Supporters in Minnesota booed their own candidate, Sen. McCain, after he described his opponent as a "decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States." Over the last few days, shouts of "traitor," "terrorist," "treason," "liar," and even "off with his head" have targeted Sen. Obama from crowd members at GOP rallies, and went unchallenged by Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin.

No one knows exactly what jailed Chicago developer Tony Rezko is telling prosecutors, but his ties to the state governor, who is under investigation himself over the distribution of jobs and money, is enough to spark speculation. Rezko is also known for helping give Barack Obama his start in politics.

A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner. The probe examined the dismissal of Walter Monegan, who says he lost his job because he resisted pressure to fire a state trooper involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister.
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Hundreds of voters in an upstate New York county are sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama." Election officials in Rensselaer County say the goof is just a typo, not a malicious attempt to link the Democratic presidential nominee with the world's most wanted terrorist.

With polls pointing to an increasing edge for Democrat Barack Obama, emotions run high at rallies for Republican presidential hopeful John McCain. Some in the crowd lash out at Obama with angry shouts of "terrorist" and "get him." And party stalwarts say McCain hasn't gone after Obama hard enough.

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign buys 30-minute blocks of time on CBS and NBC to run a half-hour commercial at 8 p.m. on Oct. 29, six days before Election Day. The move allows the Democratic presidential nominee an opportunity to make a closing argument to the entire country.