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Star-filled ad urges people to vote
Oct 25 2006 10:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Few political ads _ few ads, period _ have this kind of star power. ONE.org, an anti-poverty organization, is airing a public service announcement that features actors George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Alfre Woodard, Julia Roberts, NFL quarterback Tom Brady, singer Toby Keith and others that urges viewers to vote to fight global AIDS and Third World poverty.
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Md. Senate candidates bicker in debate
Oct 25 2006 9:58PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Maryland's Senate candidates bickered over embryonic stem cell research and the war in Iraq during a televised debate Wednesday as each sought to portray himself as the most independent.
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Frist to GOP hopefuls: Don't stress Iraq
Oct 25 2006 8:01PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says if Republican candidates want to succeed on Election Day, they should turn their focus away from the Iraq war.
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Kennedy, Kerry give to fellow Dems
Oct 25 2006 7:59PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and John Kerry tapped their sizable campaign kitties Wednesday to donate another $1 million to the committees aiming to elect a Democratic Congress.
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Former President Clinton in demand
Oct 25 2006 3:53PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Considered a political albatross in 2000, former President Clinton is arguably the most sought-after Democratic campaigner in the final days of the midterm elections.
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Judge: Indiana can block automated calls
Oct 25 2006 2:54PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge has ruled Indiana can prohibit a California-based group from making automated calls attacking a Democratic congressional candidate.
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Republicans use incumbency to aid allies
Oct 25 2006 2:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Those in power love to dole out grants at election time. With Republican control of Congress at risk, the Bush administration is busily using the perks of incumbency to help allies from Ohio to California.
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ACORN accused of bogus forms in Mo.
Oct 25 2006 1:38PM (CT)
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - Hundreds of fraudulent voter address changes have been submitted to St. Louis County election officials by ACORN, the activist group that has been criticized for its voter sign-up work elsewhere in the nation.
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Republicans fear powerful NY Democrats
Oct 25 2006 12:57PM (CT)
AURORA, N.Y. (AP) - The ominous chill Republicans are feeling these days has little to do with October's blustery winds and everything to do with the big coattails Hillary Rodham Clinton and Eliot Spitzer bring to the top of the state Democratic ticket on Election Day.
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GOP fear coattails of Clinton-Spitzer duo
Oct 25 2006 2:04AM (CT)
AURORA, N.Y. (AP) - The ominous chill Republicans are feeling these days has little to do with October's blustery winds and everything to do with the big coattails Hillary Rodham Clinton and Eliot Spitzer bring to the top of the state Democratic ticket on Election Day.
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Scandal limiting Hastert campaigning
Oct 25 2006 1:06AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sidelined by scandal, House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been largely absent from the campaign trail this month as Democrats mount their strongest challenge in a decade to the Republicans' grip on the House.
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