Word: michigan
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...industries that rely on discretionary spending are at risk, while regions where at-risk industries once thrived could be battered. Dwindling housing and construction markets could cripple the Sun Belt; hospitality-heavy regions like Florida could suffer from a lack of tourist spending; and auto-manufacturing states like Michigan should brace for further blows. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...
...slightly chilly, and the sky is clear. Throngs of people have descended onto downtown Chicago for the epic presidential election of Barack Obama. One of them is Freddie Arnett, a 51-year-old Chicago maintenance supervisor who, along with his wife, stands on this city's main boulevard, Michigan Avenue, angling to get inside Grant Park, where Obama is scheduled to speak. "I'm just glad to have been alive to be a part of it," Arnett says. His expectations for a possible Obama candidacy are high, but, says Arneet, "I know it's going to take time...
...Michael Moore: Sat back and watched the fruits of all my work over these eight long years possibly come true this Tuesday. Also, spent time making calls to help remove three Republican incumbent Congressmen from Michigan: Knollenberg, Wahlberg and Rogers. I am very hopeful about that. Went to a double bill at my art house here in northern Michigan: To Kill a Mockingbird and Bulworth. And I was on Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher on Friday. This fall I have spent the bulk of my time helping bring Michigan from a swing state to solid for Obama...
...Michigan: 7am to 8pm EST, Polls in CST counties are open 8am to 9pm EST. No Early Voting...
...Michigan, Louisiana, and Tennessee, voters who have registered by mail must vote once in person before they can vote absentee. Missouri, Nevada, and Kansas require copies of state IDs with absentee applications if the prospective voter has not voted there in person before...