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Friday, September 19, 2008

Poll: Obama tops McCain as football-watching buddy

People would rather watch a football game with Barack Obama than with John McCain.Obama was the pick over McCain by 50 percent to 47 percent, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll released Friday. It generally mirrored each presidential candidate's strengths and weaknesses with voters.

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Ethnic cleansing, not surge, key to drop in Iraq violence

Satellite images taken at night show heavily Sunni Arab neighborhoods of Baghdad began emptying before a U.S. troop surge in 2007, graphic evidence of ethnic cleansing that preceded a drop in violence, according to a report published on Friday.

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Campaign Momentum Shifts To Obama As McCain Falters in Polls

Under fire for his assertion that the American economy is fundamentally sound, John McCain moved Tuesday to assure voters of his empathy and accused Barack Obama of attempting to take political advantage of the roiling Wall Street crisis.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Indy/Star poll puts Barack three points ahead of McCain

Found in my G-mail inbox:

A new Indy Star/WTHR TV/Seltzer poll shows Barack Obama with a three-point lead in our state.

The Obama campaign has opened 32 offices across the state, and supporters like you have built a powerful grassroots organization that's working in all 92 counties. We have a real chance to win in Indiana -- but we need your help.

It's up to you to reach out to your friends, family, and neighbors and ask them to help take back the political process for ordinary Americans and end the failed Bush-McCain economic policies.

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Streisand opens Obama fundraiser with Talmud lesson

Barbara Streisand started an Obama fundraiser by quoting the Talmud.

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Engineer in train collision led 'lonely' life

In the years leading up to his death in the locomotive of a commuter train, engineer Robert Sanchez's life was marked by personal tragedy, jail time, and concerns about his health and job security.

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Metrolink train crash caused by - text messaging on the job?

The deadly train crash may have caused when the engineer running the train was too busy txting and not paying attention to the stop light, according to new information in the investigation.

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