Decision 2012

• NATIONAL NEWS

  Lady Gaga plans educational tailgate parties for concert tour

  Posted 10:16 AM 12/20/2012 by Associated Press

  NEW YORK (AP) - Lady Gaga is taking her Born This Way Foundation on the road. The singer announced Thursday that the Born Brave Bus Tour will tailgate outside her upcoming U.S. concerts and provide a space for 13- to 25-year-olds to learn more about local resources on anti-bullying (More)

  
  

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  Santa Maria City Council still without a fifth seat

  

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  Posted 12:31 AM 12/19/2012 by Connie Tran, KSBY News

  The newly appointed Santa Maria city council was sworn in on Tuesday night, but they are without one seat. There are four members in place, and those four will need to decide how the fifth seat will be filled.

  On Tuesday night, they could not come up with a unanimous decision. The council (More) • Video (1)

  
  

• NATIONAL NEWS

  Police: woman angry over President Obama's win runs over husband because he didn't vote

  

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  Posted 10:24 AM 11/13/2012 by Kelly Orsini, NBC News

  A Mesa, Arizona man is in critical condition after his wife ran over him with her Jeep because she was upset he didn't vote in the presidential election and feared her family would suffer with President Obama's re-election, Gilbert police said Monday.

  Holly Solomon, 28, was arrested about (More) • Video (1)

  
  

• CALIFORNIA NEWS

  California woman posts racial slur and death threat against president

  Posted 10:41 AM 11/9/2012 by Associated Press

  TURLOCK, Calif. (AP) - A California woman has been fired and reported to the Secret Service for her President Barack Obama racial slur and assassination comment on Facebook. The Modesto Bee (http://bit.ly/TPtRc5) says 22-year-old Denise Helms of Turlock posted the inflammatory (More)

  
  

• NATIONAL NEWS

  House Speaker defines GOP negotiating points for "fiscal cliff"

  Posted 10:29 AM 11/9/2012 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner says any deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff should include lower tax rates, eliminating special interest loopholes and revising the tax code. Speaking to reporters Friday, the Ohio Republican insisted that changing the tax code and (More)

  
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• NATIONAL NEWS

  Another of the Vice President's sons joins Navy

  Posted 10:15 AM 11/9/2012 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden will have another military son to worry about as he helps chart America's course around the world. Biden's youngest son, Hunter, is joining the Navy. The Navy says the attorney and former lobbyist was selected to be commissioned (More)

  
  

• NATIONAL NEWS

  GOP insiders hopeful about ex-President's nephew

  Posted 10:09 AM 11/9/2012 by Associated Press

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - George P. Bush's campaign paperwork in Texas is being cheered by Republicans eager for new Hispanic faces in the party. It's also fuelling speculation about what office the former president's nephew might seek. The 36-year-old consultant is the son of one-time (More)

  
  

• DECISION 2012

  Nearly 70 million viewers watch election coverage

  Posted 3:40 AM 11/8/2012 by Associated Press

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - President Barack Obama's re-election isn't the TV ratings record-breaker his first victory four years ago proved to be. The Nielsen Co. said Wednesday that an estimated 66.8 million viewers watched election returns on broadcast and cable networks Tuesday. (More)