Palm Beach, Fl. Fifth-grade and aspiring reporter Damon Weaver interviews Joe Biden, asking the veep candidate what it is that a VP actually does. He likes Biden's answer enough to declare them officially "homeboys."
- Florida early voting sites to stay open longer each day to better disenfranchise the citizenry.
- Q Poll: Obama ahead by 2 points in statistical tie.
- LAT-Bloomberg: Obama up by 7.
- Obama cuts McCain's lead to just 2 points in McCain's home state, Arizona!
- … but the McCain campaign says the race is tightening. Rrrrriiigggghhht.
- Our daily "Nearer My God to Thee" Media update: Time Inc. will lay off 600 workers; Gannett to cut 3,000.
- Enjoy those big gains from yesterday Dow fans. They should be gone by this afternoon.
- Tonight's half-hour Obama ad will not run on CNN, but will lead into the World Series on Fox.
- Speaking of which: Game 5 resumes tonight — if it doesn't snow!
- Rate cut! Rate cut! Rate cut!
- The credit crunch finally hits the cards.
- Christian Science Monitor to dump the print paper and go Web-only (mostly).
- Consumer Confidence disappearing faster than your employer's match of your 401(k).
This article appears in Oct 29 – Nov 4, 2008.