NEW YORK -- A New York City developer cashing in on current events has hung a giant banner on a luxury building under construction that reads: "Sarah Palin / Live here / See Wall Street."


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]]> At least 500,000 gallons of oil -- nearly 12,000 barrels -- spilled into the ocean and tidal wetlands along the Texas and Louisiana coasts after Hurricane Ike
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]]> If McCain wants to talk associates, how about Phil Gramm and his role in the financial crisis? "There's no question that we have to change the subject here," a senior Republican operative told The Post's Michael D. Shear in a story published Saturday.

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]]> A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty
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]]> Economy, first two debates fuel Obama-Biden ticket's jump among voters
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]]> HURRAY!! Updated Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:28 p.m.ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The federal government will designate "critical habitat" for polar bears in the ocean off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum explor
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]]> Video about McCain's central role in the savings and loan scandal of the late '80s and early '90s, + criminal investigation, and how that has precipitated the current economic meltdown. This man doesn't care about main street and never did- he sold out!
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]]> When McCain/Palin say "gotcha journalism," what they're really trying to do, is to demonize journalism itself -- to de-legitimize asking tough questions, and following up with more tough questions when the answers are mealy-mouth evasions -
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]]> ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says she's an open book regarding an abuse-of-power investigation. Apparently her staff doesn't feel the same way.
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]]> Surrounded and programmed by the lobbyists he once despised, the man who once effortlessly straddled the aisle and spoke from the heart now carefully hews to a prompter-read, soulless far-right agenda.


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]]> John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said, in a move that independent analysts estimate could result in cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years to the government programs.


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]]> Governor Palin, in fact, took no leadership role to fight for Darfur divestment; she dismissed pleas for help and only changed her position in 2008.
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]]> John McCain and Sarah Palin are definitely bringing "change" to American politics. Sadly, it's by campaigning entirely on bald-faced lies.

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]]> "Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 'As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, a
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]]> A new national poll suggests Barack Obama is widening his lead over John McCain in the race for the White House.
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]]> Sarah Palin is the only hope for saving a ticket headed by a warrior who is out of juice and out of ideas. It seems she knows this only too well.
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]]> AUSTRALIANS have overwhelmingly declared their support for US presidential hopeful Barack Obama. A poll of more than 17,000 people, conducted in 17 countries, has confirmed the world clearly wants the Democrat Nominee as the 44th President.
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]]> See what happens when she doesn’t have talking points or a cheat sheet? This: ‘They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan,’ she told several hundred support
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]]> Seven aides to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have reversed course and agreed to testify in an investigation into whether the Republican vice presidential nominee abused her powers by firing a commissioner who refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law.
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]]> "Sarah Palin's debate performance, reduced to its essence."
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]]> John McCain has proven, by his campaign, that the type of leadership he would bring to the office of the presidency would be risky, impulsive, frenetic, and illogical. 10 recent polls included with this article -Obama's lead growing wide.
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]]> Death of 10-yr-old girl from FGM in the Rift Valley would've gone unnoticed if not for network of conscience created by dedicated Maasai activist. Family's attempted cover-up exposed. Had call come sooner, she could've been saved, taken to Safe House
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]]> The acai berry is sold as a super food, and it definitely has some good attributes, but it is not a solution to all diseases.
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]]> Obama, reacting to Republican allegations that he "palled around" with a 1960s radical, fired back with a Web video about McCain's role in the Keating Five savings and loan debacle early in the Arizona senator's Senate career. Reap what you sow.
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]]> Though the tiger is one of the most powerful mammal, it also faces the worst chances of being extinct.
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]]> A week after Obama's poll numbers spiked in battleground states and after McCain's campaign announced it was retreating from Michigan, Obama has opened up a nearly 100-point electoral-vote lead, according to NBC’s new map.
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]]> Barack Obama is keeping a strong Gallup Poll lead over John McCain. Obama leads 50-43 percent in Sunday's results. So much for the "Palin bump" from the vice presidential debate
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]]> UDHAGAMANDALAM (TAMIL NADU): Tiger population in 30 Tiger reserves in the country have dwindled to 1,411 at present from the 1,800 in 1972, according to statistics. The country had 40,000 tigers in 1900, statistics released by CPR Environmental Education
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]]> McCain's brother made an apparent joke at a campaign rally this weekend that might not play well in parts of newly competitive Virginia. One of those areas is Arlington, Va., where John McCain owns a condominium.
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]]> Steve Thomas Hudson or Morganton, NC, operated a fruit and vegetable stand just feet from dark, tiny airless sheds where almost 2 dozen dogs were living in deplorable conditions.
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]]> The Southern District Wildlife Office in Kanye is inundated with reports of rampant poaching incidents, says Senior Wildlife Warden. Ms Florence Ontiretse said in an interview that nine cases were report

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]]> Officials of Nagarhole National Park (also called known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park) on Saturday afternoon arrested the notorious tiger poacher, Venkata, of Hunisekuppe village, near


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]]> Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have been called upon to play a more active role in fighting the spread of the virus.
Launching the district HIV/ AIDS project, Selebi-Phikwe West MP, Mr
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]]> Strides have been made in providing medical care and mobilising the public to create awareness on the dangers of HIV/AIDS but Botswana still faces challenges in assuaging the epidemic. Such
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]]> The government is urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners after 32 people in 12 states were sickened with salmonella poisoning. The health warning by the U.S. Department


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]]> The real purpose of preparing his tax return and omitting the gambling winnings is so that people would not know how much he gambled. If he won $200,000 playing craps in Las Vegas, it would make a difference in the way voters viewed his suitability as a
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]]> Fey again returned to "Saturday Night Live" to play Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as the sketch comedy show continued to pull out all the stops in its election year season. Queen Latifah dropped by to portray Thursday's debate modera
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]]> WASILLA, Alaska -- To people in this hard-scrabble region tucked between two soaring mountain ranges, Gov. Sarah Palin is a working-class heroine. As the Republican vice presidential candidate's star rises nationally, she's increasingly held up as
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]]> "This is the story of the real John McCain...McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity."
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]]> WASHINGTON -- Gov. Sarah Palin spent much of Thursday's vice presidential debate with Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware talking about energy. But a post-debate review reveals the governor didn't always get her facts straight.
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]]> At the VP debate, Sarah Palin said that she reduced taxes every year as Wasilla, Alaska, mayor. Politifact found that half-true, saying property tax rates went down, but the sales tax went up.

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]]> ST. LOUIS - Sarah Palin and Joe Biden were still on stage with their families in the debate hall as analysts, politicians and campaign staff put the spin on each candidate's performance.

Who won?

That depends on who you ask.

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]]> WASHINGTON -- Facts went adrift on taxes, deregulation and more Thursday when Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden clashed in the vice presidential debate.


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]]> This is the story of the real John McCain, the one who has been hiding in plain sight. It is the story of a man who has consistently put his own advancement above all else, a man willing to say and do anything to achieve his ultimate ambition. . .
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]]> Rajani Majhi, a 20-year-old Hindu, was gang-raped before being burnt alive by a mob at the church-run orphanage in Orissa's Bargarh district where she worked, says a senior priest. They

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]]> Touching story about Harry, an old dog on his last legs...and why we love our old dogs so much. Article also has a wonderful slideshow of pictures of old dogs being themselves.
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]]> About 850 residents of a Chhattisgarh village have not slept for the past one week as a group of 14 wild tuskers, having a record of killing people, have settled in the village and destroyed standing paddy crops
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]]> TIJUANA, Mexico - Police have found nine more bodies dumped around the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where nearly 50 people have been killed in a week of violence related to the drug trade.


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