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White House: Obama to meet Romney Thursday

WASHINGTON | The White House says President Barack Obama will meet privately Thursday with his vanquished rival Mitt Romney, their first face-to-face encounter since the …

5 Things To Know about Colorado elections

Your look at the Colorado election results that will be talked about today. 1. A DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE Political watchers often call Colorado a …

People celebrate early election returns favoring Washington state Referendum 74, which would legalize gay marriage, during a large impromptu street gathering in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The re-election of President Barack Obama and Referendum 74 drew the most supporters to the streets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes

The results in Maine and Maryland broke a 32-state streak, dating to 1998, in which gay marriage had been rebuffed by every state that voted on it.

Democrat Elizabeth Warren, center, waves to the crowd with her husband Bruce Mann, left,  during an election night rally at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel in Boston after Warren defeated incumbent GOP Sen. Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House

"Now that the election is over, it's time to put politics aside and work together to find solutions," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at the election night party at McCormick Place, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Americans OK renewing Obama’s Oval Office lease

"We have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come," Obama said.

Republicans approach renewed control of House

WASHINGTON | Republicans drove toward renewed control of the House on Tuesday as Democrats failed to make any significant inroads into the GOP’s delegations from …

Democrats maintain control of Senate

WASHINGTON | Democrats won a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, snatching Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning back fierce, expensive challenges …

Media treads carefully until early race call

NEW YORK | News organizations anticipated a long night following the presidential race on Tuesday, but it all ended suddenly. Networks fell in line after …

Voters wait in line to receive absentee ballots at the Wayne County Community College Northwest Campus in Detroit, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Voters flocked to local clerks offices Monday for the final day of absentee balloting with a three-to-five-hour wait in Detroit as thousands flocked to cast ballots. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Guralnick)

Poll problems cropping up in spots around US

n Philadelphia, the Republican Party said 75 legally credentialed voting inspectors were removed from polling places in the heavily Democratic city, prompting the GOP to seek a court order providing them access.

Lines for voting started early at Heather Gardens in Aurora where voters were lined up out the door just before the polls opened at 7 a.m. PHOTO BY AARON COLE/AURORA SENTINEL

Voting lines long in some places; Colorado worth more than its nine electoral votes

"Colorado is really a microcosm of the new America," said Jill Hanauer, a veteran Democratic strategist whose firm, Project New America, studies demographic trends. "We're young and diverse. It's really the new face of America."