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NEW YORK Democrats have put off a decision on choosing a 2008 national convention site until early January, hard-pressed to pick between Denver and New York, officials said Tuesday. Party officials have been negotiating for months with host committees for New York and Denver, but a series of problems with Denver's bid _ and a significant cooling of interest from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg _ led Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean to seek more time to make a decision. "Chairman Dean is going to make the best decision for the party based on the merits of each city's bid....

ESPN special on now!

This may relieve us from election eve stress!!! :)

Cat in a spin Curiosity nearly killed the cat after a kitten climbed into a washing machine that was then switched on. Eight-week-old Milo disappeared at Ginny Troth's house in Astwood Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire, and bedded down in the laundry for a cat-nap. But Mrs Troth unwittingly switched on the machine for a spin wash and only realised where the inquisitive tabby might be about halfway through the cycle. Milo could not open his eyes, had water on his lungs and was hypothermic. But with regular treatment, after about three days he had regained his appetite and was back to...

Bush, Kerry to Appear on 'SportsCenter' Wed Oct 27, 8:22 PM ET Sports - AP NEW YORK - President Bush (news - web sites) and Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) will appear on a special edition of ESPN's "SportsCenter" next Monday, the eve of the presidential election. "The 30-minute program will feature one-on-one, sit-down interviews with the candidates that will focus on their love of sports and how sports impact their lives," ESPN said in a statement Wednesday. The network released several highlights of the interviews, conducted by Jim Gray, which included questions about ticket prices and publicly...

James Carville is a Kerry Supporter, his wife is Republican...Jay Leno just asked him: SO let me ask you, which way do you think your kids are going? More Democrat or more Republican? Carville said, well I don't know they are torn between being a witch or a fashion model for halloween. So, I guess they are going as either Ter-ah-suh (Witch) or John Edwards (Fasion Model).?

Kids Pick Kerry to Be the Next President 2 hours, 10 minutes ago NEW YORK - Kid power! Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) is the winner, and the rest of the country should pay attention because the vote on Nickelodeon's Web site has correctly chosen the president of the United States in the past four elections. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nearly 400,000 children and teens voted, and the results were released Wednesday. Kerry received 57 percent of the vote; President Bush (news - web sites) got 43 percent. Nickelodeon has been airing information on the Nov. 2 election, plus sponsoring debates...

Schwarzenegger: No sex after endorsing Bush 'Everything comes with side effects' The Associated Press Published on: 10/19/04 MONTEREY, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is married to a Kennedy, joked at a public-policy conference that his sex life suffered after he endorsed President Bush at the Republican National Convention. "There was no sex for 14 days," he said. "Everything comes with side effects." EMAIL THIS PRINT THIS MOST POPULAR Schwarzenegger, whose wife is TV journalist Maria Shriver, had an audience of about 1,000 people in stitches Monday as he took part in a lecture series organized by former Clinton administration...

I will give you crack if you vote for me.

Energised Kerry lashes Bush, fires up campaign after debate U.S. National - AFP KISSIMMEE, United States (AFP) - Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) roared back to the campaign trail, piling more scorn on President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s Iraq (news - web sites) policy, as he shot for a comeback in the race for the White House. Photo AFP Photo AP Photo Photo AP Photo Slideshow Slideshow: John Kerry Special Coverages Latest Headlines: · Laptops Stolen From Bush Campaign Office AP - 5 minutes ago · Energised Kerry lashes Bush, fires up campaign after...

Post-Debate Polls Favor Kerry 18 minutes ago By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent CORAL GABLES, Fla. - President Bush (news - web sites) and Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) rushed back to the campaign trail Friday to try to convince voters they had won their debate over foreign policy and to continue the argument over whether going to war in Iraq (news - web sites) had made the nation safer. Three post-debate polls suggested voters who watched the policy-driven confrontation Thursday night were impressed by Kerry, with most of those surveyed saying he did better than Bush....

(1) USC 31, Stanford 28 Preview - Box Score - Recap USC Stanford By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer September 25, 2004 STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- USC went to halftime trailing and flailing, down by 11 points and stung by an 82-yard run through the heart of its defense on Stanford's final play. Reggie Bush was worried the locker room would resemble a funeral. Instead, the top-ranked Trojans seemed thrilled to be in a close game -- and they rode a wave of halftime emotion to a 31-28 victory Saturday night. ``I don't think it was anger. It was excitement,''...

New Yorkers go easy on Dan New Yorkers were generally forgiving of Dan Rather's running a story based on unproven documents that attacked President Bush. "Rather made a mistake and he was man enough to admit it." - Kaiseem Felder, 49, Xerox technician, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. "All I could think of was this is what he will be remembered for after such a successful career. But mistakes happen all the time in the news." - Jane Marie Giustra, 24, sales assistant, Hoboken, N.J. "Everything they said about Bush is true; they just haven't found the evidence yet." - Dale Channer, 34,...

New Yorkers go easy on Dan New Yorkers were generally forgiving of Dan Rather's running a story based on unproven documents that attacked President Bush. "Rather made a mistake and he was man enough to admit it." - Kaiseem Felder, 49, Xerox technician, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. "All I could think of was this is what he will be remembered for after such a successful career. But mistakes happen all the time in the news." - Jane Marie Giustra, 24, sales assistant, Hoboken, N.J. "Everything they said about Bush is true; they just haven't found the evidence yet." - Dale Channer, 34,...

BOSTON - Republicans ridiculed Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites)'s primary campaign contortions about the war on Iraq (news - web sites) on Tuesday and handed out pictures of Kerry clad in a hooded blue anti-contamination suit as he climbed out of a NASA (news - web sites) space shuttle orbiter. The GOP effort to pull a "Dukakis" on Kerry is shifting into high gear. In 1988, Republicans were able to turn Michael Dukakis from a Democratic presidential front-runner into a caricature soundly beaten by President Bush (news - web sites)'s father. Key elements of that transformation were a...