republican Mitt Romney today, blasting the GOP nominee for criticizing Americans who don't pay income taxes without having "come clean" about his own.

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A Houston police officer has fatally shot a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair after police say the double amputee waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Barack Obama has been working to spoil Republican hopes for a resurgence in pivotal Wisconsin.

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