More on 'Gating Dr. Gates' & More for Thursday, July 23, 2009

We know we shouldn't be flip, but having viewed TDS too many times, we can't resist. To have kept things interesting (and flip)during Mr. Obama's press conference on health care he just needed to say two words: 'Medical Marijuana'. And the resultant sales tax on the sales of the same would in itself pay for most of healthcare. Of course, most Americans are opposed to legalizing the medicinal use in all 50 states. Which is true, we just can't have half of the population high on medical marijuana half the time - it is just too dangerous. Also, it is too comical. Can you imagine characters like Jay and Silent Bob (from the Kevin Smith movies) on almost every street corner - or storefront - in America. Or worse, Harold and Kumar stereotypes. Or - much worse - Cheech & Chong stereotypes in every college town in America. Gosh, its kind of sad, isn't it? Reducing the nation's health care reform to this kind of ridiculous portrayal. Will the health care reform have to go the way of the medical marijuana sales tax to pay for itself? Probably not. However, the sales tax on beer, wine, liquor, spirits, tobacco, pornography, sugar, fast foods and other pleasures will probably be raised to help pay for the reform. Oh, or raise taxes on the rich to help pay for the reform? Huh? What did you say? You changed your mind to legalizing medical marijuana to pay for the reform? We thought you would give in.

Anyway, regarding the political firestorm growing out of the Gates' arrest (and Obama's outrage), see the links below. Also, see our posting of yesterday (which was published before the press conference...don't worry, our prescience does not make this a 'Blog of Note'...): 'Gating Dr. Gates'.

Oh, and don't panic, but check out the links to the latest on the H1N1 Pandemic. Medical marijuana probably won't be helpful here - except to reduce any levels of panic.

Oh, and check out Arnold wielding a 2-foot knife on the internet.

And the unemployed may have no reason to fear drug testing for medical marijuana, because

Many unemployed giving up

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1104441

Black scholar arrest angers Obama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8164862.stm

'THE POLICE ACTED STUPIDLY': Obama Jumps Into the Race Debate

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8153681&page=1

Obama: Police 'acted stupidly' in prof's arrest

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/22/harvard.gates.interview/index.html

Obama says police acted 'stupidly' in arrest

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_harvard_scholar;_ylt=Ana29zX4t6zXW1jpUWlllAkEtbAF

Gates’ Daughter Speaks Out (CBS)

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5181954n

Cop: Obama remark disappoints

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32092715/ns/us_news-race_and_ethnicity/

Gating Dr. Gates

http://americanpoliticalhandbook.blogspot.com/2009/07/gating-dr-gates-and-more-for-wednesday.html

Obama defends healthcare reforms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8164177.stm

Obama turns health push into a snoozer

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/23/2005548.aspx

Feds bust mayors, others in huge N.J. graft sweep

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32103250/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

The Ann Arbor News hits the streets for last time

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_re_us/us_ann_arbor_news_goodbye;_ylt=AiYoefTXw.4rJxuFAsBbVhis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNDVqY21sBHBvcwM3MARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawN0aGVhbm5hcmJvcm4-

US pessimistic on Iran overtures

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8165265.stm

Iran opposition leader's brother-in-law arrested

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election;_ylt=AkFx_E1qo4XB1hkG0uP8J6ys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFicmtxcWtmBHBvcwM1NgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNpcmFub3Bwb3NpdGk-

Bin Laden son 'believed killed'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8164763.stm

Saad Bin Laden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saad_Bin_Laden

Mumbai suspect trial to proceed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8164279.stm

Ajmal Qasab

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajmal_Qasab

Wall Street jacks up pay after bailouts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32099693/ns/business-washington_post/

Schwarzenegger wields knife, touts cuts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32099641/ns/us_news-life/

Karadzic asks for DNA from graves

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/23/karadzic-war-crimes.html

Radovan Karadzic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radovan_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87

Atleo wins AFN election

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/07/23/afn-national-chief-vote-ballot752.html

Shawn Atleo

http://www.shawnatleo.com/

This Article Will Self-destruct: Tool To Make Online Personal Data Vanish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721113309.htm

Vanish Paper & Prototype

http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/

New Statistical Tool Identifies Predictable Economic Variables

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721091824.htm

How To Maintain The Integrity And Accessibility Of Research Data

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722120830.htm

Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12615

Artificial Noise Saves Energy For Computer Network Providers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090624093734.htm

RIM warns Mideast customers of spyware

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/23/rim-uae-spyware-blackberry.html

B.C. Taser inquiry to issue report

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/07/23/bc-braidwood023.html

UK space sector 'to double value'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8164776.stm

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu case found in Canada

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_he_me/cn_canada_swine_flu;_ylt=ApO6b87pQdQjX5BOprQ5Ki.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkMHNuaTdzBHBvcwMxNTUEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3RhbWlmbHUtcmVzaQ--

Flu infects 100,000 in past week (BBC UK)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8163930.stm

Swine flu fears prompt Hajj curbs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8164535.stm

Hajj

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj

Biodiesel On The Wing: A 'Green' Process For Biodiesel From Feather Meal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722110903.htm

Your Government at...Noops! and More for Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Government Publishes Nuclear Secrets

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/03/link/blog/main5057948.shtml

US in nuclear disclosure blunder

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8080519.stm

Noops!

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/06/noops.html

Bernanke's warning: Curb budget deficits

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31082696/

Bin Laden threatens Americans in new tape

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31082752/

Obama opens key Mid-East mission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8081191.stm

Al-Qaeda 'kills British hostage'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8080447.stm

Australia's last World War One soldier dies, aged 110

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090603/lf_nm_life/us_australia_soldier;_ylt=AiRVFHQ4R4u.7hpeUJlUj04DW7oF

John Campbell Ross

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell_Ross

Cheney: No 'evidence' of Iraq, 9/11 link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/23228;_ylt=Am.vdcqIsvHWL8HEeGFz5jsDW7oF

Chemission

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/chemission.html

Ariana Huffington on Countdown on MSNBC Inspires to “Define” Two More Dick Cheney Words

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#31073404

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariana_Huffington

Chenial

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/06/chenial.html

Americans Choose Media Messages That Agree With Their Views

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528110625.htm

The Newly Legendary Dan Rather Gives 4 Rather Insightful Reasons why Dick Cheney is making Chemissions on Rachel Maddow

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#31074055

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather

Chevision

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/06/chevision.html

Pharmacists may be switching your meds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30627962/

Katrina trailers for sale — for $5 or less

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31077250/

UK resignation adds to Brown problems

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8080777.stm

Hazel Anne Blears

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Blears

Lawsuits filed over wolf hunting in Rockies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31073035/

Canis lupus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus

Canis lupus lupus

http://eol.org/pages/1226119

FDA approves cancer drug for dogs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31084765/

Canis lupus familiaris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus_familiaris

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1228387



Ronald Reagan 'appears to Nancy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8078526.stm

Ronald Reagan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan

Nancy Reagan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Reagan

Bin Laden's Hide-Out? and More for Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Bin Laden's Hide-out? Geographers Urge US To Search Three Structures In Pakistan For Bin Laden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141536.htm

Pressure on NATO allies after Obama's Afghan boost

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51h24i-us-nato-afghan/

Listeria warnings for egg salad products, smoked salmon

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/18/cfia-warnings.html

Listeria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listeria

Cruise ship grounded off Antarctica

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/18/antarctica.cruise.ship/index.html

Obama: Troops alone cannot win in Afghanistan

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/obama.afghanistan.canada/index.html

US car giants seek $21bn funding

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7893574.stm

Obama mortgage plan to aid up to 9 million families

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51g5x7-us-obama/

Mortgage aid plan is bigger than expected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29256639/

In Housing Bailout, Look At The Fine Print

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/link/blog/main4809320.shtml

Homeowners' rallying cry: Produce the note

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_re_us/produce_the_note;_ylt=AjP42jy61TkydiV6VHz5LnEDW7oF

Largest banks that received aid cut lending

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29244014/

GM, Chrysler seek nearly $22 billion more U.S. loans

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/lh623622-us-autos/

GM, Chrysler to cut 50,000 jobs

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/17/carbailout.html

Goodyear cutting nearly 5,000 jobs after 4Q loss

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_goodyear;_ylt=Avro6pmOUUYOY22PpCRQ1iOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFpOGw2YjM2BHBvcwMyNwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDZ29vZHllYXJjdXR0

"Truth" Panel Could Spark Partisan Furor

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/politics/main4809264.shtml

Ruling Bringing Detainees To U.S. Reversed

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/national/main4809328.shtml

Steep downturn spins across globe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29252158/

Industrial production tumbles in Jan.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29256455/

Obama to reassure Canada on free trade pact

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29254566/

Calif. on brink as GOP ousts leader

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29229462/

Sen. Dave Cogdill

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cogdill

Los Angeles nears water rationing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_water_california;_ylt=AssKtU_6YZ1FR2Nb9BJ7pTIDW7oF

Insights on Economic Choices From Game Theory and Cognitive Psychology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151809.htm

U.S. charges Allen Stanford with "massive" fraud

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n17374295-us-stanford/

Madoff the Sequel? CEO Accused of $8B Scam Goes Missing

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/WallStreet/story?id=6903014&page=1

R. Allen Stanford

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Stanford

Germany drafts bank takeover law

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7896476.stm



Captive deal 'key to Gaza truce'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7896506.stm

Syria urges better ties with US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7896522.stm

Iran says it has built unmanned aircraft

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_unmanned_aircraft;_ylt=AvP0_ldE4sh2FkFfuGNNqHWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJrb2FyMHBmBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMjE4L21sX2lyYW5fdW5tYW5uZWRfYWlyY3JhZnQEcG9zAzE0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2lyYW5zYXlzaXRoYQ--

Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens in Cambodia

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/18/cambodia.html

Khmer Rouge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge

India: 70,000 trapped in Sri Lanka war zone

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/srilanka.india.warzone/index.html

Marchers block Mexico-US border

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7896094.stm

Guadeloupe protests turn deadly

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7896598.stm

'Tibetans held' in China protest


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7896556.stm

Zimbabwe pays wages in US dollar

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7897048.stm

Abu Qatada deportation backed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7896457.stm

Abu Qatada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Qatada

Utilities: Protecting Electrical Equipment Against Lightning Damage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205183620.htm

Semantic Web Promises A Smarter Electricity Grid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134817.htm

Accidental Wireless: Wireless-based Sensor System Could SAVE Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209163319.htm

Facebook data changes 'withdrawn'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7896309.stm

Wiki article Facebook

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaceBook

'Mega-fast' mobile internet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7896867.stm

The End of Anonymity? Meet the *67 Killer

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=6899472&page=1

TrapCall

http://www.trapcall.com/

Universal charger for phones plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7894763.stm

Report: FDA scaled back enforcement at labs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_go_ot/fda_lab_quality;_ylt=ArlDajD8_U5A5g516H6UA_us0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkYjFxcjk4BHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydGZkYXNjYQ--

Tiny 'Lab-on-a-chip' Detects Pollutants, Disease And Biological Weapons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217125732.htm

Secrets Of Potential Bioterror Virus Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217102149.htm

Rift Valley fever virus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift_Valley_fever_virus

AIDS becomes top infectious disease in China

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29240222/

Hospitals see big drop in staph superbugs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29241041/

Fetal stem cells trigger tumors in ill boy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29243132/

Man's family finds kidney donor on Craigslist

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/18/kidney.donor.craigslist/index.html

Smoker's widow seeks $130 million US in damages

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/18/cigarette-lawsuit.html

Multiracial Identity Associated With Better Social And Personal Well-being

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110045.htm

Multilingualism Brings Communities Closer Together

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092721.htm

Environmental Impact Of Building Construction Can Now Be Predicted

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204140815.htm

Climate curbs need 'people power'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7892992.stm

Cancer-causing Toxins Linked To Unexploded Munitions In Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218091930.htm

Threat To Cod Fisheries: Pathogenic Bacterium Identified In Cod

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093856.htm

Drug gangs terrorize Mexican town

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29243909/

Villa Ahumada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Ahumada

Bones of 6 bodies found in N.M. desert

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29247408/

Chinese blogger stabbed after public reading

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29224105/

Opinion: Rodriguez takes us out for a spin

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29249407/

Counterfeit toothbrushes could pose choke risk, warns Health Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/17/toothbrushes-fake.html

KPRC: Homeless man tries Web panhandling

http://www.click2houston.com/news/18738534/detail.html

Boy marries dog in India to ward off tiger attacks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090218/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_india_dog_marriage;_ylt=App6W9DBC.GtiWyccla9klLtiBIF

Election Turnout & Observations...

The once and future president? (Barack Obama in Austin #1) image licensed under Creative Commons by jmtimages

It was a good morning to rise and vote early today. We decided it best to vote after 8 AM, to avoid the "commuter crowd". We were surprised to see only 30-some voters at around 8:30 AM today. But, the number did start to swell to 40 after we got in line with our ballot. There were no security guards. Nobody was there to pressure us to vote for this party or that party. Only a few non-partisan party/vote representatives were there - and they mostly observed the "100 foot rule". No camera crews nor any sign of media were there. Just us and the election officials - and some students as our precinct uses a grade school building to conduct its polling. Nobody denied us our vote - our voter registration had not been pulled as it turned out - even though we were affiliated with the "wrong party". The lines were neat and orderly. We were surprised to see our senior editor show up to vote as he was/is sick from illness and starvation. A campaign worker was handing out free cookies. Our senior editor took one - he didn't say if he voted for the person that was represented by the cookie. He did tell us that all the McCain campaign had to do to get his vote was to show up with some fast-food gift cards. Neither the Republican nor the Democratic representatives were present. When it came time for our senior editor to turn in his ballot, the ballot machine sounded an alarm. The election official said "You voted twice on Propostion 88-1!" Our senior editor responded, "I know I only voted once." The election official offered him a new ballot. Our editor declined and was offered to press the "accept" button on the ballot machine indicating that he accepted the ballot and his vote should be counted. He told us his ballot # was 247, but he was voter # 240 - on this basis he calculated that there had been at least 5 other "glitches that morning". He estimated 88 glitches for both precincts that day of voting. He noted that it was the same as the Propostion number he had got the "error" message or "glitch" from. We thought that odd. Based on that, we figured on about .000059% "glitches" in the vote tabulations for our Election Day. Would such a number keep our election polls and results running late in the night? We can only speculate. However, even with "glitches" we are still predicting Barack Obama to be the presumptive President-Elect this night. Which we think is good news, our senior editor recounting how he had always experienced much better times under a Democractic leadership. We thought of his starvation, and hoped he is right.

Election Day glitches

http://www.yahoo.com/s/981827

One Big Global 'Goodbye George' Party?

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6177050

Americans vote in historic poll

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7707581.stm

Long lines form for a landmark election

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27531033/

Voters Jam Polls As Historic Campaign Ends

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6174126&page=1

Interactive electoral map

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553#map

FirstPerson: Tell us about your vote

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27286096/

Guide to US election night

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7705795.stm

Nuts and bolts guide to today's election

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27516998/

140: The 2008 election's other magic number

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27455868/

Clues to election result could come early

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4a3334-us-election-guide/

The political markets have spoken

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/03/1629847.aspx

Finally Gov. Palin Releases Medical Records

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/11/palins-family-p.html



Obama wins early-vote towns

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7707667.stm

'I voted,' says Obama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7708666.stm

Obama leads McCain in 5 of 8 key states

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n31341340-us-usa-politics-poll/

Obama's personal loss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7707497.stm

Stocks rally despite grim economic news

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/

Factory orders plunge for second month

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27534807/

Gold unexpectedly not shining as investment

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27522861/

Stock markets could stabilize after election

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27522964/

Newsweek: No insurance? That's a killer

http://www.newsweek.com/id/166854

U.N. says Rwanda tanks fired at Congo

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27531797/

Spain: Bin Laden's son seeks asylum

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27532151/

Omar bin Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_bin_Laden

Growing slums 'face water crisis'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7708120.stm

US convicts 'suitcase cash' man

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7707875.stm

For Friday, October 31, 2008

"Sarah Palin Costume Warning" image licensed under Creative Commons by Jamison

Chinese melamine scandal widens

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7701477.stm

Matt Frei: McCain is fighting the last war against a new enemy

Obama 'makes chief-of-staff move'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7701387.stm

NYT poll: Palin hurting McCain

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27463861/

With Friends Like These: Bush, Palin Dragging on McCain

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6154800&page=1

Former secretary of state says Palin not ready for top job

http://www.yahoo.com/s/979871




Voter registration smashes records

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27459551/

Astronauts To Vote From Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030194230.htm

Expedition 18

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_18

Daughter of Slave Votes, Recalls Struggle

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/story?id=6153625&page=1

10 choke points for Election Day

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27464554/

White House Makes Final Push To Deregulate

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/31/politics/washingtonpost/main4560169.shtml

Economic downturn may be picking up speed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27461847/

Recession fears grip US consumers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7702224.stm

Consumer sentiment takes biggest dive ever

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27472218/

Stuck in a Mortgage Mess? 'Modify' It!

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6150841&page=1

Six States Lead 'Underwater' Homeowners

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/wireStory?id=6152414



Ford bets on new pickup, rehires workers


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27470642/

Justice Department investigating American Express

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081031/ap_on_bi_ge/american_express_doj_investigation;_ylt=AopMp3CvJLuHqISpK9cLgfWs0NUE

Newsweek: Inside the hunt for bin Laden in Tora Bora

http://www.newsweek.com/id/166553

More Delays in Nuclear Detection at Borders

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6155832&page=1