Jubilant GOP wins U.S. House, falls short of Senate

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 | 1:27 a.m. CDT; updated 12:23 p.m. CDT, Friday, November 5, 2010

WASHINGTON — Resurgent Republicans won control of the House and cut deeply into the Democrats' majority in the Senate in momentous midterm elections shadowed by recession, ushering in a new era of divided government certain to complicate the final two years of President Barack Obama's term.

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