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Election prompts surge in gun sales

(11/8/2008) RALEIGH, N.C. – Barack Obama said he would improve the economy. Turns out he already has, at least in one retail niche: gun sales.

Obama Rolls

(11/5/2008) WASHINGTON – Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, swept to victory by an anxious country eager to change course at home and abroad.

McCain, Obama campaigns press ahead

(11/3/2008) COLUMBUS, Ohio – Barack Obama and John McCain uncorked massive get-out-the-vote operations in more than a dozen battleground states Sunday, millions of telephone calls, mailings and door-knockings in a frenzied, fitting climax to a record-shattering $1 billion campaign. Together, they'll spend about $8 per presidential vote.

Polls give Democrats sizeable lead

(11/2/2008) WASHINGTON – Barack Obama and the Democrats hold a commanding position two days before Tuesday's election, with the senator from Illinois leading in states with a total of nearly 300 electoral votes and his party counting on significantly expanded majorities in the House and Senate.

Prank puts Palin on phone with Canadian comedian

(11/2/2008) TORONTO – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin unwittingly took a prank call Saturday from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and telling her she would make a good president someday.

Obama aunt illegally in U.S.; candidate say it's news to him

(11/2/2008) CHICAGO – Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Saturday he didn't know an aunt was living in the United States illegally and believes that laws covering the situation should be followed.

Candidates kick off final weekend

(11/1/2008) DES MOINES, Iowa – As the presidential campaign entered its final weekend, Barack Obama returned to Iowa, the state one adviser described as "hallowed ground" because of the role it played in launching his candidacy, while John McCain spent his second straight day in Ohio, a state he almost certainly must win to reach the White House.

Palin says she's not leaving national scene

(10/30/2008) TOLEDO, Ohio – Facing the unhappy prospect of defeat, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin indicated Wednesday that she will not disappear from the national political scene if the GOP ticket loses on Tuesday.

Analysts divided over accuracy of election polls

(10/30/2008) WASHINGTON – Could the polls be wrong?Sen. John McCain and his allies say that they are. The country, they say, could be headed to a 2008 version of the famous 1948 upset election, with McCain in the role of Harry S. Truman and Sen. Barack Obama as Thomas E. Dewey, lulled into overconfidence by inaccurate polls.

Obama's edge on economy dwindling

(10/29/2008) WASHINGTON – "Joe the Plumber" may be paying off for Sen. John McCain. The Arizona senator scored sharp gains on the pivotal issue of jobs and the economy in the past week, helping him gain a bit on front-runner Sen. Barack Obama and narrow the presidential race as it heads into the final week, according to an Ipsos-McClatchy Poll released Tuesday.

Obama assails McCain's health care tax credit plan

(10/29/2008) HARRISONBURG, Va. – Sen. Barack Obama seized upon comments by a top aide to Sen. John McCain about the Republican's health care plan, saying that they amounted to an "October surprise" at a boisterous rally in this Shenandoah Valley town.

Candidates' contrasts showing

(10/28/2008) PITTSBURGH – The presidential candidates pursued votes in the same Midwestern states Monday but entered their final week of persuasion with messages that could scarcely be more different in tone and substance.

Campaign rhetoric more positive

(10/27/2008) FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Barack Obama and John McCain began to ease back their slashing attacks on one another Sunday, a sign that both presidential candidates will seek to end the long, bitter race on a positive note.

Military prepares for presidential transition

(10/26/2008) WASHINGTON – The U.S. military, bracing for the first wartime presidential transition in 40 years, is preparing for potential crises during the vulnerable handover period, including possible attacks by al-Qaida and destabilizing developments in Iraq or Afghanistan, according to senior military officials.

McCain, Obama campaigns swing through Southwest

(10/26/2008) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – John McCain and Barack Obama brought their dueling presidential campaigns to the mesas and mountains of New Mexico on Saturday, trading mocking jibes and sharp new attacks in the hotly contested state.

Palin testifies in ethics investigation

(10/25/2008) ST. LOUIS – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified for two hours Friday in an abuse-of-power investigation that has been a distraction to her Republican vice presidential campaign.

Turnout heavy in early voting

(10/25/2008) WASHINGTON – Record numbers of voters across the nation are casting ballots before Election Day, including high proportions of Democrats and blacks in some of the battleground states in what appears to be a promising sign for Barack Obama.

Nader hits Obama, McCain; calls for tax on derivatives

(10/22/2008) BOISE – Consumer advocate Ralph Nader brought his independent presidential campaign to Idaho on Tuesday, sharply criticizing both major party candidates as beholden to corporate interests and calling for a tax on some financial transactions to pay for the financial bailout.

Candidates trade criticism

(10/21/2008) COLUMBIA, Mo. – John McCain's campaign ramped up efforts Monday to portray Barack Obama as dangerously untested on foreign affairs, while Obama attacked McCain's mortgage-rescue plan as a risky scheme that rewards Wall Street.

Obama pulls in record funds

(10/20/2008) FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Democrat Barack Obama raised a staggering $150 million in September, shattering all previous fundraising records and dwarfing the amount raised by Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

Palin in New Mexico; Biden in Tacoma

(10/20/2008)  ROSWELL, N.M. – Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin spoke to about 10,000 supporters Sunday in a Roswell airplane hangar, not only making a reference to Joe the Plumber, but alluding several times to "Ed the Dairyman" after seeing someone in the crowd holding a sign identifying himself that way.

Palins to meet with investigator

(10/20/2008) ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband will meet this week with an investigator determining whether she violated state ethics law when firing her public safety director.

Health care tough to dodge

(10/19/2008) No matter who wins the White House and control of Congress in November, one aspect of 2009 could have a familiar feel.

ACORN hit with vandalism, threats

(10/18/2008) WASHINGTON – The furor over the Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now's national voter registration drive exploded with new controversies Friday, including a call by Barack Obama for an independent prosecutor, a Supreme Court ruling over voter access and the disclosure of a death threat against an ACORN worker.

Economic proposals will be at center stage in final debate

(10/15/2008) NEW YORK – On the eve of the final presidential debate, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have issued a last-minute flurry of proposals meant to show expertise and focus on kitchen table worries and ailing markets.