New sentencing denied in 1973 murder of children

A western Pennsylvania judge has denied a new sentencing hearing for a man serving a life term following his conviction as a teenager in the murders of two young children four decades ago.

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Police seek suspects in fatal California Halloween hit-and-run

Los Angeles area authorities say they're looking for a motorist who crashed into three teenage girls trick-or-treating in Halloween costumes, leaving them with fatal injuries and fleeing the scene. The 13-year-old girls, including twin sisters, were in a crosswalk near an elementary school in Santa Ana when the SUV with two men inside hit them about 6:45 p.m. PDT Friday, police and fire officials said.

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Bostonians will bid Menino final farewell at Faneuil Hall

Thousands of Boston residents and others are expected to say their final farewells to longtime beloved Mayor Tom Menino this weekend. Menino - who died Thursday at age 71 - is scheduled to lie in state Sunday at Faneuil Hall , starting at 10 a.m. Menino served as mayor of Boston for more than 20 years.

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Scott, Crist bring in big party names

Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist go into the final days of the hard-fought campaign with some of their party's top surrogates by their side, as the latest early voting results show the election likely will be decided by a razor-thin margin. Scott will join former Gov. Jeb Bush, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who heads the Republican Governors Association, while Crist is appearing with Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton.

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For Republicans, election victory wouldn't end struggles

In the battle for control of the Senate, Republicans have built their campaigns on a promise to block President Barack Obama's policies and ease Washington's gridlock. A GOP Congress would almost certainly pick a quick fight with the White House over Obamacare, immigration and what Republicans see as the administration's anti-coal policies.

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Arkansas Senate rivals trade out-of-touch claims

The multimillion-dollar and nationally watched race between Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor and Republican challenger U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton has turned into a test of which candidate can paint the other as out of touch with Arkansas. Cotton, a freshman congressman for southern Arkansas, repeatedly lobs that claim against Pryor as he tries to link the incumbent to a president who remains deeply unpopular.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Is No GOP Bench Warmer

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is one of the most powerful politicians in America. She's the top-ranking woman in the House GOP, and her political ambitions and trajectory have been debated everywhere from Capitol Hill to the pages of Glamour magazine .

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Election countdown to lead Sunday shows

Talk of Tuesday's midterm elections will dominate the Sunday political talk shows as candidates gear up for their final round of campaigning. Appearing to spar on the election's likely outcome, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus will join Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on ABC's "This Week."

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Lawmaker sidelined by military seeks 2nd term

This Oct. 23, 2014 photo provided by the US Air Force shows 2nd Lt. Joshua Nelson as he poses for a portrait at the 47th Flying Training Wing headquarters at Laughlin Air Force Base, near Del Rio, Texas.

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Door-to-door canvassing may decide NC Senate race

North Carolina's U.S. Senate race will be remembered for the avalanche of television ads for and against Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis. Outside groups backing candidates are spending several million dollars encouraging people to vote, hiring neighbors to knock on doors and finding volunteers for phone banks.

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What country radio in Arkansas can tell you about the midterm election

There are two things you shouldn't dress up as on Halloween, said a disc jockey on Mountain Country radio station Friday: a piA ata, and President Obama. The disc jockey's comments don't sound out of place if you listen to country radio here for too long.

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Christie failing economy vow as New Jersey falls behind

During his inauguration in January 2010, Chris Christie cast New Jersey as a state poised to sprint out of the recession. "While the economic hour is dark, there are brighter days ahead," the new Republican governor said at the Trenton War Memorial across the street from the statehouse.

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Biden stumps for Dem in San Diego

Vice President Biden campaigned for Rep. Scott Peters in San Diego Saturday with a speech touting Democrats' commitment to the middle class. Biden spoke for 22 minutes before nearly 400 of Peters' supporters in Kearny Mesa, a community in east San Diego, according to a White House pool report.

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In California, candidates work ground game in final stretch

Rep. Ami Bera and his GOP challenger, former Rep. Doug Ose haven't pulled any punches in their bitter fight. It's hard to imagine an increase in the intense barrage of television attack ads aired one after the other on all channels in the Sacramento media market, but according to one GOP source, there's "not enough tape" to record the final week's advertisements set to air.

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Denver: State trooper kidnapped, shot in the head

By the day he was kidnapped and murdered, Thomas Ray Carpenter had been a Colorado state trooper for five years. The 31-year-old man had become a trooper in 1968 after serving three years in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Jill Biden tries to fire up Democrats for Udall

The wife of the vice president joined embattled Sen. Mark Udall on a four-stop bus tour from Boulder to Greeley Saturday. Udall is counting on women voters to fend off a strong challenge from Republican Rep. Cory Gardner .

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Guest Lineups for the Sunday News Shows

ABC's "This Week" -Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., head of the Democratic National Committee. NBC's "Meet the Press" - Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Kaci Hickox, the nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone and contested state-imposed restriction on her in Maine after her return home.

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Raining on a parade

So many people think newspapers are irrelevant these days. But wonder how many are saving screen shots of the SF Giants World Series victory for their children and grandchildren.

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Mary Jo Kilroy Deserves A Seat On The Court Of Appeals

For years, I looked up to Columbus TV reporter Carol Luper. She was tough, smart, fearless and a refreshing change from the twinkies too common among women broadcast journalists.

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Will Cowardly Kasich Debate GOP Hopefuls Next Year?

Ohio Gov. John Kasich stiffed-armed everyone this year by refusing to debate any of his challengers for governor. His campaign's initial flimsy excuse was that Ed FitzGerald's campaign imploded.

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Boehner To BS For Uncompassionate Conservatives Like Kasich, Renacci, Mandel

Ohio's long-term corrupt and goofy congressman, John Boehner, now third in line to be president should President Barack Obama then Vice President Joe Biden suddenly be raptured, will be campaigning this last weekend before Election Day for the entire slate of hard-right uncompassionate Republicans. John Boehner, son of a Cincinnati bar owner, was caught in 1996 handing out checks on the House floor from Big Tobacco to GOP congressman-maybe even to John Kasich when he served with the orange man from West Chester County just north of Cincinnati.

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Wearable Technology or Identity Reassignment?: Renee Zellweger's...

Last week RenA e Zellweger caused a stir when she posed for cameras with her new, different look. This week, Tameka "Tiny" Harris appeared on Instagram with a new, permanent ice-gray eye color.

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5,356 take part in early voting

Nearly one in five registered Richmond County voters cast their ballots during the two-week early voting period this year. County Elections Director Connie Kelly said 5,356 people voted early, representing about 18 percent of all eligible Richmond County residents.

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Report says 60,000 veterans get triple benefits

In this Monday, July 21, 2014 file photo, Paul Russo works on the letters for the Disabled Veterans' Life Memorial in Washington. According to a new report by the Government Accountability Office, nearly 60,000 veterans collected more than $3.5 billion in 2013 in military retirement pay, disability benefits from Veterans Affairs and disability checks from Social Security.

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Democrats could lose congressional seat in left-leaning Hawaii

In this Sept. 23, 2014 file photo, Hawaii U.S. congressional candidates Charles Djou, left, and state Rep. Mark Takai, participate in a debate hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii in Honolulu.

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Race Ratings Change: Kentucky Senate

One of the most watched Senate races of 2014 is over. Take it off your list of states that could fall either way on Tuesday.

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America's Gun Stores Are Overstocked

There's a glut of guns for sale in America. Gun dealers have overstocked, and now they're just selling off the inventory that they have, without ordering much from manufacturers.

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WWII Marine's Remains returned to Michigan

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. U.S Marine Corps Private Robert James McChonachie was only 18 years old when he was killed in action in the defense of his country.

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Slave quarters to be rebuilt at Madison's Va. home

This handout photo provided by the Montpelier Foundation, taken in May 2010, shows President James Madison's Montpelier estate in Virginia. Madison's Montpelier estate in Virginia is planning a major refurbishment and a rebuilding of its slave quarters with a $10 million pledge from a leading Washington philanthropist and history buff.

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UN offers new climate change report, Obama on his women's agenda and NJ House race fought over flood insurance: On the Hill

Final preparations are made prior to the opening of the 40th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. The IPCC is meeting in Copenhagen this week to adopt the final report in its gigantic assessment of climate change.

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