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October 2008 (Pt. 3)

10/31/08 - POLITICS

THE LATEST DESPARATE ATTEMPTS TO SLIME OBAMA:

The Khalidi Connection (newsweek)

McCain tries 'terror' weapon (scotsman)

Palin: Obama incapable of handling security tests (reuters)

McCain says Obama won't protect America from terrorists (newser)

McCain's spokesman raises the issue of Obama's ties to "radicals" (latimes)

John McCain's latest attempt to link Barack Obama to extremism (washingtonpost)

Here's the problem for McCain...

Oops: McCain Funded Rashid Khalidi (firedoglake)

McCain Funded Work Of Palestinian His Campaign Hopes To Tie To Obama (huffingtonpost)

10/31/08

Palin says Obama infomercial short on specifics (ap)

10/31/08

Conservatives say Bush and McCain destroyed Republican Party (latimes)

10/31/08

Obama approaches lawmaker about White House post (ap)

10/31/08

Palin looks past Tuesday to her political future (ap)

10/31/08

Win or Lose, Many See Palin as Future of Party (nytimes)

10/31/08

Palin's future causes Republican rift (cnn)

10/31/08

Fact Check: Palin's Alaska spreads its wealth (ap)

10/31/08

Analysis: Obama, McCain deeply at odds on US wars (iht)

Or this if you like...

Obama, McCain agree on much on defense (upi)

10/31/08

How McCain, Obama would do as commander in chief (csmonitor)
McCain has the experience, but Obama may be more open to Pentagon advice.

10/31/08

War still top issue for these voters (ajc)

10/31/08

Stevens says he hasn't yet been convicted (ap)

Defiant Ted Stevens returns to Alaska (latimes)

10/31/08

Mich. Dems' typo directs voters to phone-sex line (ap)

10/31/08

Republicans Are Sick: Radio Host Fantasizes Obama Murdering His Own Grandmother (talkingpointsmemo)

10/31/08

10/31/08 - THE MIDEAST CRISIS & TERRORISM

Bush says he's confident US-Iraq pact will pass (ap)

Or is he out of touch as usual...

US officials' hopes for Iraq security deal fade (ap)

10/31/08

Iraq wants guaranteed US departure after 2011 (ap)

Iraq gov't wants all US troops gone by end of 2011 (ap)

10/31/08

Iraq holding thousands in secret prisons: lawmaker (ap)

10/31/08

US commander wants better police for Iraqi city (ap)

10/31/08

Blast rocks Afghan ministry (iht)

Taliban storm Afghan culture ministry, kill 5 (ap)

10/31/08

Auditors: Private security in Iraq cost over $6B (ap)

10/31/08

UN pays out nearly $889 million from Iraq oil fund (ap)

10/31/08

Iraqi militant to hang for killing US soldiers (ap)

10/31/08

Attackers kill at least 76 in northeast India (ap)
Officials blamed the largest separatist group, the United Liberation Front of Asom, for the blasts.

10/31/08

Bomb at university in Spain's Pamplona wounds 17 (ap)
...officials pointed the finger at the militant Basque group ETA

Car Bomb in Spain Injures 17 at University (nytimes)

10/31/08

Intel says Iran plans secret nuclear experiments (ap)

10/31/08

10/31/08 - THE ECONOMY

"Harsh storm" threatens global economy (reuters)

10/31/08

Economy contracts as consumers retreat (reuters)

U.S. Economy Shrinks On Lower Spending (forbes)

Economy shrinks as consumers cut back on spending (ap)

10/31/08

Beaten down, American consumers burrow deeper (ap)

10/31/08

Bill collectors get tough, and complaints surge (ap)

10/31/08

White House to banks: Start lending now (ap)

10/31/08

chart for 10/30/08

Stocks up on GDP report in relatively calm session (ap)

10/31/08

White House defends money for banks (ap)

10/31/08

Bank of Japan makes rare rate cut (bbc)

Japanese interest rates cut for first time in seven years (guardian)

10/31/08

Oil falls below $65 on US contraction (ap)

10/31/08

Exxon Mobil posts biggest US quarterly profit ever (ap)

10/31/08

Report: IRS issued $1B in bad refunds in 2007 (ap)

10/31/08

Troubled Fund Begins Payouts (nytimes)

'Buck-breaking' fund returns initial $26 billion (ap)

10/31/08

10/31/08 - SOCIAL, HEALTH, SCIENCE & SOME GENERAL SILLINESS

OUTER SPACE EDITION:

India readies 1st moon mission in Asian space race (ap)

10/31/08

Spacecraft to probe edge of solar system (cnn)

NASA to launch probe to map solar system's edge (ap)

New Observatory Set to Scan Solar System's Edge (space)

10/31/08

Depressed astronauts might get computerized solace (ap)

10/31/08

Congress cancels novel satellite program (ap)

10/31/08

NASA runs into more trouble with Hubble Telescope (ap)

10/31/08

Shuttle Atlantis reaches VAB (floridatoday

10/31/08

Italian satellite launched from California (ap)

10/31/08

10/30/08 - POLITICS

GOP doubts grow for McCain presidential victory (ap)

Some Republicans Lukewarm On A McCain Victory (npr)

Big crowds for Obama, jittery supporters for McCain (dallasnews)

Precriminations: GOP begins McCain campaign blame game well before voting day (nationalpost)

10/30/08

Obama reprises call for change and unity (boston)

10/30/08

GOP unity yields to dissenters of all stripes (ap)
Republicans of all stripes and stature have broken with their party's nominee and are not only supporting Democrat Barack Obama, but trashing the GOP in the process.

10/30/08

Election sure to change face of Senate (ap)

10/30/08

McCain links economy and national security (ap)

10/30/08

Obama pounces on McCain aide's remark about healthcare (latimes)

Obama camp finds a line of attack on McCain healthcare plan (boston)

10/30/08

With Time Running Short, Campaigns Engage in a Noisy Air War (nytimes)

10/30/08

Obama rules the TV ad airwaves (bbc)

Obama starring in infomercial, broader TV blitz (ap)

10/30/08

Conservatives plan secret post-election strategy session (politico)

US election: Top conservatives to meet on rebuilding Republican party (guardian)

10/30/08

Rethinking the 'Bradley effect' (latimes)
Tom Bradley's narrow loss in 1982 stemmed from a convergence of political difficulties, and only one of them was his race.

10/30/08

"Skinheads" Reveal All On Web (cbsnews)
Web Postings Expose The Racist Ideals Of Men Accused Of Plotting Killing Spree

10/30/08

Obama Win Wouldn't End Racism -- but It Could Be Beginning of Its End (washingtonpost)

10/30/08

Mass. Pol Accused of Stuffing Bra With Bribes (abcnews)
State Senator Charged With Taking $23,000 in Bribes in Sting Operation

FBI: State Senator Wilkerson Charged With Taking Bribes (thebostonchannel)

10/30/08

Obama Calls on Stevens to Step Down (washingtonindependent)

McCain and Palin: Stevens Should Resign (washingtonpost)

Palin says Sen. Ted Stevens should resign (ap)

10/30/08

Stevens wants probe into federal prosecutors (ap)

What an asshole!

10/30/08

10/30/08 - THE MIDEAST CRISIS & TERRORISM

U.S. spent $4 billion more on spying in fiscal '08 than '07 (baltimoresun)

10/30/08

Next president faces unknowns on Iraq (ap)
Reality is sure to tangle and vastly complicate the next president's job no matter who wins.

10/30/08

Pakistani, Afghan elders aim to open Taliban talks (reuters)

Afghans, Pakistanis Opt to Talk to Taliban (washingtonpost)

10/30/08

The Washington Post Undercounts Iraq Deaths (fair)
Paper's feature low-balls Iraqi casualties

10/30/08

Iraq condemns U.S. assault on Syria (latimes)

10/30/08

Pakistan to US: Stop missile strikes near border (ap)

Pakistan summons U.S. envoy over missile strikes (reuters)

10/30/08

Beneath US-Pakistani tension, a new cooperation (csmonitor)

10/30/08

Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdish bases in N. Iraq (ap)

10/30/08

Gates Gives Rationale for Expanded Deterrence (nytimes)

10/30/08

Judge tosses detainee confession citing torture (ap)

10/30/08

How not to fight the war on terror (thenational)

10/30/08

Eight years of Bush turmoil ends (iol)

10/30/08

10/30/08 - THE ECONOMY

Economy Reigns Supreme for Voters (gallup)
More than half rate it “extremely important” to their vote for president

Economy is the closing issue -- again (seattletimes)

10/30/08

Fed cuts key interest rate half-point to 1 percent (ap)

10/30/08

Downturn Pummels Consumer Confidence (washingtonpost)

10/30/08

Home prices see another record plunge (cnn)

Home prices fall record 16.6% in past year (marketwatch)

10/30/08

Waxman Seeks Bank Data On Use of Bailout Funds (washingtonpost)

Citigroup, Goldman Asked by Waxman to Justify Bonuses (bloomberg)

10/30/08

chart for 10/29/08

Stocks end mixed in late slide after Fed rate cut (ap)

10/30/08

Most Asian markets extend gains after US rally (ap)

Asia Stocks Extend Global Rally as Nations Move to Ease Crisis (bloomberg)

10/30/08

Oil company profits rise, but outlook is cautious (ap)

10/30/08

Oil bounces off 17-month low to $64 in Asia (ap)

10/30/08

Money worries rob workers of sleep, study shows

10/30/08

White House to banks: Start lending now (ap)

10/30/08

Will the Market Kill Your Marriage? (time)

10/30/08

10/30/08 - SOCIAL, HEALTH, SCIENCE & SOME GENERAL SILLINESS

GAY PRIDE EDITION:

Gay candidates anticipate breakthroughs on Nov. 4 (ap)

10/30/08

Priests stance against Prop. 8 costs him (latimes)
Father Geoffrey Farrow is removed from his Fresno post after a sermon against the anti-same-sex marriage measure.

10/30/08

Gay marriage ban attracts big money in Calif. (ap)

10/30/08

Yes on 8 v. No on 8 - Oakland, CA Political Culture War (ireport)

10/30/08

Minister Who Performed Gay Marriage Cleared Of Violating Church Law (wpxi)

10/30/08

Chicago may get 'gay-friendly' high school (cnn)

10/30/08

Using Biology, Not Religion, to Argue Against Same-Sex Marriage (nytimes)

10/30/08

Ex-Minn. legislator Allan Spear, gay pioneer, dies (ap)

10/30/08

10/29/08 - POLITICS

THE WHACK JOB FROM WASILLA!

McCain adviser: Palin is ‘a whack job.’ (thinkprogress)

Palin A "Whack Job," Top McCain Adviser Says (huffingtonpost)

John McCain admits tensions with running mate Sarah Palin (telegraph)

McCain and Palin come out fighting after Alaska governor labelled 'whack job' (timesonline)

Nameless Aides Say Palin a "Whack Job", "Diva", "Rogue" - Rumors Galore! (postchronicle)

10/29/08

Obama to voters: Our future depends on this week (cnn)

10/29/08

8 reasons why Obama might not win (chicagotribune)

10/29/08

The Top Ten Reasons Conservatives Should Vote For Obama (theatlantic)

10/29/08

Early voting reaching record numbers, election officials say (cnn)

10/29/08

McCain says pundits being fooled, promises victory (ap)

10/29/08

McCain might skip his own election-night party (ap)

10/29/08

McCain attacks Obama on redistribution (boston)

10/29/08

If Hitler ass- f@#ed the NRA this would be their offsping!

Authorities say skinhead plot wasn't fully formed (ap)

10/29/08

Dean: From ‘Scream’ to nearly realizing 50-state dream (lasvegassun)

10/29/08

GOP takes out loan to help Senate candidates (ap)

10/29/08

Donna Brazile: ACORN issue not vote fraud, but vote suppression (cnn)

10/29/08

Pentagon Panel: Biden Was Right, Prep for 'Crisis' (wired)

DOD Panel: Next President to 'Likely' to Face Crisis in First 270 Days (defensenewsstand.)

10/29/08

Sen. Stevens' career cloudy after conviction (ap)

10/29/08

Detroit's ex-Mayor Kilpatrick jailed for 4 months (ap)

10/29/08

10/29/08 - THE MIDEAST CRISIS & TERRORISM

Syria accuses U.S. in deadly helicopter attack (cnn)

10/29/08

Al Qaeda was U.S. target in Syrian attack, official says (cnn)

10/29/08

AP IMPACT: Al-Qaida's route though Syria persists (ap)

10/29/08

Analysis: Raid into Syria complicates Iraq's ties (ap)

10/29/08

Syria orders US school, cultural center closed (ap)

U.S. School in Syria Ordered Shut After Attack (wsj)

10/29/08

Iraq approves changes in SOFA draft (upi)

Iraqi Cabinet authorizes reopening of US talks (ap)

10/29/08

Iraq demands all US troops out by 2011 (timesonline)

10/29/08

Iraqi ministry members hurt in car bombing (cnn)

10/29/08

Iraqi militant to hang for killing US soldiers (ap)

10/29/08

Bin Laden writing his memoirs: Report (timesofindia)

10/29/08

Jurors hear start of alleged plot in Fort Dix case (ap)

10/29/08

Defense Lawyers Get Access To Secret Guantanamo Camp (washingtonpost)

10/29/08

10/29/08 - THE ECONOMY

Fed weighs another rate reduction to limit fallout (ap)

Fed poised to fight crisis with another rate cut (reuters)

10/29/08

Cost of crash: $2,800,000,000,000 (guardian)
Autumn's market mayhem has left the world's financial institutions nursing losses of $2.8tn

10/29/08

Central Banks Slashing Rates As Investors Flee (washingtonpost)
Global Pullback Could Affect Currency Markets

10/29/08

Oil rises with global markets (cnn)
Crude prices rise off of 17-month low as investor confidence rebounds in markets around the world.

10/29/08

Carmakers may be next up for bailout (cnn)
White House confirms talks with auto companies about possible help from $700 billion program.

Automakers seek govt aid beyond bailout and loans (ap)

10/29/08

chart for 10/28/08

Dow jumps nearly 900 as investors seek bargains (ap)

Dow ends up almost 900, but no one is exhaling (ap)

10/29/08

Global stocks rebound (cnn)

10/29/08

IMF likely to need more money for its bailout fund (ap)

10/29/08

Britain, France, Germany to discuss economy (cnn)
British Prime Minister Brown meets with Merkel and Sarkozy ahead of Nov. 7 European Council summit.

10/29/08

September new home sales rise by 2.7 percent (ap)

10/29/08

212,000 borrowers avoid foreclosure in Sept. (cnn)
Foreclosure prevention group Hope Now says it's helped 2.5 million home owners since the start of the housing crisis last summer.

10/29/08

Bargain Hunters Help Shrink Housing Glut (wsj)
Despite Small Inventory Drop, Prices Continue to Decline; The Threat of Unlisted Homes

10/29/08

10/29/08 - SOCIAL, HEALTH, SCIENCE & SOME GENERAL SILLINESS

Monkey Man Hired to Scare Real Monkeys Off of Train (urlesque)

10/29/08

WTF, BROCCOLI? (bread-and-honey)

Tiny Faces Hidden in Broccoli Freaks Out Food Blog (urlesque)

10/29/08

No rest for dead at foreclosed Mich. funeral home (ap)
Even the dead can't escape foreclosure in suburban Detroit. Five bodies and the cremated remains of 22 people were evicted Friday from a funeral home in Pontiac...

10/29/08

Pa. Woman Ordered Out Of Chemical-Free 'Bubble' (myfoxmaine)
Ten hours a day, every day, Elizabeth Feudale-Bowes confines herself to a galvanized-steel-and-porcelain shed outside her house.

10/29/08

Man charged with exposing himself to toll worker (ap)

10/29/08

Robbery suspect escapes with cash, leaves thumb (ap)

10/29/08

Man brandishes BB gun after stealing deodorant (ap)

10/29/08

10/28/08 - POLITICS

Rift Cracks 'Demoralized' McCain Campaign (abcnews)
McCain Staffers Blame Palin's Lack of Readiness; Palin Loyalists Blame Over-Managing By McCain Handlers

Palin's off-script comments irk McCain aides (cnn)

Rift Forming Between McCain And Palin? (donklephant)

Sarah the Diva, Looking Past John the Runner-Up (washingtonpost)

10/28/08

Campaign Journal: To McCain supporters, it's his way or socialism (dallasnews)

10/28/08

The 'S-word' is quite often a presidential politics curse (signonsandiego)

10/28/08

Voting question: Pocketbooks vs. racial issues (ap)

10/28/08

McCain’s troubles highlight party rift (ft)

Struggle for soul of Republican party degenerates into civil war (independent)

Republican fears of historic Obama landslide unleash civil war for the future of the party (telegraph)
Senior Republicans believe that John McCain is doomed to a landslide defeat which will hand Barack Obama more political power than any president in a generation.

10/28/08

Ex-Pa. judge: Sorry for anti-Obama Jewish e-mail (ap)
A former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice apologized Monday for signing an e-mail to Jewish voters that likened a vote for Barack Obama to ignoring warning signals that led to the Holocaust

10/28/08

Biden compares Obama attacks to past presidents (ap)

10/28/08

Biden a reliable running mate amid the stumbles (ap)

10/28/08

Obama campaign charging media Election Night fees (ap)
Media organizations will have to pay up if they want a prime spot to cover Democrat Barack Obama's Election Night party

10/28/08

Feds disrupt alleged plot targeting Obama (ap)

Skinheads held over plot to kill Obama (reuters)

Two white supremacists held for Obama death threats (afp)

Oops... Two less votes for McCain/Palin!

10/28/08

White House Wants DOJ Action On Ohio Voting Case (talkingpointsmemo)

10/28/08

7 Things That Could Go Wrong on Election Day (time)

10/28/08

Abortion ban returns to ballot in South Dakota (ap)

10/28/08

Stevens guilty on 7 counts, won't quit Senate race (ap)

Alaska Senator Is Guilty Over His Failures to Disclose Gifts (nytimes)

10/28/08

Alaskans turning against Stevens after verdict (ap)

10/28/08

Wash. gov's GOP rival ordered to give deposition (ap)

10/28/08

10/28/08 - THE MIDEAST CRISIS & TERRORISM

An Iraqi Accord and a New U.S. President (washingtonpost)

10/28/08

US official: Raid on Syria killed leader of cell (ap)

10/28/08

Iraq hopes U.S. military raid into Syria won't harm relations (ap)

10/28/08

Analysis: Syria raid suggests new US stance (ap)

10/28/08

Syria warns US of retaliation (aljazeera)

10/28/08

U.S. Copter Shot Down (washingtonpost)

Gunfire brings down US helicopter in Afghanistan (ap)

10/28/08

Afghan Bomb at Meeting Kills 2 G.I.’s and a Child (nytimes)

10/28/08

U.S. drone attack kills 20 in Pakistan (upi)

Suspected US strike kills up to 20 in Pakistan (ap)

10/28/08

U.S. Strikes in Pakistan Help Terrorists, Gilani Says (bloomberg)

10/28/08

Guantanamo prisoner and lawyer boycott trial (ap)

10/28/08

Judge defines enemy combatant status for detainees (ap)

10/28/08

Air Force Probes General For Actions at Guantanamo (washingtonpost)

10/28/08

10/28/08 - THE ECONOMY

Financial crisis spawns more pink slips (msnbc)
Amid economic weakness, more companies resort to job cuts

10/28/08

Treasury clears way for bailout to begin (ap)

10/28/08

Fed weighs another rate reduction to limit fallout (ap)

10/28/08

Will the Fed go below 1%? (cnn)
Fed heads toward uncharted territory

10/28/08

Little relief in credit as market awaits rate cut (ap)

10/28/08

chart for 10/27/08

Stocks end lower as financials give up early gains (ap)

10/28/08

Global Recession Fears Drive Sell-Off (washingtonpost)

10/28/08

Wall Street workers leaving NYC for fresh start (ap)

10/28/08

Ford, GM, Chrysler Eligible for Aid Under Bailout Law, Treasury Says (washingtonpost)

10/28/08

Oil falls to $62 on gloomy global economic outlook (ap)

10/28/08

What's Behind (and Ahead for) the Plunging Price of Oil (time)

10/28/08

Saudi stocks tumble with world markets, oil prices (cnn)

10/28/08

10/28/08 - SOCIAL, HEALTH, SCIENCE & SOME GENERAL SILLINESS

WHO: Heart, infectious diseases, cancer kill most (ap)
Heart ailments, infectious diseases and cancer remain the world's top three killers

10/28/08

Boy, 8, shoots himself to death at Mass. gun show (ap)
An 8-year-old boy at a gun fair aimed an Uzi at a pumpkin and pulled the trigger... It was his first time shooting a fully automatic machine gun, and the recoil of the weapon was too much for him. He lost control and fatally shot himself in the head.

Boys dies in shooting at gun club (boston)

What the hell is a child doing fireing an Uzi!?!?! What the f@#k is wrong with these people!

10/28/08

Voters to Decide Whether Animals Need More Space (washingtonpost)

A California Ballot Measure Offers Rights for Farm Animals (nytimes)

10/28/08

2 greenhouse gases on the rise worry scientists (ap)

10/28/08

AIDS treatment should start sooner, study finds (ap)

10/28/08

Jump seen in staph-linked flu deaths in kids (ap)

Staph germs harder than ever to treat, studies say (ap)

10/28/08

Diabetes drug costs soaring, top $12B last year (ap)

10/28/08

10/27/08 - POLITICS

Bill Clinton to campaign with Obama (reuters)

Bill Clinton to Campaign With Obama (nytimes)

Obama to campaign for first time with Bill Clinton (ap)

10/27/08

Election's endgame is no sure thing (latimes)

Many reasons still for Obama to worry, and McCain to hope (boston)

10/27/08

Democrats claim McCain violating fundraising rules (ap)

McCain got $7 million in excess donations: DNC (reuters)

DNC Files FEC Complaint Over McCain Campaign's Missing, Excessive and Anonymous Donors (marketwatch)

10/27/08

GOP Wants Audit of Obama Funds (wsj)
Democratic Campaign Says It Takes Every Available Step to Root Out Improper Donations

10/27/08

Sarah Palin Refuses To Answer Whether Or Not Abortion Clinic Bombers Are Terrorists (firedoglake)

10/27/08

Perceptions of Palin Grow Increasingly Negative, Poll Says (washingtonpost)
New Poll Finds Stark Reversal on Perceptions of Palin

Daily Tracking Poll: Disfavor With Palin Grows (abcnews)

10/27/08

The Palin Problem (newsweek)
If McCain loses, the GOP will have a head vs. heart decision to make about the party's veep pick.

10/27/08

Sarah Palin dragging down Republican ticket: polls (afp)

10/27/08

Poll: Palin Hasn't Done Herself Any Favors For 2012 (talkingpointsmemo)

10/27/08

Bigotry, hate polarizing Americans (ohio)

Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab Election Slurs (huffingtonpost)

Slurs Against Muslims a Cover for Racism Against Blacks (huffingtonpost)

10/27/08

More Anti-Obama Hate at Palin Rally outside Las Vegas (talkingpointsmemo)

10/27/08

Palin: Obama's Tax Plans Could Mean Nightmare Communist State (huffingtonpost)

She has lost her mind....

10/27/08

Palin Pathology: What's Wrong with Sarah and Her Fans? (talkingpointsmemo)

10/27/08

At the U.N., Many Hope for an Obama Win
The United Nations Association cites "a lot of bad feeling" about the past eight years

10/27/08

AP INVESTIGATION: Stevens got $2.7M for pal's road (ap)

10/27/08

Pennsylvania GOP disavows inflammatory e-mail (ap)
Pennsylvania Republicans are disavowing an e-mail sent to Jewish voters that likens a vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to events that led up to the Holocaust.

10/27/08

10/27/08 - THE MIDEAST CRISIS & TERRORISM

US considering implications of nuclear decline (ap)

10/27/08

Deal on American presence in Iraq close to collapse (timesonline)

U.S. Officials: Time is Short for Troop Agreement in Iraq (foxnews)

10/27/08

Iraq parliament sees protests over SOFA (presstv)

10/27/08

Iraqi Cabinet delays decision on US security pact (ap)

10/27/08

Pentagon Once Against Accuses Iran of Trying to Undermine Iraq Pact (antiwar)

10/27/08

Expanded role puts Petraeus in charge of winning Afghan war (pittsburghlive)

10/27/08

Myriad militant groups operate on Pakistan border (ap)

10/27/08

Time and Money Running Out for Pakistan (time)

10/27/08

Pakistani militias outgunned by Taliban (iht)

10/27/08

Report: Iranian president has fallen ill (ap)

Iranian president suffering from exhaustion (cnn)

10/27/08

Security guard blamed for Kabul shootings (cnn)

10/27/08

Syria: US choppers attack village near Iraq border (ap)
U.S. military helicopters attacked an area along Syria's border with Iraq killing eight people, the Syrian government said.

10/27/08

10/27/08 - THE ECONOMY

U.S.: a decade of descent (bloggingstocks)
Volcker: U.S. needs more civil engineers and fewer financial engineers

10/27/08

U.S. Mulls Widening Bailout to Insurers (wsj)

Insurers Are Getting in Line for Piece of Federal Bailout (nytimes)

10/27/08

Companies start competing for bailout money (ap)

10/27/08

Uses for $700 billion bailout money ever shifting (ap)

10/27/08

Bailed-Out but Still Giving Bonuses (abcnews)
Questions Loom Over How Much Cash Wall Street Firms Are Still Paying Executives

10/27/08

Bush urges patience in economic crisis (ap)

Amid global meltdown, Bush urges world markets to have patience (latimesblogs0

10/27/08

Got enough to retire? Think again (cnn)

10/27/08

For housing, no easy fix (cnn)
Taxpayer funds prop up the banking sector, but there are no easy solutions for the foreclosure mess.

10/27/08

Waxman Backs More Regulation of Hedge Funds, Rating Companies (bloomberg)

10/27/08

Spluttering Economy Drags On European Currency (spiegel)

Dollar Gains Most Since 1992 on Concern Global Slump Deepening (bloomberg)

10/27/08

IMF director gets to keep job despite affair (ap)

I.M.F. Won’t Fire Director for Sexual Affair (nytimes)

10/27/08

Recession hits the country club (cnn)

Lobster prices tank as diners claw back spending (ap)

Cry me a river...

10/27/08

10/27/08 - SOCIAL, HEALTH, SCIENCE & SOME GENERAL SILLINESS

MEDICAL EDITION:

10/27/08

Panel calls for vaccine for adult smokers (ap)

10/27/08

Food allergies increasing in US kids, study says (ap)

10/27/08

Reports of serious drug reactions hit record (ap)

10/27/08

Scientists find 26 genes promoting lung cancer (ap)

10/27/08

Vaccine slashes diarrheal illness in kids (ap)

10/27/08

Swedish health agency blasted for HIV stance (ap)
A Swedish health agency revealed that it had refused to help police track down people who knowingly infect others with HIV.

Drop them an email and tell them what you think about that...

Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (smittskyddsinstitutet)

10/27/08

Survey: Half of US doctors use placebo treatments (ap)

10/27/08

10/26/08 - POLITICS

PALIN'S GOIN' ROGUE!!!!!!

Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says (cnn)
Sources say there is brewing tension between McCain aides and Palin... "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," says a McCain adviser

Palin allies report rising campaign tension (politico)

alin Said to Want to Strike Out on Her Own More (knx1070)

10/26/08

Polls: White support for Obama at historic level (politico)

Poll: 7 of 10 say candidates' race not a factor in their vote (cnn)

10/26/08

GOP heavyweights bailing on McCain campaign (sfgate)

10/26/08

Palin: Obama's Tax Plans Could Mean Nightmare Communist State (huffingtonpost)

10/26/08

INVESTIGATION: Palin pipeline terms curbed bids (ap)
Palin's "Signature Accomplishment" Flawed, Unfair, May Not Be Built

No guarantee gas pipeline will be built (ap)

10/26/08

GOP increasingly nervous (cnn)

10/26/08

GOP open seats boost Democrats House chances (ap)

10/26/08

McCain Is Faltering Among Hispanic Voters (nytimes)

Newsflash: McCain faltering among white, black and Asian voters as well!

10/26/08

Black turnout is strong in early voting in South (ap)

Black vote could help swing key states to Obama (reuters)

10/26/08

WATCH GOP Strategist: Outrage Obama Using "767 Campaign Plane To Visit (Sick) Grandma" (huffingtonpost)
Obama "Should Be Humping His Bags On A Commercial Plane"

10/26/08

Palin May Release Medical Records -- or Not (washingtonpost)

10/26/08

GOP donors critical of Palin's pricey threads (politico)

10/26/08

As governor, Palin at times bonds church and state (ap)

10/26/08

Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama (ap)
Terrorist strikes on four American cities. Russia rolling into Eastern Europe. Israel hit by a nuclear bomb. Gay marriage in every state. The end of the Boy Scouts.