Barack Obama wins election for second term as president

President Barack Obama handily defeated Gov. Mitt Romney and won himself a second term Tuesday after a bitter and historically expensive race that was primarily fought in just a handful of battleground states. Networks project that Obama beat Romney after nabbing the crucial state of Ohio. FULL STORY

Voters Back Tough Steps to Reduce Deficit

Frustrated voters, fixing on the $1.5 trillion federal deficit as a symbol of Washington's paralysis...