Trump's risky early-voting strategy and other top stories.

• Trump's risky early-voting strategy

  

  Just a few weeks into early voting, it’s too soon to know which presidential campaign is winning the war for ballots cast in advance of Election Day. But one thing is obvious: For better or for worse, in the critical phase of the campaign where roughly a third of the vote was cast in 2012, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are following the same playbooks that got them this far. Trump’s haphazard campaign, ignoring standard practice, relies largely on mining his boisterous, battleground state r..

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• Still Down A Justice, Supreme Court Term Is Off To A Restrained Start

  

  Enlarge this image The Supreme Court gets down to work on Tuesday, hearing the first arguments of a new term. Technically, the court term began on the traditional first Monday in October, but because it fell on the same day as the Jewish New Year, the court's three Jewish justices were absent and the remaining justices conducted only administrative business. It's been eight months since Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative icon, died unexpectedly. An hour after Scalia's death was confirm..

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• SLED: No Video of Shooting Involving Greenville Deputy

  The State Law Enforcement Division says there is no video of a shooting involving a South Carolina sheriff's deputy. The Greenville News reported (http://grnol.co/2dGwfAo) that SLED spokesman Thom Berry said Monday there was no video of Friday's shooting of 32-year-old Douglas Marrickus Rainey. Berry said Tuesday that a white Greenville County deputy fired the shot that killed the black man as he struggled with another officer. The officer's name has not been released. He's on leave during ..

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• Trump suggests vets with PTSD aren't 'strong'

  

  Trump answers questions from veterans as he appears at the "Retired American Warriors" conference during a campaign stop on Monday. (MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS). BY Nancy Dillon Cameron Joseph. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Updated: Monday, October 3 ...

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• Supreme Court whacks mobster Whitey Bulger's appeal

  

  The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away James (Whitey) Bulger's appeal of his racketeering convictions and life sentence. The judges did not comment Monday on the decision. NOV. 13, 2013 FILE COURTROOM SKETCH ...

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• WikiLeaks' Julian Assange promises “significant” leak on US election, Google

  

  BERLIN - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promised “significant” disclosures on subjects including the U.S. election and Google in the coming weeks as the secret-spilling group marked its 10th anniversary on Tuesday.Assange said WikiLeaks plans to start publishing new material starting this week, but wouldn’t specify the timing and subject. Speaking by video link to an anniversary news conference in Berlin, he said the leaks include “significant material” on war, arms, oil, internet gian..

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