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I'm chuckling now :) Overall independent voters are giving the debate to Obama. Very, very good news. But - this video is the best - the independent focus group response was aired on FOX News.
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Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money" — and as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario — has died. He was 83.
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Eight-year-old children have a radically different learning strategy from twelve-year-olds. Eight-year-olds learn primarily from positive feedback, whereas negative feedback scarcely causes any alarm bells to ring. Twelve-year-olds are better able to process negative feedback, and use it to learn from their mistakes. The switch in learning strategy can be seen in the brain areas responsible for cognitive control.
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Screen Legend Paul Newman Dies at 83 of Cancer, Screen legend Paul Newman has died at age 83 of cancer.
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A patient treated for agonizing abdominal pain received this surprising news in the hospital's paperwork: "Based on your visit today, we know you are pregnant." Surprising indeed for 71-year-old John Grady Pippen.
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Man Crushed Inside Crocodile's Stomach (disturbing pics)
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We've learned recently that John McCain likes chaos. First there was his surprise pick of Sarah Palin, then there was his hold-onto-your-hats rush back to Washington this week. The first presidential debate could have used a little of that homegrown mayhem
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Forty percent of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Barack Obama was the winner. Twenty-two percent thought John McCain won. Thirty-eight percent saw it as a draw.
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The U.S. Mint is temporarily halting sales of its popular American Buffalo 24-karat gold coins because it can't keep up with soaring demand as investors seek the safety of gold amid economic turbulence.
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Chinese Astronaut Makes Nation's First Spacewalk, A Chinese astronaut on Saturday performed the nation's first-ever spacewalk, the latest milestone in an ambitious program that is increasingly rivaling the United States and Russia in its rapid expansion.
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On a night that the Democratic nominee had to show he could stand toe to toe with John McCain, Barack Obama confidently passed the test. Mark Halperin rates the two candidates' performances.
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Looks like a blockbuster to us.
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Liberal and Democrat vs. conservative and Republican. Taller, younger and black vs. shorter, older and white.
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Heavy traffic at the left testicle. I might be a little late.
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It was a weird week to be in the United States. On Tuesday, secretary of the treasury Henry Paulson told us that
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A national poll of people who watched the first presidential debate suggests that Barack Obama came out on top, but there was overwhelming agreement that both Obama and John McCain would be able to handle the job of president if elected.
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Obama vs. McCain: Gettin' LiveBloggy With It
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The US economic crisis is forcing some people to seek refuge by living in their cars, says the BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani in California.
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News and opinion about US politics from a liberal perspective
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Transcript of debate
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Police arrest squatter who called them for help
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The BBC News website takes a look at some of the candidates' statements to see whether or not they were telling the whole truth.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- St. Lucie County officials are investigating whether a firefighter took a man's severed foot from the scene of a traffic accident. On Sept. 19, a crash on I-95 caused a man's foot to be sheared off; the man survived and is undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
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Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stretched the facts in accusing each other of kowtowing to the oil industry and sprinkled other dubious assertions across the landscape of public policy in their first presidential debate.
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Swiss professional pilot Yves Rossy, the world's first man to fly with fitted jet fuel powered wings strapped to his back, flying during his first official demonstration. Rossy flew into the history books by crossing from France to Britain on only a jet powered wing, describing afterwards, how he felt like a bird over the English Channel.
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Lawmakers Say Progress Made on Bailout, Hope for Weekend Deal, Democrats talked optimistically of bailout agreement by the end of the weekend.
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Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stretched the facts in accusing each other of kowtowing to the oil industry and sprinkled other dubious assertions across the landscape of public policy in their first presidential debate.
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In their first head-to-head debate Friday, Sen. John McCain criticized Sen. Barack Obama as a candidate who "doesn't understand" the key issues the country faces, and Obama linked McCain to President Bush on several issues.
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A company is glamorising genetic testing by taking spit samples at high-society parties. But instead of promoting healthier lifestyles, the results could create needless anxiety
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They were Premier Zhou Enlai's favorite late-night snack. He loved White Rabbit candy so much he gave a bag to President Nixon during his historic visit to China. But the iconic brand, beloved by generations of Chinese, took a hit after it was linked to the tainted milk scandal.
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Imagining how Fox and the like would react if Sarah Palin were a black Democrat.
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Sen. John McCain said Friday that another attack on the scale of the September 11 hijackings is "much less likely" now than it was the day after the terrorist attacks.
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Tonight Barack Obama and John McCain will take the stage at the University of Mississippi for a debate on issues of foreign policy.
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The next president will have to decide when and how to leave Iraq and what the United States will leave behind, Sen. John McCain said Friday.
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American and Russian naval vessels are chasing the ship, which was full of arms for Kenya’s military.
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Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama traded jabs over each other's economic plans as they faced off in their first presidential debate.
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Poll: Most Americans Against Bush's Bailout Plan, An Associated Press-Knowledge Networks poll found just 30 percent of respondents who supported the plan.
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