| Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 02:59 AM CDT  AP - Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers have begun reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report that, when released Friday, could prove embarrassing to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
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| McCain losing ground with working-class whites (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 03:09 AM CDT  AP - The steel mills and coal mines of western Pennsylvania helped fuel the nation's economic engine. Today, old factory shells and boarded-up storefronts stand as bleak reminders of those once-prosperous times.
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| Elections officials deny illegally purging voters (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 11:22 PM CDT  AP - A newspaper report Thursday said tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states. Election officials lined up to defend their registration procedures and said they had done nothing wrong.
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| Stevens brings in some famous friends to testify (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:00 AM CDT  AP - Republican Sen. Ted Stevens is relying on some of his famous friends to vouch for his honor and honesty in a corruption trial in which he is accused of lying about gifts received from an Alaska oil services company.
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| Hispanics turn cold shoulder to McCain (Politico) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 08:04 PM CDT  Politico - Despite championing immigration reform in 2007, John McCain is poised to lose the Hispanic vote by a landslide margin that is well below President George W. Bush's 2004 performance.
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| McCain: Obama link to ex-radical is honesty issue (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 10:45 PM CDT  AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that questions about Democratic rival Barack Obama's association with a former war protester linked to Vietnam-era bombings are part of a broader issue of honesty.
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| Palin wrongly suggests Congress bans oil exports (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 08:03 PM CDT  AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, touted by GOP presidential candidate John McCain as his expert on energy, seemed to have problems Thursday explaining whether the government bans oil exports especially from her state's North Slope fields.
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| Obama calls McCain mortgage plan ill-advised (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 07:14 PM CDT  AP - Democrat Barack Obama told Ohio voters Thursday that Republican John McCain's mortgage buyout plan would cost them billions of dollars and reward bad behavior by lenders.
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| Voter registration boom favors Obama (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 02:02 PM CDT  AP - The surge in new voters that helped propel Barack Obama to his party's presidential nomination is carrying over to the general election 9 million newly registered voters who are overwhelmingly Democratic and could add up to a big victory on Election Day.
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| GOP frustrations roil McCain rallies (Politico) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 03:44 AM CDT Politico - The unmistakable momentum behind Barack Obama's campaign, combined with worry that John McCain is not doing enough to stop it, is ratcheting up fears and frustrations among conservatives. |
| Obama warns against fear and panic as stocks tumble (AFP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 02:45 AM CDT  AFP - Democratic White House front-runner Barack Obama warned against "fear or panic" and called for quick action on the Wall Street bailout after world stocks went into free-fall.
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| Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 02:01 AM CDT  AP - Some swing states appear to be purging eligible voters from election rolls, newspaper finds ... Judge orders Ohio secretary of state to verify new voter registrations ... Palin suggests wrongly that Congress has imposed a ban on oil exports ...
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| Kenya's Obamamania hits a high note (AFP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 01:06 AM CDT  AFP - Inside a Nairobi pub recently, a folk group sang the praises of Barack Obama, hoping that their ode to Kenya's new favourite son will match the US political star's meteoric rise.
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| Obama buys half-hour of network primetime (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 12:34 AM CDT  Reuters - Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour of primetime television on CBS and NBC, sources confirmed Thursday.
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| Obama opens 5-point lead on McCain (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 12:19 AM CDT  Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 5-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the White House race and expanded his support among women voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released Friday.
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| The Limits of Race (Time.com) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 12:10 AM CDT Time.com - It once seemed potent enough to cost Obama the election. But as the economy falters, race is receding. A battleground report |
| Obama buying up pre-election national television time (AFP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 10:40 PM CDT  AFP - Barack Obama's front-running White House campaign is buying up half hour chunks of prime-time television time on top US networks for a pre-election broadcast, an aide said.
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| Inflammatory Republican rallies raise concern (AFP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 10:36 PM CDT  AFP - Shouts of "terrorist" and "treason" aimed at Barack Obama have echoed around Republican rallies, whipping up into alarming, hate-filled frenzies against the Democratic White House hopeful.
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| Ohio secretary of state must verify registrations (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 10:07 PM CDT AP - A federal judge on Thursday ordered Ohio's top elections official to verify the identity of newly registered voters by matching them with other government documents. |
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