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American missionary drowns in Philippines (AP)
AP - A Catholic religious order says an American missionary drowned during a vacation on an island south of the Philippine capital.

Brazil seen electing Rousseff to extend Lula legacy (Reuters)

Reuters - Brazilians are expected to elect a woman as president for the first time on Sunday, backing her to emerge from the shadow of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and extend the country's run of prosperity.

AP - Yemeni police arrested a woman on suspicion of mailing a pair of bombs powerful enough to take down airplanes, officials said Saturday as details emerged about a terrorist plot aimed at the U.S. that exploited security gaps in the worldwide shipping system.

AP - For nearly a year in Afghanistan, a tightly knit Army Reserve unit kept the memories of their comrades killed during a shooting rampage Fort Hood close. But not too close.

Apparent fireworks explosion kills 5 in Mexico (AP)
AP - Authorities in Mexico City say an explosion inside a home where illegal fireworks were stored has wrecked two houses, killing at least three adults and two children.

AP - Fox and Cablevision reached an agreement Saturday that will restore programming to more than 3 million New York-area subscribers who have been without some of their favorite shows and baseball playoff games for two weeks.

AP - In the shadow of the Capitol and the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a "sanity" rally poking fun at the nation's ill-tempered politics, fear-mongers and doomsayers.

AP - President Barack Obama made a final-weekend plea to his hometown supporters to defy expectations and tamp down a Republican tide that many people expect to crest in Tuesday's elections.

AP - When the dead are delivered, four mornings a week, the ferry Michael Cosgrove is waiting.

AP - An eighth-grader's submitted question about negative political ads triggered the sharpest exchange among the five candidates for governor on Saturday night as they held their final debate before Election Day.

AP - Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said Saturday it was his decision to hold practice outdoors on a windy day when a student videographer died after the lift he was in fell over.

Tribune creditors file three reorganization plans (Reuters)
Reuters - Three different groups of creditors to Tribune Co filed rival proposals for ending the newspaper publisher's near two-year stay in bankruptcy.

AFP - An Italian lotto record jackpot of 177.7 million euros (247.8 million dollars) was won, having grown over nearly nine months with no one picking the winning combination, ANSA news agency reported.

Dems can't ride Stewart's wave (Politico)
Politico - The rally was a comedic success— but not necessarily a Democratic one.

AP - An Illinois man may face the death penalty if convicted in the slaying of a college freshman who went missing earlier this month.

Pro-government candidates win in Bahrain runoffs (AP)
AP - Official results show pro-government candidates have won all nine parliamentary seats up for grabs in Bahrain's runoff elections.

Iraq's Shi'ite politicians turn down Saudi offer (Reuters)
Reuters - Iraq's Shi'ite alliance turned down a Saudi Arabian offer on Saturday to host all-party talks to resolve months of political stalemate because it said it was confident a deal could be struck in Baghdad on a new government.

Gunmen kill 14 on sports field in Honduras (Reuters)
Reuters - Gunmen opened fire on a group of people on a neighborhood sports field in northern Honduras and killed at least 14, authorities said on Saturday.

THE MUSKIE MOMENT (David Shribman)
David Shribman - LEWISTON, Maine -- Almost finished. Just a few days to go. The clatter and clutter of an American election -- a vitally important, perhaps historic midterm election -- are about to end. Nobody, except perhaps the odd candidate on a pre-election surge, wishes this campaign were even a day longer.

Obama confronts AIDS protesters (Politico)
Politico - "We’re funding global AIDS," the president says."And the other side is not."

Democrats, GOP close in Nevada early votes (AP)
AP - Nevada Democrats and their union allies appear to have blunted a surge of Republican enthusiasm in early voting, confirming a close race between Republican tea party favorite Sharron Angle and Majority Leader Harry Reid, figures showed Saturday.

Weapons seized in Nigeria came from Iran: shipping company (Reuters)
Reuters - Crates of weapons including rocket launchers and mortars seized in Nigeria this week were loaded in Iran by a local trader, the company which shipped the containers said on Saturday.

AP - Nevada's dead heat Senate race converged in the state capital Saturday as Harry Reid and Sharron Angle celebrated the birthday of Nevada's statehood, shaking hands, serving flapjacks, petting dogs and posing for pictures in an effort to sway last minute votes.

Australia has "grave reservations" about Myanmar elections (Reuters)

Reuters - Australia expressed "grave reservations" Sunday about upcoming elections in Myanmar and called for the release of political prisoners, including pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Reuters - Ivory Coast finally holds a long-delayed presidential election on Sunday that is meant to reunite a nation split in two by war and re-launch West Africa's former star economy.

Stewart and Colbert, like Beck, stay apolitical and call for better behavior (Daily Caller)
Daily Caller - It took nearly three hours to get to it, but Jon Stewart did have a point Saturday at the rally/concert/comedy show he organized on the National Mall, which drew a crowd estimated to be between 100,000 and 200,000.

AFP - Rebels in the Central African Republic have abducted 21 census agents updating voters' rolls for forthcoming elections, an election official and a senior military source told AFP Saturday.

Terror Plot Foiled: But is the Threat in Yemen Growing? (Time.com)
Time.com - Terror Plot Foiled: But is the Threat in Yemen Growing?

Strained Relations: Liberia's President and Her Stepson (Time.com)
Time.com - A huge drug bust in May was good news for Liberia but it also focused attention on President Sirleaf's strained relations with her country's security chief -- her stepson

Some may live in DC, but they vote somewhere else (AP)
AP - Alex lives in Washington but votes at a church in Virginia. Kathleen signed a lease here but casts her ballot in Pennsylvania. Nicolas moved to the nation's capital a year ago, but his polling place is in Connecticut.

Obama Barnstorms In Final Push (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - With Democratic majorities in the House and Senate in increasing jeopardy, President Barack Obama rallied thousands of supporters in Philadelphia this morning, the first of three scheduled campaign stops on the final Saturday before voters head to the polls.

Ohio Dem chair seeks review of McDonald's handbill (AP)
AP - Democrats are asking authorities to investigate a handbill tucked in the paychecks of some McDonald's employees in northeastern Ohio that advocated votes for three Republican candidates.

India Reliance Industries quarterly profit jumps 28 percent (AFP)

AFP - India's largest private sector firm Reliance Industries reported a 28 percent rise in quarterly net profit Saturday, boosted by earnings from refining crude and higher gas output.

AP - More than 1,700 people evacuated because of a wildfire west of Boulder are being allowed to return to their homes after firefighters worked through the night to stop the fire from spreading.

Punish Canadian severely, Guantanamo court urged (Reuters)
Reuters - A prosecutor urged a U.S. war crimes tribunal on Saturday to sentence a young Canadian and admitted al Qaeda murderer to 25 more years in prison and said anything less would give license to terrorists.

AP - Thomas J. Woods joined the military after graduating from an all-black high school in 1950, when Jim Crow laws forced him to the back of buses and Savannah shop clerks would greet him with a surly, "What you want, boy?"

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