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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Miami, Fla. (Photo by Stephan Savoia / AP)

Aid sent to DR Congo refugees

A United Nations convoy carrying water and medicines has arrived in the rebel-held town of Rutshuru in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Al Jazeera

Congo must avoid Rwanda genocide

Reuters

Financial crisis a ‘body blow’ to GOP

Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., likened the financial crisis to a “body blow” that robbed the GOP of some short-lived momentum late in the 2008 election cycle.

The Hill

Reservists' rocky return to job market

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act is supposed to protect reservists, but thousands come home to find themselves demoted or penalized, or out of a job completely

CBS News

Obama leads McCain in 6 of 8 key states

Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in six of eight key battleground states, including the big prizes of Florida and Ohio, according to a series of Reuters/Zogby polls.

Reuters

Why Obama-McCain race deserves 'historic' label

San Francisco Chronicle

Sacrifice theme returns to US politics

Christian Science Monitor

Candidates' final bid for votes

BBC

Voter 101: What you need to know on election day

With the election just hours away, voters want to make sure they have everything in order so that their votes will count. Check out the voter guide, which answers several common voter questions.

ABC News

Business booms behind Baghdad's security walls

When coalition forces built concrete barriers around the five square miles of his Baghdad neighborhood, Farooq al-Timimi saw a business opportunity. He gambled that they would bring security.

TIME

Iraq seeking doctors to rebuild health system

NPR

NATION

Recession nation: 49 states at risk

What started out as a housing problem in a few states has now exploded into a full-fledged recession, with a majority of states now dangerously close to recession.

ABC News

Special section:

The economy: why it feels so bad

CNN

Despite rough economy, Americans still planning to donate this year

While Americans are reeling from a perfect economic storm, there are signs that many will stay with their generous ways.

ABC News

POLITICS

Overcoming in Ohio

In bellwether Perry County, the Ku Klux Klan once thrived. Now, Republican truckers and coal miners are backing Barack Obama.

Salon.com

Defining patriotism in a divided nation

CBS News

Awash in anxiety, Americans look to shift course

McClatchy Newspapers

Campaigns unleash massive voter drives

Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain uncorked massive operations in more than a dozen states, including millions of telephone calls, mailings and door-knockings in a fitting climax to a $1 billion campaign.

Yahoo! News

What if ... a record turnout?

Star Tribune

Election night guide

MSNBC

MORE POLITICS

Ted Stevens still has lots of fans in Alaska

Sen. Ted Stevens, days after a jury found him guilty of seven felonies, stood in the cold outside a senior center and rejected the possibility that a single Republican supporter in Alaska has turned against him.

Kansas City Star

Court decision could help GOP in NY race

A federal judge sided with New York Republicans and blocked Alice Kryzan from appearing as the candidate of the Working Families Party, changing the game in the hotly contested 26th district.

The Hill

MORE ELECTION COVERAGE

Uptick in immigrant voter registration could lead to surge at election

Swept up in election-year fever, a large wave of new citizens could go to the polls and prove immigrants' growing electoral clout.

Baltimore Sun

Nobel laureates in science endorse Obama for president

In an open letter to the American people, 76 American Nobel Laureates in science endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois for president of the United States.

Environment News Service

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

The Beatles, 'Rock Band' makers to release new video game

As predicted, MTV, Harmonix and the Beatles’ Apple Corps. will be partners creating a video game based on the Beatles' music.

Rolling Stone

Requiem for a micro-celebrity

This is the story of Michael Ashe, a struggling, old TV actor who finally found fame and recognition on a Web site run by cheeky youngsters — and caught his break just in time to enjoy it a little.

Vanity Fair

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The first few minutes after death

After countless accounts of near-death experiences, dating as far back as ancient Greece, science is now taking serious steps forward to explore the nature of the phenomenon.

Popular Science

Saber-toothed tigers were social beasts

Leopards and tigers today are fairly solitary beasts, but the extinct saber-toothed cat was likely a social animal that lived and hunted like today’s lions, a new study suggests.

LiveScience

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Church bars priest accused of affair

A Catholic priest accused in a $25 million lawsuit of luring a distraught divorcee into having a seven-month affair has been barred from serving, church officials said.

USA Today

Take your political angst to a higher level

A Web site designed to let people process anger through prayer is being used to vent about politics.

Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

New Wisconsin law hopes to ease organ donation process

The importance of organ donation and its ability to save lives cannot be overestimated. But the process is not always easy for those left behind. Now a new Wisconsin law hopes to change that.

Channel 3000

Rare, prehistoric-age reptile found in New Zealand

A rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found nesting on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years.

LiveScience

WORLD

UK seeks Saudi cash in latest crisis salvo

British PM Gordon Brown expects Saudi Arabia to pump money into the International Monetary Fund, the latest salvo in an effort to contain the global financial crisis.

Reuters

OPEC head urges production cuts

BBC

Dalai Lama admits Tibet failure

The Dalai Lama says he has lost faith in the Chinese government and is giving up efforts to push for greater autonomy for Tibet.

Al Jazeera

In city of tolerance, a shadow of the Taliban emerges

In recent weeks, panic has found its way even to Lahore, Pakistan with a series of bombs and threats that offer a measure of how deeply the fear of militant groups has penetrated Pakistani society.

International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

Are automakers also too big to fail?

In a financial scenario that probably sounds all too familiar to Uncle Sam, the auto industry is declaring itself too important for the government to allow it to fail.

Christian Science Monitor

Financial crisis cools down art market

Art dealers, critics and auctioneers have claimed the art market would remain immune to the global financial crisis, but it seems that it may have finally caught that financial cold.

Forbes

Video game design graduates find themselves in high demand

Game design has helped rekindle interest in computer science and become a hot new major at more than 200 schools, according to the Entertainment Software Association.

Seattle Times

SPORTS

Radcliffe wins third NYC Marathon

Paula Radcliffe of England won her third New York City Marathon, leading from wire to wire, and Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil won the 26.2-mile race for the second time.

Hartford Courant

Alabama next up at No. 1 in Top 25

The Crimson Tide became the fifth team this season to sit atop the AP Top 25, moving up after previously top-ranked Texas was toppled by Texas Tech.

Sporting News

Titans remain perfect after overtime victory vs. Packers

The Tennessee Titans remained perfect — even if they needed a little extra time to stay that way.

USA Today

EDUCATION

Colleges entering 'difficult financial times' as tuition rises

After college costs rose more rapidly than other consumer goods, average costs for tuition and fees this year increased less than one percent for public and private institutions when adjusted for inflation.

USA Today

Shivering teacher tells class about climate change

Shakira Petit, a teacher at the Promise Academy charter school, is spending two months in Antarctica to conduct climate-change research with the Offshore New Harbor Project in Antarctica.

Examiner

HEALTH

Start saying goodbye to belly fat

It's unsightly, unhealthy and hard to lose, but Prevention magazine editors share secrets and recipes for shedding it.

CBS News

Excess weight boosts breast cancer risk

Obesity can wreck a person's health for many reasons. But for women, too much weight tacks on an additional danger: Studies have linked obesity and breast cancer in a variety of ways.

HealthDay

ENVIRONMENT

Pickens plan reality check: energy freedom or farce?

The Texas tycoon has been filling airwaves with ads that have many Americans thinking about ways to reduce dependence on foreign oil. Yet some experts say the plan is too expensive.

National Geographic

Office-related carbon emissions surge

Despite ongoing efforts to improve energy efficiency in the workplace, the world's growing reliance on the Internet is leading to a rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

Environmental News Network

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