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U.S. Top News: In campaign of memorable debates, Obama and Romney face off again

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10/22/2012
Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between
In campaign of memorable debates, Obama and Romney face off again
BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off in front of the cameras for a third and final time on Monday near the end of a presidential campaign season marked by a high number of memorable debates.
Gunman kills three and himself at Wisconsin salon
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire at the suburban Milwaukee beauty salon where his spouse worked on Sunday, killing three people and wounding four others before taking his own life, police said, two weeks after he was accused of slashing his wife's car tires.
"Sickened" UCI strips Armstrong of Tour wins
GENEVA (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life on Monday after the International Cycling Union (UCI) ratified the United States Anti-Doping Agency's (USADA) sanctions against the American.
FedEx to add 20,000 seasonal workers, sees shipping up 13 percent
(Reuters) - FedEx Corp said on Monday it plans to hire 20,000 seasonal workers, the same as last year, to handle holiday shipping volume that it expects will be up more than 13 percent.
Nissan recalls new Altima in U.S. on loose steering bolts
(Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co is recalling 13,919 of its top-selling Altima sedans in the United States because bolts that may not have been tightened properly during production could fall off, increasing the risk of a crash, according to U.S. safety regulators.
Insight: Is Ohio's "secret" energy boom going bust?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of wells drilled this year across rural Ohio are quietly pumping out the answer to the U.S. energy industry's most loaded question: Is the Utica shale formation, touted as a potentially $500 billion frontier, a boom or a bust?
Former Chicago prosecutor Fitzgerald joins Skadden
(Reuters) - Patrick Fitzgerald, the former U.S. attorney in Chicago whose high-profile prosecutions have included corruption cases against two consecutive Illinois governors, is joining law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Dominion to shut Wisconsin Kewaunee nuclear reactor
(Reuters) - U.S. power company Dominion Resources Inc on Monday said it plans to shut the 566-megawatt Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin after it was unable to find a buyer for the facility.
After Libya misfire, pressure on Romney in foreign policy debate
BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney face off on Monday in their third and final debate, it will be the Republican challenger's last best chance to recover from his botched "Libya moment" and exploit vulnerabilities in his opponent's foreign policy record.
Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. due back at Mayo Clinic for more tests
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Embattled U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr., who is being treated for bipolar disorder, will return to the Mayo Clinic this week for a re-evaluation by his doctors, his father, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, said on Sunday.
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