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Saturday, October 27, 2012 – Daily News WORLD BRIEFING Romney says Obama made US economy worse AMES, Iowa (AP) — Seizing on fresh evidence of economic sluggish- ness, Republican chal- lenger Mitt Romney said Friday that President Barack Obama inherited a bad situation when he took office and then ''made the problem worse.'' Obama looked ahead to the second term he's hoping to win. Referring to the two top Republicans in Con- gress, the president said he was prepared to ''wash John Boehner's car'' or ''walk Mitch McConnell's dog'' if it would help complete an elusive deal to cut future deficits by trillions of dollars. The two campaign police officer accused of plotting to kidnap and eat as many as 100 women was once cautioned not to be wasteful when cooking a victim because ''there is nearly 75 pounds of food there.'' New York City parents are shaken after nanny But no one was ever actually harmed in Gilberto Valle's alleged plot, let alone eaten. And a defense attorney says the officer was merely engaging in harmless Internet fantasy. Where exactly the line is drawn between bizarre talk and a true plot has emerged as the key ques- tion in a case that has shocked even the most jaded New Yorkers. Indeed, experts say is accused NEW YORK (AP) — The nightmarish case of a nanny accused of stab- bing to death two children in her care stunned the family's well-to-do neigh- borhood and caused legions of parents to won- der how well they know who is watching their kids. rivals faced a common danger as the end of their race came into view: a large and dangerous storm threatening to bar- rel up the East Coast. Romney and Vice Presi- dent Joe Biden each can- celed planned weekend appearances in Virginia Beach, Va. Romney was unsparing in his criticism of the man he hopes to unseat. ''Despite all that he inher- ited, President Obama did not repair our economy, he did not save Medicare and Social Security, he did not tame the spending and borrowing, he did not reach across the aisle to bring us together,'' the former Massachusetts governor said. ''Four years ago, America voted for a post- partisan president, but they have seen the most political of presidents, and a Washington in grid- lock because of it,'' he added. Why can't they decide? Some voters just tuning in, some still mulling WASHINGTON (AP) — Who are these people who still can't make up their minds? They're undecided voters like Kelly Cox, who spends his days repairing the big rigs that haul central Cali- fornia's walnuts, grapes, milk and more across America. faith in either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. But he figures he's got plenty of time — a little more than a week — to settle on one of them before Nov. 6. And he definitely does plan to vote. ''I'll do some online He doesn't put much Frankenstorm threatens East with flooding WASHINGTON (AP) — When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call ''Frankenstorm'' it will smack the East Coast hard- er and wider than last year's damaging Irene, forecasters said Friday. The brunt of the weath- er mayhem will be concen- trated where the hurricane comes ashore early Tues- day, but there will be hun- dreds of miles of steady, strong and damaging winds and rain for the entire East- ern region for several days, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The hurricane has killed at least 20 people in the Caribbean, and just left the Bahamas. It is expected to move north, just off the Eastern Seaboard. As of Friday morning, federal forecasters were looking closer at the Delaware shore as the spot it will turn inland and merge with a wintry storm front. But there is a lot of room for error in the fore- cast and the storm could turn into shore closer to New York and New Jersey and bring the worst weath- er there. Wherever Sandy comes ashore will get 10 inches of rain and extreme storm surges, Louis Uccellini, NOAA's environmental prediction director, said in a Friday news conference. Other areas not directly on Sandy's entry path will still get 4 to 8 inches of rain, maybe more, he said. Up to 2 feet of snow should fall on West Virginia, with lighter snow in parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania, regardless of where Sandy first hits. US recovery research,'' said Cox, co- owner of a Delhi, Calif., truck repair shop. ''I don't have time to watch presi- dential debates because it's a lot of garbage any- way. They're not asking the questions that the peo- ple want to hear.'' About 5 percent of Americans with solid plans to vote have yet to pick their presidential candidate, according to a new AP-GfK poll. When you add in those who lean only tentatively toward their choice or won't declare a favorite, about 16 percent of likely voters look ripe for persuasion. That's about the same as a month ago. In a super-tight race, undecided voters have taken on almost mythic stature. Their questions at the town hall-style debate are parsed. Campaign techies wade through data to find them. The presi- dent dialed up 9,000 of them for an Air Force One conference call as he flew to Los Angeles this week. remains tepid WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest snapshot of economic growth shows the U.S. recovery remains tepid. rate from 1.3 percent in the April-June quarter, led by more consumer and government spending. Voters who are still undecided about the pres- idential election aren't likely to be swayed by Friday's mixed report from the Commerce Department. ''For the average American, I don't think changes in quarterly GDP'' make a big differ- ence in their perception of the economy, said Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Cen- ter. ''It's certainly good for the president that the number is not bad because that would res- onate.'' With 11 days until the election, the economy is being kept afloat by a revitalized consumer and the early stages of a hous- ing recovery. But more than three years after the Great Recession ended, the nation continues to struggle because busi- nesses are reluctant to invest, and slower global growth has cut demand for American exports. Cannibal cop case will test line between fantasy, threat NEW YORK (AP) — In Internet chats as breezy as they were bizarre, a many people have a com- pulsion to create horrific scenarios about cannibal- ism, and that the Internet allows them to indulge in their dark side anony- mously and — usually — safely. ''There is a big differ- ence between discussing, and even fantasizing about this type of activity and actually carrying it out,'' said Jeffrey Parsons, a psychologist at Hunter College. ''Not all the peo- ple who fantasize about it will go on to carry it out.'' Sen. Harry Reid in good condition after crash LAS VEGAS (AP) — A hospital spokeswoman says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in good condition after an apparent rear-end crash on an interstate through Las Vegas. University Medical Center spokeswoman Karen Gordon told the Las Vegas Review-Jour- nal his updated condi- tion, but declined to pro- vide specifics on injuries. Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Jere- mie Elliott says six cars were involved in the chain reaction crash about 1:10 p.m. Friday on Interstate 15. They include two police vehicles, two civilian vehicles, and two Capitol police vehicles. The freeway runs par- allel to the Las Vegas Strip. Ortega, lay in critical con- dition Friday with what police said were self- inflicted knife wounds, and investigators were unable to question her, in part because she was still breathing with the help of a tube. The nanny, Yoselyn Her motive and mental state remained a mystery, and no immediate charges were filed. 5B country of Assad's rule. But even if a cease-fire holds for the intended four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, it's unlikely to be a spring- board for ending the con- flict that has already claimed more than 35,000 lives. Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy, has not charted a way for- ward or said how he would bridge the deep divide between Assad and his opponents. The Syrian president won't resign and the opposition says it won't negotiate a transi- tion deal until he does. Brahimi's plan marks the first attempt by the international community in six months to scale back the violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and devastated entire neigh- borhoods. A more com- prehensive U.N. cease- fire plan in April quickly collapsed. On Thursday evening, the children's mother, Marina Kim, brought her 3-year-old daughter home from a swim lesson to find her other youngsters, ages 2 and 6, dying of knife wounds in the bath- tub of their Upper West Side apartment near Cen- tral Park. Ortega then turned the blade on her- self, police said. Berlusconi convicted of tax fraud Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the investigation has yet to reveal anything amiss in the household before the slayings. Shaky Syria truce marred by car bombs BEIRUT (AP) — Two deadly car bombs and sporadic fighting marred a shaky holiday truce Fri- day in Syria, although thousands of protesters used the brief respite in the civil war to pour into the streets and demand President Bashar Assad's ouster. two days after announc- ing he won't run in spring elections, former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was convicted of tax fraud and sen- tenced to four years in prison Friday in a verdict that could see him barred from public office for five years. MILAN (AP) — Just Berlusconi, after dom- inating Italian politics for nearly two decades, has seen his power weaken- ing in the last year as a sex scandal tarnished his image and he was forced to resign as premier after failing to convince finan- cial markets that he could come up with convincing reforms to shield Italy from Europe's debt woes. In the latest blow, the Chants of ''Syria wants freedom!'' rang out in the streets in the largest demonstrations in months, suggesting that a 19-month-old crackdown and sustained violence has not broken the spirit of those trying to rid the 76-year-old billionaire media mogul received the stiffest sentence among the four co-defendants convicted in a scheme that involved inflating the price his media empire paid for TV rights to U.S. movies and pocketing the difference. And the sen- tence was more than the three years and eight months sought by prose- cutors. Through a Child's Eyes … A special contest bringing Tehama County school children and local businesses together … to the delight of Daily News readers! Selected student-designed ads published in a stand-alone section of the Daily News Saturday, December 22, 2012 Growth in the July- September quarter climbed slightly but was still too weak to stir sig- nificantly more hiring. 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