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...Only one in five voters had a good opinion of George W. Bush, and Congress was even less popular. Again, probably safe to say this one is a keeper...
...right than some expected. A relatively unknown State legislator from Greensboro, Hagan beat four contenders in the primary with 60% of the vote after better known candidates declined to run or withdrew. Democratic dominance of North Carolina's two legislative houses meant she's had a fairly safe voting record-she hasn't been forced into any uncomfortable votes by Republican opponents, as has happened to Democratic incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives on taxes, energy and national security. Hagan is considered liberal by North Carolina standards, and has hit Dole on her absence from the state...
...That's because internal Democratic polling in Indiana now indicates that Obama could have a shot at winning a state that only a few months ago seemed like a safe and easy victory for John McCain. The same could be said for Virginia and North Carolina, two other states where Obama is scheduled to stump before heading home to Chicago for an election-night rally that some are predicting could draw as many as a million people...
...must continue to fund cost-effective robot missions but also plan manned flights to the moon and Mars that will inspire the world. We need to solve water management issues in the rapidly drying American Southwest and pass those good strategies on to the billion people worldwide without safe drinking water. And we need to create a healthcare system that not only increases coverage but also promotes cost-efficient treatment and preventative medicine. Finally, we need to fund science research that can put our science PhDs to work, and to change our visa laws to keep more foreign-born PhDs...
...think selling raw fish in the sushi capital of the world would be a recession-proof business. But Japan's economy, the world's second largest, is weakening so quickly, not even seemingly strong enterprises are safe. In September, the number of Japanese companies filing for bankruptcy shot up 34.5% compared with September 2007. That's the biggest spike in business failures since March...