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1 hr ago | Toronto Sun

Harper team a classless bunch

It's true Stephane Dion's repeated flubs of a relatively simple question from a CTV interviewer Thursday make him look silly.

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5 hrs ago | The Morning Call

Kathleen Parker: How Obama can win over Appalachia

If you're a Democrat who needs help getting the votes of rural white folks, the go-to guy is David ''Mudcat'' Saunders, a central-casting political consultant recently made famous by a parade of magazine ...

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Related Topix: Appalachia, VA, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Arts, Literature, Barack Obama, US Senate, Jim Webb, Democrat

Fri Oct 10, 2008

Dallas Morning News

Paul Krugman: Follow Britain on global financial fix

Last month, when the U.S. Treasury Department allowed Lehman Brothers to fail, I wrote that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was playing financial Russian roulette.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Financial Services, Investment Services, Home, Mortgage, Dallas, TX

Times-Transcript

Fear mongering irresponsible

D6 There is irony in the fact that polls have consistently shown Canadians think the Conservative party and Stephen Harper have been able to best handle the economy, yet as soon as some economic turbulence ...

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Stephen Harper

Salt Lake Tribune

Questions for Sarah Palin about sex education, parenting

Sarah Palin faced a variety of questions at last week's debate, but not the one I would have asked: ''Should public school students be taught that contraception and condoms can prevent unintended pregnancy and ...

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Related Topix: Human Sexuality, Family, Parenting, Teenagers, Wedding

NY Daily News

A question of Barack Obama's character

Convicted felon Tony Rezko . Unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers . And the race-baiting Rev.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, John McCain

Saint Cloud Times

Letter: Haws has always been there for us and listened

We appreciate the willingness of Rep. Larry Haws to listen, research and follow up when we have gone to him with our concerns.

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Thu Oct 09, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Wishing for the old John McCain

The Republicans are right. Character does count. But my guess is that the American people won't make ultimate judgments on those hoping to lead our country based on where they've attended church or horrific ...

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The Daily Gazette

How big will Democratic victory be?

The elections are now less than a month away, and rational observers are pretty well agreed that the Democrats are going to win.

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St. Petersburg Times

A seamy, desperate campaign

Some of John McCain's friends, from the good old days when he talked straight, feared that his Greek tragedy would be that he would be defeated by George Bush twice: once in 2000, because of W.'s no-conscience ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, George Bush, The w's, Pop/Rock, Theater, Arts

Dispatch.com

Biden has no excuse for his many gaffes

Yes, everyone will be talking about Tuesday's presidential debate. But I can't get over last week's vice presidential contest.

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Burlington Free Press

Editorial: Lay off attacks and talk about solutions

There was no clear winner in the second presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, but the clear losers were American voters who were looking for signs of leadership from the ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, Barack Obama

Press-Telegram

A worldwide crisis

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is moving swiftly to restore liquidity in the nation's credit markets, hoping to stave off a world recession.

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Related Topix: Ben Bernanke

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Ely Daily Times

97% of home loans being paid

It's not your fault you don't know that the percentage of American home mortgages in foreclosure today is about 2.75 percent.

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Ohio

Nashua Telegraph

For Catholics, abortion an issue - again

In recent elections when a high-profile Roman Catholic Democrat seeks high, or higher office, the issue of abortion surfaces.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Abortion, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Joe Biden

Newton Daily News

Oh my, yes, differences

Gaffes; expectations, high and low; likeability. That's what some conventional wisdom would have us use as metrics for Thursday's vice presidential debate between Delaware Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, Barack Obama

National Post

Editorial: Harper for PM

Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during a campaign rally in Hamilton, Ont., Oct.

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Related Topix: Stephen Harper, Canada, North America, World News

Boston Herald

APa s wired to see nonexistent racism

Michael Graham hosts a talk show on 96.9 WTKK. T his is the story of how I became a racist.

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Related Topix: Social Software, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Illinois, Illinois Government, Democrat, John McCain

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Clovis News-Journal

Commit to be reasonable Nov. 4

Monday morning was pretty much the routine. A bowl of cereal more suited for my future children, a quick viewing of TV news and a visit to the Internet for my e-mail and social networking site checks.

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Related Topix: Social Software, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, African-American, Family, Teenagers, Barack Obama, John McCain

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: More Perspective: The Fed's New SPV

Live! From NABE Conference in Washington D.C. - Interview with NABE Incoming President Chris Varvares

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Related Topix: Video, Personal Finance

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