Final Week Doorstep Clash as Bush Kerry Seek Swing States
In Fort Lauderdale Florida President Bush and Senator Kerry pressed campaigns in a volatile final week. Bush questioned if terror can ever fully secure the nation while Kerry mocked the claim and vowed to win the war on terror. Kerry spoke at a Broward County church and urged turnout amid Florida vote disputes.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Bush
John Kerry
Kerry
United States
Boca Raton
America
Broward County
Florida
Edwards warns of vote theft in Ohio amid crowds
Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards warned of forces trying to suppress votes in Ohio. He spoke at a Cincinnati church and Dayton Dunbar High School urging access to ballots as Republicans file fraud claims and plan poll watchers. Supporters including LaVar Burton and BeBe Winans joined in Dayton.
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Jim Witmer
Middletown Journal
Joan Kerry
North Carolina
John Edwards
Dunbar High School
Dayton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Edwards
U.S
Dunbar High
Bush
Board of Elections
John Kerry
Sun
Madden
Kerry
LaVar Burton
Joe Brown
BeBe Winans
Nathaniel Scott
Scott
Electoral College back in voting spotlight
Analysts warn of a possible repeat of Bush losing the popular vote yet winning the presidency in 2004. A near tie could produce a 269 269 deadlock, sending the decision to a new Congress and the House.
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Washington
George W. Bush
Bush
John Kerry
White House
Larry Sabato
University of Virginia
Kerry
California
Yale Law School
Akhil Reed Amar
West Coast
Maryland
Great Lakes
John Zogby
Bloomberg News Service
New York
New Hampshire
Nevada
West Virginia
John C. Fortier
American Enterprise Institute
Fortier
Congress
House of Representatives
Middletown council mulls Olson replacement lead
Middletown City Manager Ron Olson’s departure prompts the council to weigh a successor. The move sets the stage for leadership decisions as the city seeks stability amid the transition.
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Middletown
Ron Olson
Massacre of Iraqi soldiers on leave near Baghdad shocks US officials
Insurgents killed about 50 Iraqi soldiers returning from training near Kirkush camp while three minibuses were ambushed near the Iranian border. Some attackers wore Iraqi uniforms. a Zarqawi-linked claim circulated on Islamist sites. A U.S. diplomat was later reported killed at a base near Baghdad airport. Bulgarian troops also reported casualties in a separate attack near Karbala.
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Iraq
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
U.S
Edward Seitz
State Department
Bureau of
Kirkush
Cost of War Hundreds of Iraqs Abuse by U S Forces
Iraqi contractor Sami Abbas Mijwal al Rawi describes a night raid in Baghdad by about 30 U S soldiers who arrested him and four of his sons and a son in law. He says cash and valuables worth 83000 dollars were seized and not returned, and he endured hours of standing on one foot and threats during five days of detention.
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Iraq
Sami Abbas Mijwal al-Rawi
al-Rawi
U.S
Saddam Hussein
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