This Morning from CBS News, Oct. 28, 2016
Targeting the top
With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, Democrats are blasting negative ads into districts with some of the most competitive congressional races in the country. And they’re training their attacks in most cases at Donald Trump, the candidate at the top of the Republican ballot.
Faux pas
Campaigning across Ohio Thursday, Donald Trump ramped up his pitch to minority voters. But the GOP nominee may have undercut his minority outreach with a 1970s-era slip of the tongue.
In other news
While battleground states like Ohio are being bombarded by the presidential campaigns, voters in states such as Oklahoma are, as usual, on the sidelines. Oklahoma sn’t seen a general election presidential candidate in many years.
Nervous bankers
Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren haven’t always seen eye-to-eye on matters of public policy. Yet a campaign trail alliance between the two is stirring talk that the Massachusetts lawmaker and Wall Street scourge could be in line for an outsized role if Clinton takes the White House. For big banks, that could spell trouble.
Nuisance on the line
Sick of robocalls? You’re not alone. Companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft are conferring with telecom regulators to explore ways to curtail the practice. We look at what consumers can do to fend off robocallers in the meantime.
Medicare alternative
Open enrollment for Medicare is underway, so if you’re in the program but want to switch plans, now’s the time to shop. Each year, more and more people choose privately run Medicare Advantage plans that work like traditional health insurance, rather than original Medicare. If you’re happy with your Medicare, you don’t have to change anything, but knowing all your options can’t hurt. Here’s how to shop for a Medicare Advantage plan.
Enough -- already
The female leads of the new Amazon series “Good Girls Revolt,” Anna Camp and Erin Drake, tell us they never want to play prostitutes again.
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