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The Two-Way
9:54 am
Sat November 3, 2012

Obama Balances 'Comforter-In-Chief' Role With Campaign Sprint

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President Obama greets audience members Saturday after speaking at a campaign event at Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio, before traveling to Milwaukee for another campaign event.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a campaign rally in Newington, N.H., on Saturday.
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Originally published on Sat November 3, 2012 4:44 pm

President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are making the most of every moment this weekend, with only three days left before Americans choose who will lead the government for the next four years.

Update at 4 p.m. ET. Focus Is On Early Voting:

On his first stop today in the final campaign sprint, President Obama was in the super-battleground state of Ohio. The AP reports that the president reminded voters that Tuesday's election is "not just a choice between two candidates or two parties, it's a choice between two different visions for America."

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The Two-Way
7:45 am
Sat November 3, 2012

Obama's Weekly Address Receives Belated Romney Response

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The Two-Way
6:27 am
Sat November 3, 2012

Gas Rationing Ordered In New Jersey

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Parts of New York were also suffering fuel shortages, including Staten Island, where there were long lines for gas Friday.
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Originally published on Sat November 3, 2012 4:50 pm

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Fresh Air Weekend
6:03 am
Sat November 3, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Katey Sagal, Sherry Turkle

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Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow in Sons of Anarachy on FX.
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Originally published on Sat November 3, 2012 8:44 am

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

Katey Sagal, Holding Court On 'Sons Of Anarchy': The actress plays Gemma, the fierce matriarch of the biker gang in the FX series. She's best-known for playing the acerbic Peg Bundy on the long-running show Married With Children.

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Simon Says
4:55 am
Sat November 3, 2012

Halloween Heroes In The Wake Of Sandy

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First responders rescue flood-stranded people from a sodden neighborhood in Little Ferry, N.J., on Tuesday.
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Originally published on Sat November 3, 2012 1:23 pm

On Halloween night this week, millions of children tumbled into their neighborhoods dressed as Captain America, Spiderman, Batman, Bat Girl and Wonder Woman. But that night, true superheroes were at work in uniforms, not costumes.

They were firefighters, police officers, emergency workers and ordinary citizens in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and elsewhere who gave brave and extraordinary efforts to protect and rescue their families and neighbors. They risked their lives for strangers.

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