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Good evening Srini, MON 03 Nov 2008 

today's headlines

Obama mourns grandmother on election eve
Obama, McCain fire final shots of campaign
Palin cleared by Alaska panel in ethics probe
Manufacturing crash adds to global gloom
Recession rears ugly head, global auto sales shrink
DNA tests on remains confirm Steve Fossett dead
WITNESS: Staying close to the candidates in campaign
Obama leads McCain in 6 of 8 key states
NY mayor wins chance for 3rd term
Bin Laden's publicist gets life in prison
 

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Obama mourns grandmother on election eve
November 03, 2008 09:04 PM ET

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - A subdued Barack Obama on Monday mourned his grandmother as a "quiet hero" who helped raise him, telling a campaign rally that her death had made the final night of his White House campaign "bittersweet."



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Obama, McCain fire final shots of campaign
November 03, 2008 09:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain took their final shots at each other and swept across battleground states on Monday to wrap up a U.S. presidential campaign in which Obama was leading but McCain hoped to pull off a historic upset.



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Palin cleared by Alaska panel in ethics probe
November 03, 2008 09:49 PM ET

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Gov. and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was cleared on Monday of wrongdoing in an abuse-of-power investigation into the firing of the state's public safety commissioner.



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Manufacturing crash adds to global gloom
November 03, 2008 04:10 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Factory activity contracted sharply in October, falling to its lowest in 26 years as the financial crisis ravaged the world's largest economy and its trading partners around the globe.



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Recession rears ugly head, global auto sales shrink
November 03, 2008 06:29 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corporate results and outlooks darkened on Monday, and automotive companies from Japan to Italy to Detroit said October sales were the weakest in about 20 years as economies weakened and consumer credit dried up.



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DNA tests on remains confirm Steve Fossett dead
November 03, 2008 06:19 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Genetic tests on two bones found near the wreckage of Steve Fossett's airplane in the California mountains confirm the missing multimillionaire adventurer is dead, local authorities said on Monday.



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WITNESS: Staying close to the candidates in campaign
November 03, 2008 07:38 PM ET

Jeff Mason joined Reuters in October 2000 in Frankfurt, where he covered stock markets and transport companies. In 2004 he transferred to Brussels to cover European Union energy, environment and transport policy. An American, Jeff returned to the United States in January for the U.S. presidential campaign. In the following story, he describes life for reporters on the campaign trail.



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Obama leads McCain in 6 of 8 key states
November 03, 2008 09:11 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in six of eight key battleground states one day before the U.S. election, including the big prizes of Florida and Ohio, according to a series of Reuters/Zogby polls released on Monday.



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NY mayor wins chance for 3rd term
November 03, 2008 06:16 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a term-limit extension law on Monday that will allow him to run for a third term next year and earn a chance to guide New York City through the global financial crisis.



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Bin Laden's publicist gets life in prison
November 03, 2008 10:26 PM ET

MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. military tribunal at Guantanamo sentenced Osama bin Laden's media secretary to life in prison on Monday after convicting him of conspiring with al Qaeda, soliciting murder and providing material support for terrorism.



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