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Illinois state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate seen here in April at a union rally, has not distanced himself from President Obama, who is still more popular in Illinois than anywhere else. (AP Photo)
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Associated Press Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Georgia Republican, seen here in Washington in February, has maintained a high profile since leaving Congress in 1999.
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Associated Press Sen. Charles E. Schumer, whose campaign-finance reform bill died recently in the Senate, reported raising $23.2 million.
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Associated Press A poll last week had U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, ahead of his Democratic rival by 11 points.
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A Pakistani child bicycles past a parked truck carrying supplies for NATO forces in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. Some 150 trucks were still waiting for Pakistan to reopen the border crossing at Torkham so they could deliver their supplies to Western troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik of the Union of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) casts his vote at a polling station in Banja Luka, Bosnia, 74 miles west of Sarajevo, on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. With the top candidates fiercely at odds over Bosnia's future, the elections are likely to further entrench the nation's ethnic divisions and threaten possible European Union entry. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
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Democrat Jack Conway (left) and Republican Rand Paul -- the candidates for the Kentucky Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Jim Bunning, a Republican -- prepare for a television debate in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Patti Longmire)
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Atheel al-Nujaifi, governor of Iraq's Ninevah province, says democracy will be threatened if Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister keeps his job. (AP Photo)
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U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell (left) meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Their talks focused on Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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German President Christian Wulff (left) and Chancellor Angela Merkel stand in front of the Rathous, or town hall, in Bremen, Germany, before celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of Germany's reunification on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/dapd/David Hecker)
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**FILE** French soldiers patrol under the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. The State Department is cautioning Americans traveling in Europe to be vigilant because of heightened concerns about a potential al Qaeda terrorist attack aimed at U.S. citizens and Europeans. The travel alert is general in nature and isn't intended to focus on any specific country, location or tourist site. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman (left) shakes hands with her Democratic opponent, Jerry Brown, before the start of their second debate, held at California State University, Fresno, in Fresno, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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** FILE ** Pakistani paramilitary troops take position on a hilltop post in Khajore Kut, an area of Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region along Afghan border, on July 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad, File)
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is welcomed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai during their first official meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. Ms. Gillard pledged to continue supporting the U.S.-led mission there in her first overseas trip as Australia's leader. (AP Photo/Australian Department of Defense, Raymond Vance)
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo responds to questions after receiving the endorsement of Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro, right, in the Staten Island borough of New York's ferry terminal, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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** FILE ** In this April 16, 2010, file photo, Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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This image from video provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows the still picture of Osama bin Laden shown on the video released on jihadist forums on Oct. 1, 2010. Al Qaeda released a new audio tape of Osama bin Laden on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, in which the leader of the terror network calls for the creation of a relief body to aid Muslims harmed in natural disasters and wars. The authenticity of the tape could not be immediately verified. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group)
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Activists gather at the Lincoln Memorial to participate in the "One Nation Working Together" rally to promote job creation, diversity and tolerance on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this Sept. 30, 2010, file photo, California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman listens to a question from reporters during a news conference in Santa Monica, Calif., (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
