Updated: 8:42 AM A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues:

Updated: 10:03 PM Mitt Romney's son Josh will be touring northern Nevada encouraging early voting.

Updated: 7:17 AM President Barack Obama is canceling a planned campaign appearance in Florida and returning to Washington to oversee the federal government's response to the ever-threatening Hurricane Sandy.

Posted: 12:54 PM A shadowy Tennessee company donated more than $5 million to a prominent conservative super political action committee days after establishing itself.

Posted: 11:51 AM First lady Michelle Obama is returning to Washington after her plane was delayed in Nevada Friday night because of mechanical problems.

Posted: 9:20 AM With neither side wanting to risk the appearance of putting politics ahead of public safety, the Obama and Romney presidential campaigns are adjusting travel schedules and canceling events as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast and some battleground states.

Posted: 9:21 AM The White House says Obama made clear to emergency management officials that the federal government should do all it can to provide resources to state and local officials along the East Coast as they brace for the approaching storm.

Posted: 8:10 AM A graphic political ad focusing on abortion is set to air on local Reno TV channels. The ad is being put on by the Independent American Party candidate for congressional district two, Russell Best.

Posted: 8:14 AM This election season has provided its own economic stimulus to some local media companies. Others, not so much.

Updated: 4:46 PM Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been discharged from the hospital after a car crash on an interstate through Las Vegas.

Updated: 4:45 PM One-quarter of active Nevada voters have already cast ballots in the November election during the first six days of early voting.

Updated: 9:35 AM Mitt Romney is telling Iowa supporters today that President Barack Obama has no economic proposals that can meet "the challenges of the times."

Posted: 5:25 AM Republican Mitt Romney is renewing his focus on the economy as Democrats question his silence on a Senate candidate's controversial abortion comments.

Posted: 5:19 AM An adviser to Mitt Romney suggests that fellow Republican Colin Powell endorsed Democratic president Barack Obama because both men are black.

Updated: 9:19 AM Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is sticking with President Barack Obama in this year's election.

Updated: 10:20 AM A candidate for Reno City Council is crying foul tonight after she says she got more than 100 calls on her cell phone. Neoma Jardon says her opponent, Kitty Jung had local residents call Jardon's cell phone. Jardon says she's filed a complaint with not only the Federal Communications Commission but also Nevada's Secretary of State. Jardon says Jung has violated laws by sending a pre-recorded voice message to cell phones.

Updated: 6:56 PM After four days of early voting, 17 percent of active Nevada voters have already cast ballots in the upcoming election.

Updated: 10:19 AM Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has begun telling Americans the Nov. 6 election comes down to which candidate would be better for their families. He's trying to personalize the choice voters are making between him and President Barack Obama.

Posted: 12:22 PM Watch Mitt Romney's appearance in town later today online and on air here at KOLO 8 News Now.

Updated: 12:19 PM Republican Mitt Romney's campaign says he still supports Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after Mourdock said "God intended" pregnancies that result from rape, but the campaign has not asked Mourdock to take down a TV ad featuring Romney.

Updated: 9:18 AM President Barack Obama's campaign says a Republican Senate candidate's comments about rape are a reminder that Mitt Romney and a GOP-led Congress would feel women shouldn't be able to make choices about their health care.

Updated: 9:25 AM Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock is standing by his statement that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape "that's something God intended." He says some people have twisted his comment.

Posted: 8:40 AM President Barack Obama says at the start of a 48-hour campaign trip that "trust matters" in a presidential campaign and he has kept the same values throughout his political career.

Updated: 11:33 PM More than 162,000 Nevadans have cast ballots in the first three days of early voting.

Updated: 2:00 PM Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan rallied for change in the White House before a Las Vegas-area crowd that campaign organizers put at more than 6,000.