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October 31

One-on-one with Sen. Barack Obama

Heading into the home stretch in Ohio

Obama comes full circle in Iowa

Palin's medical records not made public

Early voting trends show shift from 2004

Obama on his lack of privacy: 'I've asked for it'

Obama on being a 'recession President'

N.C. Senate race heats up over 'godless' charge

Activist, writer Studs Terkel dies at 96

Hoping for a turnaround in Sadr City

American college student jailed in Iran

At Hope Meadows, it takes a village

Hope Meadows founder on foster care's 'revolving door'

Congo refugees on the move

Anatomy of the Congo crisis

Panda gives birth after China earthquake

Group continues to inspire minority musicians

Changing the face of classical music

Struggling over same-sex marriage

Can polls really predict an election?

Teens choose Barack Obama in mock election

Making your vote count: Debunking the myths

NBC team behind Making Your Vote Count

Palin: ‘A lot of false allegations out there’

Gov. Palin: 'My life is an open book'

On the record with McCain, Palin

October 26

At the Texas State Fair, fried everything

Eyeing comeback, GOP ticket remains enthusiastic

Seeking Colorado, Obama draws huge crowd

U.S. forces reportedly strike inside Syria

Are calmer days ahead for the market?

Hudson, family plead for boy’s safe return

Goodbye long lines? Airlines introduce paperless ticketing

Candidates differ on homeland security

Lobstermen feeling the pinch of harsh economy

Under fire from Afghanistan’s frontlines

No joke! Former ‘SNL’ staffer running for Senate

Amid turmoil, layaway makes a comeback

Palin: ‘A lot of false allegations out there’

Gov. Palin: 'My life is an open book'

On the record with McCain, Palin

China's toy factories empty as economy falters

Bird flies 7,000 miles—non-stop

Cracking wise with the world's oldest woman

October 24

Palin: ‘A lot of false allegations out there’

Gov. Palin: 'My life is an open book'

Chrysler cuts the latest stall in auto industry

More signs of global recession

Growing alarm in world markets

Bushes cast absentee ballots

Palin on her political future

Electoral map shifting

Candidates take different stances on free trade

Surge in egg donations raises concerns

Two one-of-a-kind people find each other

Some early voters use drive-through polling

McCain, Palin on what makes a ‘terrorist’

On the record with McCain, Palin

Greenspan on the hot seat

New lay-offs: Goldman Sachs, Xerox, Chrysler

Obama heads to bedside of ailing grandmother

Study: Doctors prescribe placebos regularly

Rocky Mountain low? Beetle invasion threatens forests

China's toy factories empty as economy falters

Behind the scenes: reporting from Afghanistan

Reward offered for threatening bank letters

Famous museum narrowly escapes Calif. fires

Bombing in Beirut in 1983

Solving infertility with yoga

McCain and Palin define ‘elite’

Gov. Palin: Negotiating with dictators would be 'naive'

Confronting Afghanistan's 'Valley of Death'

Seeing the enemy in Afghanistan

Bird flies 7,000 miles—non-stop

October 23

McCain, Palin on what makes a ‘terrorist’

On the record with McCain, Palin

Greenspan on the hot seat

New lay-offs: Goldman Sachs, Xerox, Chrysler

Obama heads to bedside of ailing grandmother

Study: Doctors prescribe placebos regularly

Rocky Mountain low? Beetle invasion threatens forests

China's toy factories empty as economy falters

Behind the scenes: reporting from Afghanistan

Reward offered for threatening bank letters

Famous museum narrowly escapes Calif. fires

Bombing in Beirut in 1983

Solving infertility with yoga

McCain and Palin define ‘elite’

Gov. Palin: Negotiating with dictators would be 'naive'

Confronting Afghanistan's 'Valley of Death'

Seeing the enemy in Afghanistan

Bird flies 7,000 miles—non-stop

Cracking wise with the world's oldest woman

October 17

Fighting to the finish

Obama's public financing decision proves pivotal

Supreme Court overrules Ohio vote challenge

Maxed out on plastic

Retirement not playing well in Peoria

Next president to take on America's bad rep

From hard knocks to Harvard

Four Tops singer Levi Stubbs dies

Growing up when your race is 'other'

Todd Palin, a.k.a. the ‘First Dude’

Safe on the sidelines, but eyeing a crisis

Learning to embrace ‘the ‘set-up’

Quest for cross-cultural love a family affair

Indian-American youth talks about dating

First-born Americans caught between two worlds

Youngest generation is schooled in diversity

White mom to black son: See the world in color

Assimilation nation

Watch the final presidential debate

Youth say McCain too 'smug’, question Obama's policies

Town still struggling with Matthew Shepard's death

October 16

Nineteen days to go

Not your average Joe: Plumber steals the show

Ohio ordered to verify new voters

No sweet home

Todd Palin, a.k.a. the ‘First Dude’

Last Titanic survivor sells mementos

Remembering actress Edie Adams

Safe on the sidelines, but eyeing a crisis

Quest for cross-cultural love a family affair

Indian-American youth talks about dating

First-born Americans caught between two worlds

Youngest generation is schooled in diversity

White mom to black son: See the world in color

Assimilation nation

Watch the final presidential debate

Youth say McCain too 'smug’, question Obama's policies

Brokaw: Joe, you're the winner

Chuck Todd: This time, it's personal

Post-debate roundtable

Stock market strengthens ... in Iraq

In Kansas City, foreclosures are just the beginning

Downturn strikes fear in farmers' hearts

Hard-hit Pryor, Okla., still has a prayer

Town still struggling with Matthew Shepard's death