Palin talks hunting, politics in prank call with notorious Quebec comedy duo  —  MONTREAL — A Quebec comedy duo notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state has reached Sarah Palin, convincing the Republican vice-presidential nominee she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Obama aunt leak raises questions, as does timing  —  HENDERSON, Nev. — Barack Obama did not know a relative was living in the United States illegally for the past nearly four years prior to today's Associated Press report, “but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed,” the campaign said Saturday in a statement.

Obama ‘congratulates’ McCain on Cheney endorsement  —  (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama hit key swing states Saturday, taking a jab at his GOP counterpart's endorsement by the nation's vice president.  —  At an event in Laramie, Wyoming, on Saturday, Vice President Dick Cheney said he will cast his ballot for the McCain-Palin ticket.

Poll: Early Voters Strongly Prefer Obama  —  CBS News Survey Shows Democratic Ticket With 19 Point Edge Among Early Voters, 13 Point Lead Among Likely Voters Overall  —  (CBS) With just three days left until Election Day, a new CBS News poll finds that the Democratic presidential ticket …

McCain's name nowhere to be seen at Palin rally  —  POLK CITY, Florida (CNN) — At a boisterous Sarah Palin rally in Polk City, Florida on Saturday afternoon, one name was surprisingly absent from the campaign décor — John McCain's.  —  Looking around the Fantasy of Flight aircraft hangar …

Republicans try to use Oxford don to smear Barack Obama  —  The Republicans have made a last-minute attempt to prevent Barack Obama's ascent to the White House by trying to recruit an Oxford academic to “prove” that his autobiography was ghostwritten by a former terrorist.

Osawatomie: the Weather Underground newspaper  —  Zomblog has obtained an extremely rare copy of the first issue of Osawatomie, a newspaper published by the Weather Underground in 1975.  Noteworthy passages are reproduced below, along with exact transcriptions.

Palin's Medical Records  —  Still AWOL.  No explanation.  Not even a gesture, which suggests to me that some in the McCain camp realize they'd rather release nothing than be implicated in anything that might hurt them after the election.  Only ABC News' Kate Snow seems to care.

Today's Polls, 11/1  —  This is beginning to look like a five-state election.  Those states are Virginia, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Nevada.  Essentially all relevant electoral scenarios involve some combination of these five states.  —  I should caution that by far the most likely scenario …

Daughter of Illinois Sen. Durbin dies at 40  —  CHICAGO - Christine A. Durbin, the oldest daughter of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, died Saturday at age 40, according to a spokesman for the Democratic senator.  —  Christine Durbin died in a Washington, D.C.-area hospital from complications relating to a congenital heart condition.

Did Palin Suggest We're At War With Iran?  —  Uh oh.  More trouble for Sarah Palin on the foreign policy front.  In an interview with Fox's Greta Van Susteren yesterday, Palin professed confidence in victory on Tuesday as follows: … Now, it's not fully clear that Palin was saying outright …

An All-Out Attack on ‘Conservative Misinformation’  —  WASHINGTON — They are some of the more memorable slip-ups or slights within the news media's coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign.  —  A Fox News anchor asks whether Senator Barack Obama and his wife had greeted each other with a “terrorist fist jab.”

Listen to Chris Rock at Tampa Obama rally  —  TAMPA — (Listen here ) Comedian Chris Rock took the stage this afternoon and told a crowd of more than 1,000 at a College Hill little league field to go vote for Sen. Barack Obama.  Voters should choose a candidate they can relate to, who can see they're poor and understand, he said.

Internet Now Major Source of Campaign News  —  Continuing Partisan Divide in Cable TV News Audiences  —  Many more Americans are turning to the internet for campaign news this year as the web becomes a key source of election news.  Television remains the dominant source …

House GOP leader uses expletive to describe Obama  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  OXFORD, Ohio - House Republican leader John Boehner has used a vulgar expression to refer to Democrat Barack Obama and his voting record in the Illinois legislature.

State Verifies Obama's Birth Certificate  —  Health Department Receives Multiple Requests For Copies  —  HONOLULU — The state's Department of Health director on Friday released a statement verifying the legitimacy of Sen. Barack Obama birth certificate.  —  The state has received multiple requests …