Student dies during competitive-eating event

Seeded on Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:24 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

A student died just as he was about to win a university binge-eating contest, officials said Friday.

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New York election mixup: 'Osama' on ballot

Seeded on Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:08 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."

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Vote: Who won the vice presidential debate?

Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 11:43 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

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Bank crisis overshadows defense in first debate

Seeded on Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:01 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Barack Obama and John McCain clashed sharply over tax cuts and congressional spending Friday night as they faced off in their first head-to-head debate.

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