Presidential candidates meet for second debate

Last night, President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney met at hofstra University in hempstead, New york for a town hall-style debate.

Early reactions to the debate favor the president, who’s perfomance in the first debate was criticized for being too passive.

After the first debate polls swung heavily in Romney’s favor. Political analysts put the pressure to succeed in the second debate on Obama.

“A forceful Obama defended his policies and challenged Romney on shifting positions on key issues while arguing his Republican rival’s proposals would favor the wealthy if elected in three weeks,” cNN’s Tom cohen wrote in an analysis of the debate.

Osama’s driver wins court appeal

Osama bin laden’s former driver won against a U.S. appeals court conviction that he gave material support to terrorists.

Salim hamdan, detained in Guantanamo Bay in 2001, was the first detainee to be sentenced by a U.S. military commission in 2008.

Hamdan, accused of supporting terrorism, was found by the U.S. court of appeals to not constitute a war crime. he admitted to working for a wage along with the al-Qaida leader in afghanistan. he claimed he worked for the money and not in support of the war against the U.S.

Material support for terrorism is a common charge against Guantanamo detainees.

—Compiled by Assistant News Editor Ana Ceballos and Managing Editor J. Hutton Marshall