NATIONAL & WORLD DIGEST - October 19, 2008

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Former Secretary of State Powell Backs Obama
Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell endorsed Senator Barack Obama for president on Sunday morning as a candidate who was reaching out in a "more diverse and inclusive way across our society" and offering a "calm, patient, intellectual, steady approach" to the nation's problems. The endorsement, on the NBC public affairs program "Meet the Press," was a major blow to Senator John McCain, who has been a good friend of Mr. Powell for decades. Mr. Powell, a Republican, has advised Mr. McCain in the past on foreign policy.
[...] Colin L. Powell called Barack Obama a "transformational figure" and said that John McCain's campaign had gone "too far" in its tactics.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/powell-endorses-obama/?hp

-Among Fans of Palin, Dudes Rule
The stoutest defenders of Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are often the Joe Sixpacks in her crowds.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/us/politics/19palin.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

-Another Invitation to Abuse
In the Bush administration's last months, it continues to violate Americans' civil liberties and undercut the balance of powers in the name of fighting terrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/opinion/19sun2.html?ref=opinion


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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-Obama Sets Fundraising Record
Candidate pulls in $150M in Sept., the most campaign dollars raised in a single month.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/19/obama_shatters_fundraising_rec.html?hpid=topnews

-Taliban kill around 30 people after stopping bus
Taliban militants stopped a bus traveling on Afghanistan's main highway through a wild and dangerous part of the country's south, captured some 50 people on board and slaughtered around 30 of them, officials said Sunday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/19/AR2008101900458.html?hpid=moreheadlines


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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/public/us

-Bush Plans Crisis Summit
Bush will host a summit of world leaders in the near future to discuss the global response to the financial crisis.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122433901538447677.html

-Sadr Urges Rejection of U.S.-Iraq Pact
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Iraq's parliament to reject a U.S.-Iraqi security pact. His followers rallied against the deal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122433105660347635.html

-Crude's Falling Price Tests Putin
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122428427371546367.html

-Fannie Suit May Pay Shareholders
A class-action lawsuit alleging securities fraud by Fannie Mae could yield a hefty payment to shareholders.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122428804156146581.html


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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Fear has profoundly changed us
By LEONARD PITTS JR.
Meanwhile, back at the War on Terror . . . You remember the War on Terror, don't you? It was in all the papers. Back before presidential politics sucked the air from the room and your 401(k) shrank till it was worth maybe dinner and a movie, it was considered quite the important news story. Abu Ghraib? Extraordinary renditions? Fight 'em over there so we don't have to fight 'em over here? Surely you recall.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/730752.html

-Poll: Voters souring on McCain, Obama stays steady
When it comes to the public's image of John McCain, it's as if somebody dialed the electricity down in the in the past month. For Barack Obama, the juice is still flowing.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-AP-stories/story/729985.html

-Ignorance and Hate!
Video: What some of the unwashed think of Obama.
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/ignorance-is-no.html


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