Total Seats: 100, 37 Open | Majority Needed: 51 Projected seats based on RCP poll data. Last update: Fri Oct 29, 4:17 am ET
Total Seats: 435, 435 Open | Majority Needed: 218 Projected seats based on RCP poll data. Last update: Fri Oct 29, 4:17 am ET
Total Seats: 50, 37 Open | Majority Needed: 26 Projected seats based on RCP poll data. Last update: Fri Oct 29, 4:17 am ET
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MENTAWAI ISLANDS, Indonesia – Costly warning systems installed across Asia since the deadly 2004 tsunami did nothing to save villagers on these remote Indonesian islands who saw homes and loved ones swept away by a giant wave this week. Full Story »
The origin of Halloween is a far cry from modern tradition's vampires, trick-or-treating and candy corn. Dating back about 2,000 years, Halloween was originally called Samhain, and marked the beginning of the Celtic New Year. Full Story »
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan health workers say an epidemic that may be malaria has killed dozens of people, decimating three villages of the Yanomami Indians, whose struggle for survival in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest has attracted worldwide support. Full Story »
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam's first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting on Saturday, Kremlin sources said. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The final scheduled mission of space shuttle Discovery was delayed another 24 hours to next Wednesday as technicians struggled to repair leaks in a pressurization system, NASA said on Saturday. Full Story »
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental cancer drug is proving effective in treating the lung cancers of some patients whose tumors carry a certain genetic mutation, new studies show. Full Story »
AP CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Last-minute leak repairs have again pushed back space shuttle Discovery's final launch, this time until Wednesday. Full Story »
AFP/File WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to illegally selling and exporting African elephant ivory, a violation of the Endangered Species Act. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES - Home improvement chain Lowe's HIW, Inc. will pay $2.75 million to a Southern California air quality agency for selling paints and coatings that contain smog-forming ingredients. Full Story »
AP More wet weather was in the forecast for the West, while a pleasant autumn day was anticipated across the rest of the nation Saturday. A trough of low pressure was expected to continue moving eastward, toward the West Coast and continue pushing a cold front onshore. Full Story »
A new Russian cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station today to deliver tons of food and supplies including the treat of fresh fruit to the orbiting lab's crew just in time for Halloween. Full Story »
TUESDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- New research challenges previous assumptions about how to treat metastatic colon cancer in patients with a certain genetic mutation. Full Story »
Reuters HOUSTON (Reuters) - Federal investigators will have access to materials Halliburton Co used in the cementing job on BP Plc's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well after a New Orleans federal judge overseeing litigation related to the disaster ordered its release. Full Story »
Reuters JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted on Thursday for the second time in a week, blasting vast plumes of ash into the sky, as the death toll from the initial eruption and a tsunami that hit remote western islands reached 377. Full Story »
Hundreds of protesters who blame U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal for Haiti's widening cholera epidemic marched on a rural military base Friday to demand the soldiers leave the country. Full Story »
U.S. stocks ended on a flat note on Friday, wrapping up another strong month driven by expectations the Federal Reserve will flood the economy with cash next week. Full Story »
The Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pickup along the rocky, pocked earth that serves as a road. No power except from haphazard cables strung overhead illegally. Full Story »
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