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Murdoch says Obama win could worsen financial crisis: report (AFP)

October 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, seen here in early August, addresses a press conference in Mumbai, India. Murdoch has warned that a win by Democratic hopeful Barack Obama in next week's US election could worsen the world financial crisis, a report has said.(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has warned that a win by Democratic hopeful Barack Obama in next week's US election could worsen the world financial crisis, a report said Saturday.


Obama Holds 6-Point Average Lead Over McCain in National Polls (Bloomberg)

October 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized
Bloomberg - Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama is holding an average lead of 6 percentage points over John McCain in national polls with three days left in the presidential campaign.

Obama-McCain Duel Spurs Charges of Voter Fraud, Suppression (Bloomberg)

October 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized
Bloomberg - Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The intensity of the presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain has spurred legal maneuvering and a barrage of charges of fraud and voter suppression in states that may determine the result if the election is close.

Obama says top priority is unclogging capitalism (AFP)

October 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized

Chart showing the turnout in US presidential elections from 1968 to 2004. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain take their White House duel deep into the American heartland in a final push for votes ahead of next week's historic election.(AFP/null)AFP - Democrat Barack Obama has vowed to avert a "potential meltdown" in the clogged financial system as he listed his top priorities if he is elected America's first black president next week.


Voter turnout expected to be highest in decades (AP)

October 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized

Early voters wait on line to cast their ballots at the County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) headquarters in Norwalk, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Voter turnout will be the highest in decades, dwarfing recent presidential elections, experts predict.


Olbermann crashes SNL set (Politico)

October 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized
Politico - Ben Affleck, who’s hosting “Saturday Night Live” this week, was rehearsing a skit this afternoon mocking Keith Olbermann when Olbermann himself got past security to watch, according to a source with knowledge of the incident.

What’s up the final weekend: The stars are out and the swing states are in

October 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Looking ahead, Swing states
This is it, the final weekend of the 2008 presidential campaign. Some highlights: Democrat Barack Obama holds rallies Saturday in Henderson, Nevada; Pueblo, Colorado and Springfield, Missouri. His wife, Michelle, joins him for the last two events. Republican John McCain's...

Obama seeks landslide; McCain says he’s far left (AP)

October 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. poses for a picture with supporters prior to boarding a plane at the airport in Columbia, Mo., Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Despite John McCain's prediction of an upset, Barack Obama reached for a landslide Friday, invading his rival's home state with TV ads and building a lead in early voting in key battlegrounds as the presidential race headed into a hectic final weekend.


Democrats striving for lock on Senate control (AP)

October 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized
AP - A usually elusive 60-40 Senate majority is the Democrats' target in Tuesday's election. They are certain to make gains even if they fall short of those magic numbers needed to break Republican choke holds on their aqenda.

White House defends last-minute deregulation push (AFP)

October 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized

Black smoke from the exhaust of a truck is shown near the US Capitol in Washington, DC in 2004. The White House on Friday defended its bid to push through a series of new rules that could relax federal regulations on the economy and the environment in the final days of President George W. Bush's term.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - The White House on Friday defended its bid to push through a series of new rules that could relax federal regulations on the economy and the environment in the final days of President George W. Bush's term.


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