| Obama targets Va., Pa. in homestretch (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:34 AM CDT  AP - Barack Obama says there's no red America or blue America, just one big united country. But not when it comes to getting elected.
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| McCain targets rural Pennsylvania (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:33 AM CDT  AP - Republican John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin were reuniting Tuesday to rally the faithful in largely conservative areas of this swing state he hopes to win in next week's presidential election.
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| McCain fights for comeback in hard-hit Ohio (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:09 AM CDT AP - Fading in the polls, John McCain fought Barack Obama for support in economically hard-hit Ohio on Monday, each man pledging to right the economy and turn the page on the Bush era in a state with an impressive record for picking presidents. |
| Stevens faces long odds in Senate race (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:25 AM CDT AP - For most politicians, a guilty verdict on seven felony counts eight days before an election would guarantee the end of a political career. |
| Attorney General must work without partisanship (Politico) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:51 AM CDT Politico - In much the same way that our financial system is suffering a crisis of confidence, our Justice Department — the flagship of our system of justice — also faces a difficult road to rebuild trust after a crisis of leadership and conscience. |
| With visits and money, Obama narrows race in Mont. (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:21 AM CDT  AP - Republican John McCain has history on his side in Montana; Democrat Barack Obama has 19 campaign offices.
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| Stevens guilty on 7 counts, won't quit Senate race (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 06:29 PM CDT  AP - Ted Stevens, a pillar of the Senate for 40 years and the face of Alaska politics almost since statehood, was convicted of a seven-felony string of corruption charges Monday found guilty of accepting a bonanza of home renovations and fancy trimmings from an oil executive and then lying about it.
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| Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:28 AM CDT  AP - Obama envisions no `red' or `blue' America, but getting elected is different ... McCain takes running mate Palin on swing through conservative, rural areas of Pennsylvania ... Michelle Obama says she wears J. Crew, expresses empathy over Palin's $150,000 wardrobe
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| Feds disrupt alleged plot targeting Obama (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 09:51 PM CDT  AP - Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday.
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| Biden compares Obama attacks to past presidents (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 08:33 PM CDT  AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday cast White House hopeful Barack Obama with presidential giants, likening attacks against his running mate to criticisms lobbed against Thomas Jefferson's Christianity, Abraham Lincoln's commitment to individual rights and John F. Kennedy, for being a "dangerous choice in difficult times."
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| Two white supremacists held for Obama death threats (AFP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:28 AM CDT  AFP - US authorities have arrested two white supremacists for threatening to kill Democrat Barack Obama during a "killing spree" of some 100 African-Americans, officials said late on Monday.
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| GOP congressman running in changing Nev. district (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:16 AM CDT  AP - Congressman Jon Porter is keenly aware of the shifting political sands of his southern Nevada district.
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| Obama urges fight to the end in final week (AFP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:53 AM CDT  AFP - Democrat Barack Obama entered the final seven days of the dramatic presidential campaign exhorting supporters to fight to the end to defeat Republican John McCain and remake the nation.
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| With debt mounting, new president to face tough choices (AFP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 01:14 AM CDT  AFP - The next US president will inherit a mountain of debt from the latest government bailouts, making it difficult to implement new programs promised during the campaign, analysts say.
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| Health care reform weighs heavy for both Obama, McCain (AFP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:55 AM CDT  AFP - In a country where 45 million people have no health insurance, Barack Obama and John McCain have drawn swords over the best cure, but whoever wins will find reforms hard to enact, experts say.
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| Europeans will learn Obama has no 'magic wand': analysts (AFP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:47 AM CDT  AFP - Barack Obama, if he is elected US president next week, will disappoint his many European admirers when they find out he has no "magic wand" to change American foreign policy, analysts warn.
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| Obama holds 4-point lead on McCain (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:10 AM CDT  Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama has a 4-point national lead over Republican John McCain as they head into the final week of the presidential campaign, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.
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| US Republican senator convicted of corruption (AFP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 11:16 PM CDT  AFP - Veteran Republican lawmaker Ted Stevens was convicted of corruption, putting his once-secure US Senate seat in jeopardy and improving Democrats' chances of reaching the all-important political threshold of 60 seats in the chamber.
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| Inspector general probing checks on Ohio plumber (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 10:14 PM CDT AP - Ohio's inspector general is investigating why state computers were used to find personal information on "Joe the Plumber." |
| 'Barack-o'-lanterns' light up Democrats' Halloween (AFP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 09:32 PM CDT  AFP - US Democrats won't be frightened this Halloween -- not with "Barack-o'-lanterns" burning, as .youthful Democrats are replacing the pumpkin's traditionally triangular eyes and crooked mouth with the likeness of Obama
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