THE RACE: Polls show presidential race tightening

With about five months to go, the presidential race is tightening, polls show, with voters nearly evenly divided between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger.

New York City to get first major natgas line in 40 years

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The bright lights of New York City may burn a little cleaner next year, when the first major natural gas pipeline in a generation is built to connect the largest U.S. metropolis to new energy-producing regions across the country. Spectra Energy's controversial $1.2 billion pipeline, which received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Monday, has met with stiff opposition from local communities, but is seen as a key to reduce New York's reliance on dirtier oil-based fuels. ...

THE RACE: Polls show presidential race tightening

With about five months to go, the presidential race is tightening, polls show, with voters nearly evenly divided between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger.

THE RACE: Polls show presidential race tightening

With about five months to go, the presidential race is tightening, polls show, with voters nearly evenly divided between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger.