Antiwar Newswire

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=86055223&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The University of Iowa told the NCAA the school allowed two basketball recruits to meet celebrity Hawkeye fans Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. Such a meeting would be a recruiting violation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=86055219&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK With public opinion polls showing a tight race for governor in Connecticut, both major party candidates spent the final weekend before the election trying to boost turnout at the polls, with Democrat Dan Malloy getting an eleventh-hour visit Sunday from former President Bill Clinton.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=86055218&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Brett Favre will start at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings despite two fractures in his left foot, extending his record consecutive starts streak to 292 games.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=86055151&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An American military spokesman says Iraqi forces have freed about 100 hostages being held by gunmen inside a Baghdad church.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=86055149&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suspect who committed suicide after the killing of a San Diego police officer also apparently shot and killed his female companion before police stormed his barricaded bedroom, authorities said Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=86055146&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK For the first time in more than five years, Tiger Woods is no longer golf's No. 1 player.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=86055142&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK After a two-day delay, NASA's countdown clocks began ticking Sunday toward the final launch of space shuttle Discovery.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=86055141&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The next governor of Illinois will walk into office and find himself staring at a budget deficit that could top $15 billion. In California, the hole will be $12 billion. In larger-than-life Texas, the two-year total is $18 billion or more.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=86055116&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Will Congress extend the Bush tax cuts into 2011 in the weeks after Tuesday's election or let the automatic increase start cutting into most people's paychecks early next year?

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=86055081&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Republican challenger Dino Rossi roared across Washington state in the final weekend of their closely watched contest, urging supporters to mark their mail-in ballots ahead of Tuesday's deadline.