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Obama, McCain battle across campaign's closing day (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 02:28 AM CST AP - Aiming for a last-minute upset, Republican John McCain embarked on a grueling odyssey through seven swing states Monday while Democrat Barack Obama was headed toward three longtime GOP bastions that have become Democratic-leaning battlegrounds in the historic presidential contest.

Images from Campaign 2008: fist bumps and lipstick (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 02:37 AM CST AP - Obama's fist bump. Palin's lipstick. McCain's plumber. Clinton's tears.

Obama, McCain eye potential administration teams (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 03:33 AM CST AP - Americans will elect not only a president on Tuesday, but also his huge team of aides, advisers and bureaucrats who will help the winner run the federal government for the next four years.

Obama say he might be headed for a win Tuesday (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2008 04:54 PM CST AP - Barack Obama says he thinks he might be headed for a win Tuesday night.

Davis: Holdouts could tilt election (Politico) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 12:28 AM CST Politico - MIAMI – A high-spirited Rick Davis late Sunday night made perhaps his final case for John McCain, arguing that the unusual number of still-remaining undecided voters could tip the election to the GOP and that whether those holdouts ultimately vote could prove decisive.

McCain holds final town hall meeting in NH (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2008 06:23 PM CST AP - John McCain held the final town hall meeting of his 2008 campaign Sunday in New Hampshire, where his victory in the state's January primary helped him secure the Republican presidential nomination.

Fact Check: The myths that wouldn't go away (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 02:47 AM CST AP - Facts have taken a beating in Campaign '08.

Campaign comes to churches on final Sunday (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2008 04:42 PM CST AP - On the final Sunday before Election Day, volunteers for both presidential candidates fanned out to churches in competitive states, congregations bused worshippers to polls to vote early and a battle of wills erupted in church parking lots over the distribution of political literature.

Biden in Fla. says politics of division must end (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2008 06:59 PM CST AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden made fun of a small group of protesters Sunday, then told supporters that the raucous Republicans are the same people they need to embrace once the election is over.

Palin campaigns for GOP ticket in must-win Ohio (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2008 08:30 PM CST AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin focused on tax and leadership issues Sunday as she opened two days of campaigning in this must-win swing state.

Japan's Obama town set to party for namesake (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 04:06 AM CST Reuters - Dancing, singing and playing the guitar, residents in the sleepy Japanese fishing port of Obama are readying to party for Barack Obama before Tuesday's U.S. presidential election.

Plumber's rise to superstar status speaks volumes (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 03:31 AM CST AP - Only a few weeks after being cited by John McCain in his final debate with Barack Obama, Joe the Plumber became so inundated with media attention that he was forced to hire a publicist.

The Next President's First Five Things To Do (Time.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 03:15 AM CST Time.com - In 24 hours, either Barack Obama or John Mccain will quickly turn to taking over the most powerful government on earth. So what does the winner do first?

Obama in command as US voting day looms (AFP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 02:30 AM CST AFP - Barack Obama stood on the threshold of history Monday as polls gave the Democrat a sharp edge over John McCain on the last day of campaigning for the most dramatic presidential vote in a generation.

Sex offender in Vermont seeks state Senate seat (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 02:10 AM CST AP - Larkin Forney doesn't have the most conventional background: He's a convicted sex offender and drunken driver, a head injury victim and a marijuana legalization advocate.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 01:54 AM CST AP - McCain, Obama unleash telephone calls, mailing, door-knockings in massive GOTV effort ... Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, Sean 'Diddy' Combs attend Obama get-out-vote rally in South Florida ... Feds investigate if laws were broken in disclosure of Obama aunt's immigration status ...

McCain burns midnight campaign oil in Miami (AFP) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 01:35 AM CST AFP - Republican John McCain wrapped up a frenzied day of campaigning early Monday with a midnight rally, insisting he was on course for a US presidential election victory over rival Barack Obama.

Obama leads McCain in 6 of 8 key states (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 01:21 AM CST Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in six of eight key battleground states one day before the U.S. election, including the big prizes of Florida and Ohio, according to a series of Reuters/Zogby polls released on Monday.

Election divides civil rights battle town (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 12:19 AM CST Reuters - If Democratic candidate Barack Obama wins Tuesday's presidential election, he will owe a debt to this Alabama town where one of the most significant confrontations of the civil rights era played out.

McCain and Obama hit key states in final 48 hours (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2008 12:10 AM CST Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain raced through the battleground states of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Sunday, with McCain struggling to overtake Obama's lead in the final 48 hours of a grueling White House campaign.

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