Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, left, shakes hands with his rival, Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, right, as New York Cardinal Edward Egan watches from the center-rear, at the 63rd Annual Alfred E. Smith Foundation Dinner in New York, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Andrew Theodorakis, Pool)
By DAVID ESPO
AP Special Correspondent
NEW YORK — [...]

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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, answers a question from plumber Joe Wurzelbacher in Holland, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
COLUMBUS, Ohio  –  Who is Joe the Plumber?
He is Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio man looking to buy a plumbing business who came to symbolize the notion of “spreading the wealth” [...]

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shake hands after a presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

The D.C. school system was front and center in questions about fixing the nation’s education issues during Wednesday’s third presidential [...]

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President Bush walks to the stage to make remarks and listen to Colombian musicians, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, during a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
By The Associated Press
President Bush on Tuesday announced a $250 billion plan by the government to directly buy shares [...]

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Tuesday is the last day to register to vote in Maryland in this year’s presidential election.
  
It is also the last day that elderly or disabled voters can apply to vote at a more convenient polling place and the last day for registered voters to update their name, address or party affiliation.

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Palin Urges Partner To ‘Take The Gloves Off’
By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON  –Running short on time, John McCain has the most riding on the second presidential debate, though Barack Obama will be out of his scripted comfort zone in the town hall-style confrontation. It could be ugly if Monday’s tussling is any indication.
Tuesday [...]

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Click here to see the full gallery of Saturday’s rally in Newport News, VA.

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By JAKE COYLE
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK  –  It’s starting to feel like Tina Fey is running for vice president.
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 [...]

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Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen Joe Biden, D-Del., respond to questions from moderator Gwen Ifill of PBS, center, during their vice presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 in St. Louis, Mo. (AP Photo/Don Emmert, Pool)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A confidant Republican Sarah Palin used the [...]

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Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., arrives at his headquarters in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. McCain and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama returned to Washington for the vote on the financial rescue plan in U.S. Senate late Wednesday. At left is a Secret Service agent. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
WASHINGTON  – 
Asked why he has [...]

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