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Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski voted no. All Dems voted no.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the chances are "50-50" that Republicans lose control of the upper chamber with just five days to go until the Nov. 3 election. “It's a 50-50 proposition. We have a lot of exposure. This is a huge Republican class," McConnell, R-Ky., said Wednesday during a campaign stop in Kentucky. "There are dogfights all over the country." Republicans are fighting to hold a slim 53-47 majority in the Senate as Democrats target several GOP-held seats they believe are competitive. In order to take back the Senate, Democrats would need to pick up three additional seats...

With one in four families fatherless these days, this two-hour special takes the position that it takes a real man to be a ``True Dad.'' If you think bringing home the bacon and tossing the ball around is enough, think again. In the 21st century, real men change diapers, help with homework and nurture their kids. With the exception of Nascar driver Kerry Earnhardt, the six subjects profiled in this two-hour special are not well known. Shorter and less substantive interviews with celebrity dads such as actor Alec Baldwin, New York Yankee catcher Jorge Posada and ``Today'' show host Matt...

DUBAI (AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton (news - web sites) said he believed his successor George W. Bush would work more actively to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and gave him a "50-50" chance of success. "The United States should be more active in the search for Middle East peace. It think it (the Bush administration) will be," Clinton told the opening of a three-day Arab Strategy Forum. "I think there is a 50-50 chance of success," said Clinton, one of a host of world figures taking part in the gathering entitled "The Arab World in 2020" in Dubai,...

Wake up Call Daily BulletinAt a 'private secure party in a small social gathering' ex-president George H.W. Bush put the odds of war with Iraq at fifty-fiftyNew York Post (link)