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PoliJAM Home Page Articles Submitted Friday, October 10, 2008
Crowd boos after McCain says Obama not 'an Arab'
BIG THREE TO BECOME THE BIG TWO? - G.M. and Chrysler explore merger
Alaska panel finds Palin 'abused her power' in 'Troopergate' firing
FDIC seizes two more banks, bringing total to 15 failures this year
McCain booed after trying to calm anti-Obama crowd
Jose Conseco busted at Mexican border for trying to smuggle drugs into U.S.
Alaska panel finds Palin abused power in 'Troopergate' firing
...ending worst week in 112 years
MARKET CRASH SHAKES WORLD
Oil below $78 on global slowdown
Asian markets plunge Friday as panicked investors rush to dump stocks
Election officials in both parties say it was simply a typo
...and will spend more in final 25 days then McCain will in entire general
...great scenery, Icelandic Horses, sketchy financial situation -- collect in person
Colin Powell calls Sen. Stevens' reputation for honesty and integrity "sterling"
Gallup: Obama 51%, McCain 41% (MoE 2%)
...given to him as a 56th birthday gift
Rasmussen: 52% favor McCain's mortgage bailout plan
Connecticut Supreme Court grants gay marriage rights
Russia only partly fulfils Georgia ceasefire: France
...and that U.S. will "aggressively" use a "wide range of tools" to resolve credit crisis
 Full report
GM: Bankruptcy not an option
Buffett tops Gates as richest American after Forbes assessed the effect of the global credit crisis
Read text of G7 plan of action
NATO troops given new mandate to attack heroin drug barons in Afghanistan
Panic selling wipes $4.6 trillion off global shares
U.S. to buy ownership stake in banks for the first time since the Great Depression
U.S. GOING INTO THE BANKING BUSINESS
G7 pledges to take 'all necessary steps' to stem crisis
U.S. stocks drop in rollercoaster day; Dow swings 1,000 points
European markets plunge amid massive selloffs
Somali pirates threaten to blow up Ukrainian ship if ransom not met
Barack 'Osama' printed on hundreds of mailed out NY absentee ballots
Obama aired more than 25,000 commercials in past four days...
Iceland for sale on eBay, with bidding starting at 99 pence...
Wall Street surges late in day after 8 days of losses
Cindy McCain accuses Barack Obama of endangering her son in Iraq
Meet Putin's softer side -- his pet tiger cub...
GOLDMAN, MORGAN COULD BE NATIONALIZED BY WEEKEND
World Bank under cyber siege as its computer network has been hacked repeatedly
Wall Street extends huge losses
European markets plunge after Asia selloff
...but later played down the idea
Italian PM Berlusconi said there is talk of suspending markets while international financial rules are "rewritten"...
Paris Hilton tells Sarah Palin to stop hiding her 'hot bod'; "Welcome to the Lower 48, girlfriend"
Top McCain official raises Obama's past drug use
EU crippled in crisis as 27 governments confront single economy
Bush says anxiety feeding market instability...
World markets in freefall
1 Voter, 72 registrations: 'ACORN paid me in cash & cigs'
WALL STREET GYRATES AFTER GLOBAL ROUT
Hong Kong shares fall 9.5%
Australia stocks crash in biggest fall since 1987; banks tumble
Palin pre-empts state report, clears self in probe
WHEN WILL THE BLEEDING END?
Obama camp downplayed its more than $800,000 in payments to ACORN
Wash Times: While Bush was negotiating a troop deal with Iraq, Obama urged Baghdad to delay a deal till next year
Glenn Beck presents the Obama National Anthem...
 London shares slump to worst week ever
White House said U.S. has no plans to close markets
British government using antiterrorist legislation to seize accounts of NATO ally Iceland
Palin to play herself on Oct. 25th 'SNL'
Obama on 'Terrorist' Ayers: " I assumed that he had been rehabilitated"
Indonesia, Russia and Ukraine suspend stock trading
"We can solve this crisis and we will."
Carter slams Bush on market crisis
Iraqi Stock Exchange SOARING
London shares head for worst week ever
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby: Obama 48%, McCain 43% (MoE 2.9%)
Nikkei has biggest one-day drop since '87 stock crash; closes down 9.6%
Asian markets plunge on Wall Street sell-off
Pakistan in emergency dash to U.S. for credit lifeline to avoid bankruptcy
OPEC may discuss production cuts as oil slide continues
PAPER: OBAMA URGED IRAQ TO NOT DO BUSH TROOP DEAL
Dalai Lama to undergo surgery to remove gall stone
 
 
Commentary Page Articles Submitted Friday, October 10, 2008
Obama & Friends: Judge Not? - "Obama's associations tell us two important things about him." (Washington Post - Charles Krauthammer)
Smells from the Shadows - "After all this time we still don't know a lot about Sen. Obama's murky Chicago past" (Washington Times - Wesley Pruden)
Obama's Associates: Imagine If They Were McCain's (New Hampshire Union Leader - Editorial Board)
'No Sudden Moves' - Obama's Way to Satisfy (New York Post - Rich Lowry)
Obama's Magic - Presto, change-o! (Wall St Jour - Kimberley Strassel)
Barack Obama Makes His Own Weather in the Storm - "The banking crisis was a lucky break for the Democrat. But he has an ability to make the most of his good fortune" (London Times - Gerard Baker)		 Playing Frisbee on a Principle - "America's political class lacks the seriousness this moment demands." (Wall Street Journal - Peggy Noonan)
McCain Ticket Has One Chance Left (Philadelphia Inquirer - Jonathan Last)
John McCain Can Still Win This One. But He Must Focus on Today and Tomorrow, Not Yesterday (Fox News - Christopher Coffey)
The Speech McCain Must Give (Chicago Tribune - Eric Zorn)
Hispanics Turn Cold Shoulder to McCain - "Despite championing immigration reform in 2007, John McCain is poised to lose the Hispanic vote by a landslide margin that is well below President Bush in 2004." (Politico - Ben Smith)
Barack Obama: The Stealth Candidate (Creators Syndicate - David Limbaugh)
Playing the Race Card (Creators Syndicate - Linda Chavez)
The Obama Witch Project (Townhall - Michelle Malkin)
Ayers Has Not Left Radicalism Behind - "His ties to hostile Marxist regimes remain, raising more questions about Barack Obama's refusal to fully repudiate him." (Investor's Business Daily - Editorial Board)
Stimulus Silliness - Why repeat a move that failed this spring? (San Diego Union-Tribune - Editorial Board)
U.S., Take a Lesson From Mexico's '94 Financial Crisis - "The United States and the IMF bailed out the banks, and Mexican leaders cut spending." (Philadelphia Inquirer - Andres Oppenheimer)
EU Crippled in Crisis as 27 Governments Confront Single Economy (Bloomberg - Steve Scherer)		 ACORN: A Clear and Present Danger (Townhall - Burt Prelutsky)
Still Undecided? Then Just Don't Vote - "Really, a high voter turnout doesn't make our democracy work better." (Los Angeles Times - Joel Stein)
Constitutional Confusion - " Joe Biden doesn't understand the unitary executive theory." (Weekly Standard - Erin Sheley)
The Class War Before Palin - "Conservatives’ disdain for liberal intellectuals has slipped into a disdain for the educated class as a whole." (New York Times - David Brooks)
Dodd and Countrywide - The Senator should take the witness stand. (Wall Street Journal - Editorial Board)
What Barney Frank Doesn't Grasp: Lending Mandates Hurt The Poor (Investor's Business Daily - Howard Husock)
Cold Shoulder for Iceland Allows Rival to Court New Ally - "Iceland is now doing what it has adroitly done before: using its location to court both sides" (London Times - Bronwen Maddox)
ICE Raids On Gangs Truly Makes U.S. Safer (USA Today - Raul Reyes)
The Terrorists Next Door - Justice Kennedy's consequences. (Wall Street Journal - Editorial Board)
American Hero - "Ward Connerly wants a world where skin color doesn't matter." (Forbes - Peter Robinson)		 Navigating the Storm - "Over the coming weeks, a new coherence in global policy efforts should address the profound shifts occurring in financial markets." (Washington Post - John Lipsky)
Can the U.S. Be Pals With the Terrorist Taliban? - "McCain and Obama need to say if they back Karzai's talks with the Afghan Taliban." (Christian Science Monitor - Editorial Board)
If Pakistan Goes Bust, the Taliban Will Rule the Roost There as Well - "The financial crisis has nearly bankrupted a key ally in the fight against fundamentalism" (Daily Telegraph - Con Coughlin)
 
 
Sci/Health Page Articles Submitted Friday, October 10, 2008
Can genetic information be controlled by light?
Gut 'tasting' could beat poisons
Hubble replacement part has glitches of its own
New teams join private race to moon; Two new teams join the Google Lunar X Prize race to the moon
Science fiction becoming reality? Flying cars near takeoff
Former Astronaut's Son Set for Space Tourist Trek
Biggest dinosaurs grew huge by not chewing their food
Obesity-cancer link unknown to many women
Unconscious Brain Still Registers Pain: Some brain-injury patients may be hurting even if they can't show it
NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Scientists: Virginia Shark's Pup a 'Virgin Birth'
Hawking: If we survive the next 200 years, we should be OK