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A sell-off on Wall Street gained momentum today, with the Dow falling below 13,000 for the first time since September 4, as investors focused on how President Obama plans to avoid the fiscal cliff after his re-election.

Gloomy forecasts about Europe's economic growth and a slowdown in Germany added more pressure.

Wall Street had been overwhelmingly in favor of Mitt Romney, considering him the more business-friendly candidate.

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Marijuana will become legal in Colorado and Washington state for all uses, CNN projects.

Voters approved ballot measures to legalize and regulate the production, possession and distribution of marijuana for people aged 21 and older.

A similar measure was voted down in Oregon.

Colorado and Washington are among the states that have allowed marijuana use for medical reasons. Massachusetts will join those states after its electorate approved a ballot measure to allow medical marijuana use.

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Same-sex marriage is to become legal in Maine and Maryland, CNN projects.

It is the first time that same-sex marriage has been approved by a popular vote, not court action or in a legislature. The result of a vote on the same issue is still pending in Washington, as is a measure that would ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota.

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President Obama celebrated his re-election early this morning with a call for unity.

"We are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation," he told supporters at his campaign headquarters in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, and millions watching on television.

"The best is yet to come," he added, after walking on stage with his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha to tumultuous cheers.

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Democrat Rep. Tammy Baldwin will become the first openly gay U.S. senator, CNN projects.

Baldwin will defeat former governor Tommy Thompson to win the open U.S. Senate seat for Wisconsin, CNN projects.

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Defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney has congratulated President Obama on his re-election.

“This is a time of great challenges for America and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation,” the former Massachusetts governor told cheering supporters in Boston.

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President Obama will win the battleground state of Virginia and its 13 electoral votes on his way to re-election, CNN projects.

Obama also won the state in 2008, ending a streak of 10 consecutive Republican presidential wins.

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President Obama will win the battleground state of Colorado and its 9 electoral votes on his way to re-election, CNN projects.

He will also take Nevada, New Mexico and Oregon, while Mitt Romney will win Missouri, CNN projects.

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Barack Obama will be re-elected as president of the United States, CNN projects.

He will win the critical swing state of Ohio, putting him over the 270 electoral votes needed to secure the White House, CNN projects.

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President Obama will win the battleground state of Iowa and its 6 electoral votes, CNN projects.

That’s a hold for Obama who also took the state in 2008.

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The Democrats will retain the majority in the U.S. Senate, CNN projects.

There are 51 seats needed to control the Senate, which has been in the hands of the Democrats since 2006. However, 60 votes are needed to break a filibuster in the chamber.

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President Obama will win the swing state of Wisconsin and Mitt Romney will win the swing state of North Carolina.

Wisconsin voted for Obama over John McCain in 2008 by a nearly 14-point margin, but the race was closer this year in the home state of GOP vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan.

North Carolina narrowly voted for President Obama in 2008.

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President Obama will win California, Hawaii, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Washington, while Mitt Romney will win Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Utah, CNN projects.

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Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill will beat Todd Akin to retain her U.S. Senate seat for Missouri, CNN projects.

McCaskill had not been expected to win a second term but Akin came under attack after saying in a local news interview that women have biological ways to avoid pregnancy after a “legitimate rape.”

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President Obama will win the swing state of New Hampshire and its 4 electoral votes, CNN projects.

He also won the state in 2008.

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Democrats will win two key U.S. Senate seats in Indiana and Massachusetts, CNN projects.

Democrat Rep. Joe Donnelly will beat Richard Mourdock to win the open U.S. Senate seat for Indiana, CNN projects.

The race attracted national attention, first for the defeat of sitting Sen. Richard Lugar in the GOP primary and then when Mourdock said during a debate: “Even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is something that God intended.”

Democrat Elizabeth Warren will beat Sen. Scott Brown to oust him from his U.S. Senate seat for Massachusetts, CNN projects.

Warren will become the first woman to represent Massachusetts in the Senate, replacing Brown who won a partial term after the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy.

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The Republican Party will retain control of the House of Representatives, CNN projects.

They took control in the 2010 midterm elections.

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Mitt Romney will win Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming; President Obama to take Michigan, New Jersey and New York, CNN projects.

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President Obama will win Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Mitt Romney will win Oklahoma and South Carolina, CNN projects.

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With polls closing in more eastern states, CNN projects that Mitt Romney will win West Virginia’s 5 electoral votes, and Indiana’s 11 electoral votes.

In 2008, President Obama lost in West Virginia by more than 13% but won in Indiana by 1%. Polls also closed in the swing states of North Carolina and Ohio.

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