Polls: Dems' lead shrinking, but still strong  —  WASHINGTON — A national USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds remarkable parallels between the congressional elections Tuesday and the watershed elections in 1994 that swept Republicans into control of the House and Senate.

Bush Trumpets Hussein Verdict to Rally Support  —  President Bush on Sunday seized on the conviction of Saddam Hussein as a milestone in Iraq, seeking to rally Republican voters with the issue of national security as some polls suggested that his party might be making gains in the final hours of the campaign.

Haggard confesses to 'lifelong' sexual problem … COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) — Evangelical pastor Ted Haggard confessed on Sunday to a "lifelong" sexual problem, and said he was "a deceiver and a liar," in a letter read to his New Life Church.  —  "There is part of my life …

America's referendum on war  —  Pelosi's countdown: She ticks off a list of changes, including a new Iraq strategy  —  (11-05) 04:00 PST Glenside, Pa. — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi warned that a Republican victory Tuesday would prolong the U.S. involvement in Iraq another 10 years …

DICK CHENEY TO SPEND ELECTION DAY HUNTING  —  Vice President Dick Cheney is shown while quail hunting in South Dakota.  —  Vice President Dick Cheney is shown while quail hunting in South Dakota.  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney will spend Election Day Tuesday …

Limiting the Damage  —  President Bush isn't on the ballot tomorrow.  But this election is, nonetheless, all about him.  The question is whether voters will pry his fingers loose from at least some of the levers of power, thereby limiting the damage he can inflict in his two remaining years in office.

Repeat calls not from Hodes  —  National Republicans spend nearly $20,000  —  November 05.  —  or the second straight day yesterday, Democratic field offices received dozens of phone calls and e-mails from frustrated voters upset about repeated automated phone calls they thought were coming …

C.I.A. Review Highlights Afghan Leader's Woes  —  The scene of a bombing in September near the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Such attacks have increased in the past two years.  —  A recent Central Intelligence Agency assessment found that the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai …

New Telemarketing Ploy Steers Voters on Republican Path  —  An automated voice at the other end of the telephone line asks whether you believe that judges who "push homosexual marriage and create new rights like abortion and sodomy" should be controlled.  If your reply is "yes," …

Bush Says U.S. Pullout Would Let Iraq Radicals Use Oil as a Weapon  —  During the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, President Bush and his aides sternly dismissed suggestions that the war was all about oil.  "Nonsense," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld declared.

Huge march in Venezuela for Chavez opponent  —Text+CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people on Saturday marched in Caracas to support opposition presidential candidate Manuel Rosales, whose populist campaign has focused on reducing crime and redistributing oil wealth.