October 10, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Today’s top story, “Cindy McCain’s half sister dies” reports the death of Cindy McCain’s 74 old half sister Dixie Lea Burd of Alzheimer’s. The story also includes information about Cindy’s other half sister Kathleen Hensley Portalski. Cindy and Kathleen have the same father, founder of Hensley & Co., the Anheuser-Bush distributor of the Phoenix area. The story reports that Kathleen made public complaints regarding Cindy’s poor treatment of their family and her plan to vote to for Barack Obama.
“University of Texas reverses on Obama sign punishment” discusses an incident at the University of Texas where two students refused to remove political signs from their dorm window. The two students were not allowed to register for spring classes because of their Obama support signs. The University claims that this has nothing to do with either candidate and that the policy has been in effect for 10 years.
Another top story, “Obama to go prime time as poll says debate boosts appeal” discusses Obama’s plan to air a half hour prime-time ad on television on October 29. The article claims this is a rebuttal to McCain’s constant referral to Obama’s relationship with Bill Ayers, a 1960s radical. The article also discusses Gallup Polls which show Obama’s popularity among debate viewers.
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