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Sports

ACORN Voter Fraud Accusations Mar Obama Campaign

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Accusations of voter fraud have hurled a giant mud ball into an already messy presidential campaign, with Republicans alleging that Democrat Barack Obama has close ties to an activist group accused of compiling fake registration forms, including ones for the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys _ submitted in Nevada. 1723 comments

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London, KY

2-year-old dies after being left in car

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A two-and-a-half year-old boy was found dead Friday in a parking lot near Saint Joseph London after he was left in a family member's SUV for more eight hours. 702 comments

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2008 Presidential Election

Exclusive: Obama buys half-hour of network primetime

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Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour of primetime television on CBS and NBC, sources confirm. The Obama campaign is producing a nationwide pitch to voters that will air on at least two broadcast networks. The ad will run Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. -- less than a week before the general election. 588 comments

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US Governors

Palin Stumped Again On Her Strong Suit -- Energy

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If Gov. Sarah Palin, by John McCain's estimation, "knows more about energy than probably anyone in the United States of America," then why is she getting such basic facts about our nation's energy production wrong? 490 comments

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Asia

Analysis: The end of American capitalism?

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The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression is claiming another casualty: American-style capitalism. 471 comments

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Israel

Bush faces tough issues in last 100 days

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So how will it end? President George W. Bush is down to his final 100 days in office as of Sunday. Don't expect a quiet fade into the Texas night. The bleakest economic downturn in decades has changed the dynamic drastically, keeping Bush and his financial team in activist mode to the end. 301 comments

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Ice Hockey

"Hockey Mom" Palin Booed at Flyers Game

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Sarah Palin dropped the puck at Saturday night's Flyers game. She was roundly booed when she stepped onto the ice. 271 comments

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Huntington Beach, CA

Grounded Teen Gets 25 to Life for Mom's Murder

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Rachael Mullenix, the Huntington Beach teenager who conspired with her love-struck boyfriend to murder her mother and dump the slashed body into Newport Harbor, expressed only grudging and limited remorse Friday as a judge sentenced her to 25 years to life in prison. 280 comments

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Fire

Investigating John McCaina s Tragedy at Sea

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Troubling questions hover over Lt. Cmdr. McCain’s actions in the catastrophic 1967 fire aboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal and the period immediately afterward. His later accounts of events following the accident also raise issues. American voters, after hearing so much from the senator’s campaign about his military record, deserve to know all the facts. 187 comments

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US Politics

12 Newspapers Endorse Obama Today

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Barack Obama picked up at least 12 newspaper endorsements this weekend, including six in swing states Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and Missouri. John McCain, as far as we know, gained none. 143 comments