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Big ballot boo-boo: Osama for president?
Times Union - Fri Oct 10, 2008
TROY, New York - Rensselaer County gaffe makes national news after absentee ballots misspell Barack Obama's name. More»

Raw anger in McCain's crowds as Obama strengthens
Associated Press - Thu Oct 9, 2008
LAKEVILLE, Minnesota - The anger is getting raw at Republican rallies and John McCain is finally acting to tamp it down. More»

Report: Voter purges in 6 states may violate law
Associated Press - Wed Oct 8, 2008
Tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states, and the voters' exclusion appears to violate federal law, according to a published report. More»

Some state unemployment funds drying up
CNN - Tue Oct 7, 2008
The demand for unemployment benefits across the country has put a strain on state unemployment funds, with such funds in at least 10 states facing insolvency in 2009, according to a policy group. More»

Scientists question terrorist-hunting techniques
CNN - Mon Oct 6, 2008
Two methods the federal government wants to use to find terrorists -- "data mining" and "behavior detection" -- are dubious scientifically and have "enormous potential" for infringing on law-abiding Americans' privacy, a consortium of scientists said. More»

Retirement accounts have lost $2 trillion so far
Associated Press - Mon Oct 6, 2008
Americans' retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months - about 20 percent of their value - Congress' top budget analyst estimated Tuesday as lawmakers began investigating how turmoil in the financial industry is whittling away workers' nest eggs. More»

Mortgage forgiven for woman, 90, who shot herself
Associated Press - Sun Oct 5, 2008
AKRON, Ohio - Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae said it is forgiving the mortgage debt of a 90-year-old woman who shot herself in the chest as sheriff's deputies attempted to evict her. More»

Credit Crisis Erodes Faith in Washington
Associated Press - Fri Sep 26, 2008
WASHINGTON - As if people needed one more reason to question their faith in Washington. More»

Flu Vaccines Do Contain Mercury-Based Thimerosal
US News - Fri Sep 26, 2008
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unleashed a PR blitzkrieg this week to urge about 85 percent of Americans to get vaccinated against the flu. More»

Gas shortages: get ready for more
Fortune Magazine - Fri Sep 26, 2008
NEW YORK - While Congress and Bush administration officials have been working to complete a bailout plan and stem the financial contagion on Wall Street, a different kind of economic crisis emerged across the South this week: A severe, hurricane-related gasoline shortage has curtailed trucking from Atlanta to Asheville, NC, and created a wave of panic buying among motorists. More»

WaMu becomes biggest bank to fail in US history
Associated Press - Thu Sep 25, 2008
NEW YORK - As the debate over a $700 billion bank bailout rages on in Washington, one of the nation's largest banks - Washington Mutual Inc - has collapsed under the weight of its enormous bad bets on the mortgage market. More»

Patient Died in ER After a 19-Hour Wait
ABC - Thu Sep 25, 2008
With notoriously crowded US emergency rooms, chances are most American families have a story of someone waiting. More»

Hundreds of Economists Urge Congress Not to Rush on Rescue Plan
Bloomberg - Wed Sep 24, 2008
More than 150 prominent US economists, including three Nobel Prize winners, urged Congress to hold off on passing a $700 billion financial market rescue plan until it can be studied more closely. More»

Darpa Budget Cut $130 Million for 'Poor Execution'
Wired - Wed Sep 24, 2008
Congress just cut $130 million from Darpa's budget for next year, citing "poor execution" of previous funded projects. More»

Freddie Mac Paid McCain Aide's Firm
Associated Press - Wed Sep 24, 2008
WASHINGTON - Almost up until the time it was taken over by the government in the nation's financial crisis, one of two housing giants paid $15,000 a month to the lobbying firm of John McCain's campaign manager, a person familiar with the financial arrangement says. More»

Palin blessed to be free from 'witchcraft'
Associated Press - Tue Sep 23, 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A grainy YouTube video surfaced Wednesday showing Sarah Palin being blessed in her hometown church three years ago by a Kenyan pastor who prayed for her protection from "witchcraft" as she prepared to seek higher office. More»

Diabetic man mistaken for drunken driver and brutally beaten by cops
Freep - Mon Sep 22, 2008
A diabetic Detroit man was mistaken for a drunken driver by Allen Park and Dearborn police, and brutally beaten to the point that he had to have part of his brain surgically removed, the man's wife and their attorney allege. More»

EPA won't limit toxic pollutant in drinking water
Associated Press - Mon Sep 22, 2008
The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there's no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country. More»

Cheney must keep records, judge orders
CNN - Sat Sep 20, 2008
Vice President Dick Cheney must preserve a broad range of records from his time in office, a federal judge ordered Saturday, ruling in favor of a private watchdog group. More»

FDIC Funds Are Dwindling
Associated Press - Tue Sep 16, 2008
Banks are not the only ones struggling in the growing financial crisis - The fund established to insure their deposits is also feeling the pinch, and the taxpayer may be the lender of last resort. More»

Missing ballots found in Florida
WPTV-TV - Thu Sep 11, 2008
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - You hate to say it, but only in Palm Beach County. More»

Hurricane destroyed Galveston in 1900
CNN - Thu Sep 11, 2008
The worst weather disaster in American history took place in Galveston, Texas, in 1900 when a hurricane estimated as a Category 4 intensity blew ashore, killing thousands of residents and obliterating the town. More»

Palin's Book-Banning Controversy
Associated Press - Thu Sep 11, 2008
WASILLA, Alaska - The McCain campaign is defending Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's much-criticized inquiry into banning books at her hometown library, saying her questions were only hypothetical. More»

Fight Over UFO Photos Pits Family Versus Newspaper
KATU-TV - Thu Sep 11, 2008
MCMINNVILLE, Oregon - Two shots of a flying saucer over McMinnville are some of the most debated pieces of Oregon history. More»

MSNBC shake-up: Olbermann and Matthews no longer anchoring
Politico - Sun Sep 7, 2008
Less than two weeks ago, MSNBC president Phil Griffin was still defending the network's anchor team to Politico, despite reports of turmoil behind-the-scenes and on-air squabbles. More»

DHS Scales Back Plan for Radiation Detectors
US News - Fri Sep 5, 2008
After years of research and testing and at the expense of millions of dollars, plans by the Department of Homeland Security to use radiation detectors to screen cargo and vehicles entering the United States have largely failed, according to an audit obtained by the Washington Post. More»

Palin: Iraq War 'A Task That Is From God'
Associated Press - Tue Sep 2, 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God. More»

Police fire chemical agents, projectiles at RNC protesters
CNN - Tue Sep 2, 2008
ST PAUL, Minnesota - St Paul police fired chemical agents and projectiles into a large crowd of protesters outside the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night. More»

1 dead, 116 ill in E. coli outbreak
CNN - Fri Aug 29, 2008
Oklahoma health officials said Friday they are searching for the source of a rare form of E. coli that has killed one person and sickened 116 others in the northeastern part of the state. More»

In the Nevada desert, there's something out there - a Black Mailbox
Los Angeles Times - Thu Aug 21, 2008
TIKABOO VALLEY, Nevada - The only landmark for about 40 miles on a barren stretch of highway is a mailbox battered by time and desert gusts. More»

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