Korva Coleman

Good morning, here are our top stories:

Nor'Easter Adds Fear To Misery In N.Y. And N.J.

Texas Judge Who Beat His Daughter Is Reinstated To Bench.

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Good morning, here are our top stories:

For Obama, Vindication, Not A Mandate.

World Reacts To Obama's Reelection.

Republicans Keep The House; Democrats To Retain Senate.

Happy Election Day! Here's our top stories:

Guide For The Day: An Election Day Timeline.

It's Election Day: 10 Headlines That Tell Today's Story.

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Good Thursday morning, here are our early stories:

Halloween Horror: Hurricane Sandy Could Be 'Billion-Dollar Storm'.

Colin Powell Endorses Obama Again.

A startling new report finds freshly graduated college women will likely face this hurdle when entering the work world: they're worth less than equally educated men.

The American Association of University Women is releasing a new study that shows when men and women attend the same kind of college, pick the same major and accept the same kind of job, on average, the woman will still earn 82 cents to every dollar that a man earns.

During a televised debate Thursday on Chicago's WTTW, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) reiterated his opposition to abortion in any circumstance. It's similar to the Republican Party's national platform, which doesn't have any exceptions for abortion in the case of rape or incest. Walsh is taking it a step further — banning abortion to save the life of the mother.

A huge explosion in central Beirut has killed at least eight people and wounded at least 78, state media in Lebanon are reporting, according to NPR's Kelly McEvers. The target of the bomb isn't clear, but Reuters says the blast occurred on the same street that's home to a political group that opposes Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Unsuspecting motorists got either a shiver or a laugh yesterday morning in Portland, Maine as they drove by a construction site whose warning sign had been hacked: instead of the typical caution, they were told 'Warning Zombies Ahead!'

Portland authorities are not amused.

"These (signs) are deployed and used as a safety precaution. They're not a toy," Portland spokeswoman Nicole Clegg told the Portland Press Herald. She says the prank is a crime.

RealtyTrac, an online industry group that follows the foreclosure market, says the number of foreclosed properties nationally dropped dramatically in September, down by seven percent from August. And the firm says since September 2011, foreclosures are down 16 percent — that's the lowest total since July 2007.

Good Wednesday morning - here are our early stories:

Chemistry Nobel Goes To Scientists Who Studied Body's Receptors.

Jack Welch Says He Was 'Right About That Strange Jobs Report'.

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