Season clincher

by John Dawson

Cover Story | With barely two weeks to go before elections, Bush and Kerry end the debates by revealing their softer sides-and their sharp differences

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Highlights of the 2004 debate season

by John Dawson

Cover Story Sidebar | Presidential Debate No. 1 Sept. 30, Miami John Kerry: "But if and when you do it [go to war] you have to do it in a way that passes the test, that passes the global test where your countrymen, your people understand fully why you're doing what you're doing and you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons." "This president just-I don't know if he sees what's really happened on there. But it's getting worse by the day. More soldiers killed in June than before. More in

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In this issue: "2004 Election: Countdown," Oct. 23, 2004

Stolen base

by Bob Jones

Politics | George W. Bush's gains in Ohio among African-American voters could spell defeat for John Kerry

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Mideast meets Midwest

by Priya Abraham

Politics | Middle Easterners form a large voting bloc in Midwest swing states, and many have reason to support the war on terror

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Cell diversion

Science | Hype over embryonic stem cells is driving funding from more promising, but politically incorrect, research

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Ballot security

by Priya Abraham, Mindy Belz

War on Terror | Election returns from Afghanistan to Australia suggest a terror-free Nov. 2 is still possible

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Madisonian Turkey

by Marvin Olasky

Turkey | After traveling 3,700 miles by bus through almost every part of Turkey, our reporter offers lots of questions, some answers, and a hope based in The…

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Quotables

by The Editors

"You can't let them feel as though they scared you out of your own government." Erich Mische, chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), on the…

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High court hearing

by Marvin Olasky

Supreme Court | The Supreme Court is set to hear cases regarding Ten Commandments displays on government property

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The Buzz

by The Editors

The latest on this week's biggest stories

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Quick Takes

by The Editors

Special order Visitors may want to leave the room when a special treadmill, now under construction in Alaska, is finally put to use. That's because the…

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