By Erik Schelzig
Associated Press Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WHBQ FOX13 myfoxmemphis.com) —
More than 1.55 million voters cast ballots in Tennessee’s two-week early voting period, a 38 percent increase on the previous record set in 2004.
A total of more than 423,000 more voters took advantage of early voting this year compared with the last presidential election. [...]

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Reported by Paul Yates
Edited by Steve Dixon
ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) — Local, state and federal lawmakers are calling for Gov. Perdue and Secretary of State Karen Handel to extend early voting through Monday, including the weekend, to give Georgia voters an opportunity to cast their ballots in a historic election that already has seen a record [...]

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Not only has voter registration soared in Virginia, more than 300,000 people have already cast absentee ballots.
At a news briefing Thursday in Richmond, officials with the State Board of Elections said the number of absentee ballots cast in Tuesday’s presidential election could total 10 percent of the vote. About 220,000 [...]

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BY RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON  –  Barack Obama, gunning for a national landslide, now leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied with John McCain in two other Republican red states, according to new AP-GfK battleground polling.
The results help explain why [...]

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By WOODY BAIRD and ANDREW DeMILLO
Associated Press Writers
BELLS, Tenn.  –  Two white supremacists charged with plotting to behead blacks across the country and assassinate Barack Obama while wearing white top hats and tuxes were likely too disorganized to carry out the plot, authorities said, and their planning was riddled with [...]

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Toni Braxton’s Getting Her Life Back
‘Dance’ star returns to stage as she battles heart disease
With new CD and cooking show on the horizon, the former ‘Dancing With The Stars’ contestant Toni Braxton has proven that she won’t let anything stand in her way – not even her own heart condition. But after [...]

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CHICAGO (AP) — With two crime scenes, a suspect in custody and an outraged community, Chicago’s top cop said he is confident investigators will find clues to solve the deaths of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew.
“I suspect we’ll have some evidence that will link us to the killer,” said Police Superintendent Jody [...]

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BELLS, Tenn. (AP) — In a rural Tennessee county where you can’t buy alcohol or even find a Wal-Mart, residents of tiny Bells stopped each other to ask if anyone knew the pale-skinned young local accused of plotting to kill dozens of black people, including Barack Obama.
It was a jolt to find out on Monday [...]

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