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storm and reach the U.S. East Coast as a monster phenomenon next week.
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• 7. BIPARTISAN LOVE FOR AN UNAPOLEGETIC LIBERAL
• At 2 p.m. in Sioux Falls, S.D., George McGovern, a three-time presidential candidate and former U.S. senator, will be remembered fondly by members of both parties during his funeral.
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• 8. THE WORLD WAITS TO SEE IF CEASE-FIRE HOLDS
• The U.N. chief urges all influential countries to pressure both sides to stop the violence in Syria's civil war.
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• 9. AIR TRAVELERS' PRIVACY GETS AN UPGRADE
• At some airports, the government is replacing full-body X-ray scanners with less-invasive machines.
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• 10. TIGERS LOOKING LIKE ANYTHING BUT FAVORITES
• Surprising San Francisco rides superb pitching and grind-it-out offense to take a 2-0 World Series lead over Detroit.
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AP News in Brief
Romney faces questions about abortion, divorce case as he tries to keep focus on economy
• DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) -- Republican Mitt Romney is renewing his focus on the nation's economy while facing continued pressure to break his silence on a GOP Senate candidate's statement that any pregnancy resulting from rape is "something God intended."
• As Election Day looms less than two weeks away, the Republican presidential contender is also trying to move past new questions about his role in a key supporter's divorce. Court documents released Thursday reveal that Romney created a special class of company stock for Staples founder Tom Stemberg's then-wife as a "favor."
• Romney has so far ignored the criticism and is instead accusing President Barack Obama of playing partisan politics in an "incredibly shrinking campaign."
• "This campaign is growing. The momentum is building. We're taking back America," Romney told 12,000 supporters in Ohio late Thursday, the same night that me (Continued on page 35)
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