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On Iran, Obama has said the military option is on the table. During the debate, Biden said the military option should be the 'absolute last resort'

(CNN) -- Foreign policy will get increased attention in the two debates left between President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, with the final debate set to be entirely devoted to the subject.


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Purpose of debate is to get beyond what people have already heard

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- CNN chief political correspondent Candy Crowley will moderate the second presidential debate, to be held Tuesday at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.

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The postal service is on track to surpass an original estimate of $285 million, which includes the haul from local races nationwide

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- The 2012 election season couldn't have come at a better time for the U.S. Postal Service.


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A deluge of reports on the U.S. economy will give investors a status report on the nation's economic health in the three weeks before Nov. 6

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Investors have a lot to contend with this week, as U.S. economic data, earnings reports and developments out of the eurozone will make waves.


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Obama is off of the campaign trail Saturday, though he travels to Williamsburg, Va., where he will prepare for Tuesday's presidential debate in New York

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama and a Republican congressional candidate focused on the economy during their Saturday weekly addresses.


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He had said as late last month that he wouldn't be performing in the 2012 election

(CNN) -- Two very high profile surrogates will be campaigning for President Barack Obama in the crucial battleground state of Ohio next week


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Some are worried about police naming those accused of soliciting prostitution

(CNN) -- An image on the website of Pura Vida Studio, in the picturesque Maine town of Kennebunk, shows 18 smiling women and one man flushed after an arduous dance workout. But that's not the full picture, authorities say.


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Catholics have voted with the winning presidential candidate in every election since the early 1990s

(CNN) -- It was the first-ever debate between two Roman Catholics vying for a White House perch, and in Thursday's face-off between Vice President Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, the question was put plainly: How does your faith shape your position on abortion?


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Gilbert Thomas Collar was naked and sweating profusely

(CNN) -- The shooting of an unarmed and naked Alabama university student killed in a late-night confrontation with a campus police officer appears to be unjustified, the lawyer for the young man's family said Thursday.


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He warned America's critical infrastructure - its electrical power grid, water plants and transportation systems - are threatened by foreign actors
(CNN) -- The United States must beef up its cyber defenses or suffer as it did on September 11, 2001 for failing to see the warning signs ahead of that devastating terrorist attack, the Secretary of Defense told a group of business leaders in New York Thursday night.

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