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Late Night Jokes Of The Week: Sarah Palin's Starbucks Quote, Barack Obama's Fundraising, & Cindy McCain's Coldness

Huffington Post   |   October 11, 2008 08:01 AM

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This week in the best of late-night television, "SNL Weekend Update Thursday" gets in the mix with a Sarah Palin joke, Jay Leno makes fun...

Palin Blurs Line Between Church And State As Governor

AP   |  GARANCE BURKE   |   October 11, 2008

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WASILLA, Alaska — The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's...

Joerg Haider, Far-Right Austrian Leader, Dies In Car Accident At 58

AP   |  GEORGE JAHN   |   October 11, 2008

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VIENNA, Austria — Joerg Haider, who catapulted his party into a powerful force in Austrian politics with a mix of folksy aphorisms, in-your-face attacks on...

John Lewis, Civil Rights Leader: McCain "Playing With Fire"

Politico   |  Jonathan Martin   |   October 11, 2008 02:27 PM

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Civil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Lewis is accusing John McCain and Sarah Palin of stoking hate, likening the atmosphere at Republican campaign events...
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Palin On Obama: "Unconditional Support For Unlimited Abortion"

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   October 11, 2008 11:18 AM

Read More: Cultural Wars, Obama Abortion, Obama Life, Obama Partial Birth Abortion, Obama Unlimited Abortion, Palin Abortion, Palin Pennsylvania, Sarah Palin Abortion
Governor Sarah Palin launched a harsh, frontal attack against Barack Obama on Saturday for the Senator's position on abortion rights. Appearing in Pennsylvania, the Alaska...

Economic Crisis Boosts Democrats In Congressional Races

AP   |  JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS   |   October 11, 2008

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WASHINGTON — The financial turmoil that has devastated the stock market is also battering Republicans in congressional races, giving Democrats a chance to topple GOP...

Bush On Financial Crisis: It's A Good Thing I'm In Charge

New York Times   |  SHERYL GAY STOLBERG   |   October 11, 2008 09:01 AM

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George W. Bush began his presidency with the worst terrorist attack on American soil and he is ending it with the worst financial crisis since...

Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese Businessman Accused Of Murder Plot, Found Dead

AP   |  LINDA DEUTSCH   |   October 11, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — A Japanese businessman charged with plotting the murder of his wife in Los Angeles 27 years ago hanged himself with his shirt...

"Be The Change You Want To See In The World"

Fortune   |  Patricia Sellers   |   October 11, 2008 12:24 PM

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"Be the change you want to see in the world." Blake Mycoskie, founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS Shoes, says that this Mahatma Ghandi...

Palin Administration "Shockingly Amateurish"

Time   |  Nathan Thornburgh   |   October 11, 2008 02:24 PM

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Friday's report from special investigator Stephen Branchflower to Alaska's Legislative Council answered some basic questions about the political and personal bog known as Troopergate. Did...

Obama Notes McCain's Effort To Temper GOP Anger

AP   |  CHARLES BABINGTON   |   October 11, 2008

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PHILADELPHIA — His backers feeling increasingly confident, Democrat Barack Obama made a slight nod to his Republican rival on Saturday and asked voters to have...

Jose Canseco Detained At US Border For Fertility Drug

AP   |   October 11, 2008 08:21 AM

Read More: Drugs, Jose Canseco, Jose Canseco Drugs, Sports
Jose Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities after agents said they stopped the former baseball star with a fertility drug as...

McCain-Palin First Ever Ticket Where Both Candidates Found To Have Violated Ethics Standards Before An Election

Washington Monthly   |  Steve Benen   |   October 11, 2008 02:04 PM

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Now that Sarah Palin has been found to have abused her powers, violated state ethics, and lied about it, I did a little digging and...

Number Of Foreign Journalists In Iraq Declining Sharply

Washington Post   |  Ernesto Londoño and Amit R. Paley   |   October 11, 2008 10:08 AM

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The number of foreign journalists in Baghdad is declining sharply, a media withdrawal that reflects Iraq's growing stability and the financial strains faced by some...

China May Let Peasants Sell Rights To Farmland

New York Times   |  Edward Wong   |   October 11, 2008 10:29 AM

Read More: China, China Land, China Land-Use Rights, China Peasants
Chinese leaders are expected to allow peasants to buy or sell land-use rights for the first time, a step that could draw hundreds of millions...

Free Marketeers Rally On Capitol Hill (VIDEO)

American News Project   |   October 11, 2008 02:46 PM

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Two new videos, presenting an interesting juxtaposition of reactions to the current financial crisis, from the American News Project: Free Marketeers Rally on Capitol Hill...

McCain On Defense In Red States

Bloomberg   |  Joe Sobczyk and Edwin Chen   |   October 11, 2008 02:38 PM

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John McCain is circling the wagons. The Republican presidential candidate, with few prospects in Democratic-leaning states, is struggling to hold on to the states George...

The Economic Honor/Dishonor Roll

  |   October 10, 2008 11:42 PM

DISHONOR ROLL Alan Greenspan: The New York Times took a >hard look at former Treasury Secretary's Alan Greenspan's legacy in Thursday's paper, leading with this...

Sumner Redstone's Credit Crisis Hits CBS And Viacom

Los Angeles Times   |  Meg James   |   October 11, 2008 09:54 AM

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Billionaire Sumner Redstone got caught in the credit crunch Friday. The 85-year-old mogul, who has long bragged about his financial savvy and competitive drive, was...

Beyond Boobs: Finding A Cure For Breast Cancer

DivineCaroline.com   |  Amanda Coggin   |   October 12, 2008 07:33 AM

Read More: Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer Month
Juliana Cochnar learned that her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer while Juliana was out traveling the world for two years. When she stopped...

The John McCain "Please Take Me Back!" O-Tron

236.com   |   October 11, 2008 01:15 PM

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John McCain is having a rough week. Both the Hispanics and the working class whites are breaking up with him. They had promised him it...

Britney Spears' "Womanizer" Video: Costume Changes And Naked Sauna Time (VIDEO)

Huffington Post   |   October 11, 2008 08:33 AM

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Britney Spears' has released the video for her new song Womanizer. In the three-minute video, the 26-year-old mother-of-two switches between different looks as she...

IMF: Global Financial System On The "Brink Of Systematic Meltdown"

Reuters   |  Lesley Wroughton and Francois Murphy   |   October 11, 2008 03:01 PM

Read More: Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Imf, IMF Meeting, International Monetary Fund
The IMF warned on Saturday that the global financial system was on the brink of meltdown, while France and Germany pushed ahead with a pan-European...

HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For October 11

Huffington Post   |   October 10, 2008 11:49 PM

Read More: Astrology, Horoscopes, Huffpollstrology, Polls, Pollsters
Polls have come to dominate the media's horse race coverage of political campaigns. Pundits and reporters constantly use them to tell us who's hot...

Consignment Sales Rise As Economy Falls

Washington Post   |  Jura Koncius   |   October 11, 2008 10:13 AM

Read More: Consignment, Consignment Sales, Consignment Stores, Economy, US Economy
Patricia Ohlemiller packed up her Edmund Scientific Astroscan telescope last week and headed to the Gaithersburg iSold It eBay drop-off center. She hoped to recoup...

Obama Thanks McCain For Trying To Tone Down Rhetoric, McCain Camp Attacks

ABC News   |  Jake Tapper   |   October 11, 2008 03:11 PM

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Last night, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., tried to correct some of his more, er, angry and scared supporters, ones who seem to buy into the...

Lisa Marie Presley Has Twins

AP   |   October 11, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — Lisa Marie Presley is a mom again. A publicist says the 40-year-old singer gave birth Tuesday to twin girls, whose names were...

McCain's "Frequently Lurching Campaign"

New York Times   |  ELISABETH BUMILLER   |   October 11, 2008 08:45 AM

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After a week of trying to portray Senator Barack Obama as a friend of terrorists who would drive the country into bankruptcy, Senator John McCain...

Beastie Boys Draft Stars For "Vote" Tour

Reuters   |   October 11, 2008 08:50 AM

Read More: Beastie Boys, Ben Harper, Get Out And Vote Tour, Jack Johnson, Music, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow
The Beastie Boys have drafted Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the Get Out and Vote tour, which...

Washington Post Columnist: Market In Need Of A Time Out

Washington Post   |  Steven Pearlstein   |   October 11, 2008 09:44 AM

Read More: Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Trading, Wall Street
Remember the Rule of Holes: When you find yourself in one, the first thing to do is to stop digging. Right now we're in one...

Investors: Morgan Stanley Won't Be Another Lehman Brothers

Reuters   |  Dan Wilchins   |   October 11, 2008 08:39 AM

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For U.S. authorities watching from the sidelines as Morgan Stanley struggles with doubts about its survival, letting the investment bank fail is not really an...

Baba Wawa

  |   October 11, 2008 04:02 PM

Funfact: 50% of accounting graduates are female! (According to the guy from PriceWaterhouse Coopers, the lone man on the agenda today. Alexis Gelber introducing Lally...

Tim Robbins Gets His Star

AP   |   October 10, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — Tim Robbins is known in Hollywood as an Academy Award-winning actor, director, activist and hockey fanatic. On Friday, he added comedian to...

HuffPollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For October 12

The Huffington Post   |   October 12, 2008 12:01 AM

Read More: Astrology, Horoscopes, Huffpollstrology, Polls, Pollsters
Polls have come to dominate the media's horse race coverage of political campaigns. Pundits and reporters constantly use them to tell us who's hot...

Bush, allies seek to calm jittery investors

AP   |  JENNIFER LOVEN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER   |   October 11, 2008

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WASHINGTON — President Bush and foreign financial officials displayed joint resolve Saturday to combat the unfolding financial crisis, hoping to calm investors whose panic has...