AM News Headlines 11-05-12

(WWLP) - State police in Springfield are using dogs to search for suspects in an armed home invasion in the city's Mason Square neighborhood.     Three men allegedly broke into the second floor residence of a multi-family home on Westford Avenue around 4:30 this morning.  Captain Cheryl Clapprood told 22News one of the residents struggled with one of the suspects...but fortunately everyone is okay--no one was injured.

The Massachusetts Senate race is heading toward a photo finish.  A UMass Lowell-Boston Herald poll of likely voters shows Republican Senator Scott Brown leading Democrat Elizabeth Warren 49 percent to 48 percent. It also shows Warren leading by 2 percentage points among registered voters 49 percent to 47 percent.

It's too late to make it happen this election but some say we are very close to a dramatic change in the way we vote.   Fans of "American Idol" can vote with their phones and tech experts are trying to find a way to extend that concept to Senate and even presidential races.   But the possibility of hacking may be keeping us from embracing the concept of an e-vote.
   
We'll take a closer look on 22News at Noon.