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Candy Crowley's signature moment as moderator of Tuesday's rough-and-tumble presidential debate came when she was called upon to referee a dispute over President Barack Obama's description of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya as an act of terror.

As a lifelong member of the mediamainstream and otherwiseIm still baffled by the coverage choices sometimes. Almost as much as I am by the increasingly histrionic reactions by the readers (users/viewers/whatever we call them now).

California Health and Human Services Secretary Diana Dooley said she is confident the state can eliminate a health insurance program serving more than 860,000 children from low-income families without disrupting the quality of care.

Hospital company HCA Holdings released preliminary third-quarter results Tuesday that came in slightly below Wall Street's expectations. The company also said that it plans to declare a special cash dividend of $2.50 per share in the fourth quarter.

The pressure is on President Barack Obama to deliver a Goldilocks performance in the second debate: Not too cool, as he was in his first, listless encounter with Mitt Romney. And not too hot, as some critics styled Vice President Joe Biden in his faceoff with Paul Ryan.

Sixty-four percent of voters in America say complicated government rules and regulations are posing major barriers to job creation and want Congress to focus on the issue, according to a new nationwide survey conducted by the Common Good by Clarus Research Group, a nonpartisan survey firm based in Washington, D.C.