Everything you need for the 2014 midterms

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• Everything you need for the 2014 midterms
• Jon Stewart on GOP's 'message' strategy: Terrorism and Ebola
• Republicans expect gains, but many races close on Election Day
• Minnesota Vikings' Peterson reaches plea deal to avoid jail: media reports
• Oklahoma Supreme Court halts certain abortion restrictions
• How the economy could win if the GOP sweeps the midterms
• NFL star Adrian Peterson makes plea deal in felony child-abuse case
• Tea Party 'has completely...ruined the Republican Party,' says former Nixon aide
• Can't find your f*#@&$%! polling place? Consult this web site
• Midterms and marijuana: What's at stake for legalization
• Police detain Mexico mayor, wife in case of 43 missing students
• Calif. family mourns 3 teen girls killed on Halloween
• Ga. governor courts black voters, testing larger GOP strategy
• 6 most aggressive GOP attempts to tie Obama to Dem candidates
• Controversy over 40K ‘missing voters’ in Georgia raises racial tensions

Everything you need for the 2014 midterms Posted: 04 Nov 2014 01:23 AM PST No need to monitor all 507 House, Senate and governor contests. We've boiled it down.

Jon Stewart on GOP's 'message' strategy: Terrorism and Ebola Posted: 04 Nov 2014 09:53 AM PST On the eve of Tuesday's midterm elections, the "Daily Show" host summarized what he says were the GOP's "closing arguments" for the Republican Party's potential takeover of the U.S. Senate.

Republicans expect gains, but many races close on Election Day Posted: 04 Nov 2014 10:44 AM PST By Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters in the United States took to the polls on Tuesday, casting ballots in midterm elections where Republicans are poised to make gains and possibly recapture control of the U.S. Senate in a race that could complicate President Barack Obama's last two years in office. Obama's low job approval rating, partisan gridlock in Washington and a U.S. ...

Minnesota Vikings' Peterson reaches plea deal to avoid jail: media reports Posted: 04 Nov 2014 10:45 AM PST By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has reached a plea deal to charges of abusing his 4-year-old son that would see him avoid any jail time, media reports said on Tuesday. Peterson is scheduled to appear in a Texas court on Tuesday to face a child abuse charge for striking his son with a thin tree branch as a form of punishment, leaving the child bruised. Peterson is among a handful of National Football League players recently charged, convicted or implicated with domestic abuse in a scandal that has rocked the nation's most popular sport. ...

Oklahoma Supreme Court halts certain abortion restrictions Posted: 04 Nov 2014 10:16 AM PST By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday halted the implementation of new abortion restrictions in the state that supporters said are aimed at protecting women's health and critics said are really measures designed to shutter clinics. Oklahoma is one of several Republican-stronghold states in hat have adopted similar restrictions on abortion clinics in about the last year, prompting legal battles at the state and federal court level. ...

How the economy could win if the GOP sweeps the midterms Posted: 03 Nov 2014 08:51 AM PST If Republicans control both houses of Congress, they'll be forced to act like adults.

NFL star Adrian Peterson makes plea deal in felony child-abuse case Posted: NFL star Adrian Peterson makes plea deal in felony child-abuse case

Tea Party 'has completely...ruined the Republican Party,' says former Nixon aide Posted: 04 Nov 2014 06:03 AM PST Looking ahead to 2016, the 'lifelong Republican' and former Nixon aide weighs in on his son's political future and the prospect of a race between Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.

Can't find your f*#@&$%! polling place? Consult this web site Posted: 04 Nov 2014 08:37 AM PST Wondering where you can vote in the 2014 midterm elections? This f---ing website will tell you.

Midterms and marijuana: What's at stake for legalization Posted: 04 Nov 2014 07:14 AM PST From Alaska to Maine, a guide to America's pot votes on Election Day

Police detain Mexico mayor, wife in case of 43 missing students Posted: 04 Nov 2014 09:19 AM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal police early Tuesday detained the former mayor of the southern Mexican city of Iguala and his wife, who are accused of ordering the Sept. 26 attacks on teachers' college students that left six dead and 43 still missing.

Calif. family mourns 3 teen girls killed on Halloween Posted: 04 Nov 2014 07:47 AM PST SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Taking to the streets after hearing a loud crash on Halloween night, Brenda Gonzalez soon saw signs of her sister: the pillowcases she and her friends had been carrying for candy, the tutu she'd been wearing.

Ga. governor courts black voters, testing larger GOP strategy Posted: 03 Nov 2014 11:21 AM PST Nathan Deal, the 72-year-old Republican governor of Georgia, is fighting for his political life against former President Jimmy Carter's grandson, two-term state Sen. Jason Carter. And in the process, he's providing a cautionary tale to national Republicans about how hard it is to win over the black and other nonwhite voters they increasingly need to survive.

6 most aggressive GOP attempts to tie Obama to Dem candidates Posted: 04 Nov 2014 01:26 AM PST Republicans trying to take back the Senate and expand their advantage in the House have rallied over the past year around a common strategy: tie Democrats to President Barack Obama — at any cost and for any reason. Candidates, parties and independent groups spent hundreds of millions to try to convince voters that Democrats on ballots all over the country not only think like Obama but are basically him, in miniature. The reason for this effort is obvious: nationally, the president has a 42 percent approval rating, and in many of the more conservative states where embattled Democrats are fighting to keep their jobs, his favorability is even lower.

Controversy over 40K ‘missing voters’ in Georgia raises racial tensions Posted: 03 Nov 2014 10:40 AM PST Democratic leaders say the state's voter registration system is too convoluted and slow. But they also say African-American voters will be inspired to turn out because of that.

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