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JOSH LEDERMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Barack Obama is crossing his fingers that Republicans won't come close to capturing the six Senate seats they need to seize the majority in next week's election. But for Vice President Joe Biden, there's a silver lining if Republicans fall just short.
FRANK ELTMAN (AP)
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. —
A man with a history of psychiatric problems decapitated his mother and then killed himself by walking into the path of an oncoming train, police said Wednesday. Neighbors initially took the woman's killing as a macabre Halloween prank.
Patricia Ward, a 66-year-old professor, was killed in her Farmingdale apartment and dragged onto the street in her working-class neighborhood, Nassau County Police Detective Lieutenant John Azzata said. Her 35-year-old son, Derek Ward, was killed by a Long Island Rail Road train.
MATTHEW CRAFT
NEW YORK (AP) —
Major U.S. stock indexes slipped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it was shutting down a bond-buying program because the economy no longer needs as much help. Gold and bond prices fell and the dollar jumped against other major currencies as investors anticipated higher interest rates.