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Economic, geographic diversity complicate Ohio

By DAN SEWELLAssociated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - O-HI-O. So easy to say, so complicated to win. Diverse in geography and economy, Ohio is a Midwestern state with sections that act politically more like states in the East and the South. It has voter pools that include gritty, blue-collar

Eyes are on the voters in town hall-style debates

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The every-four-years ritual of a national "town hall" style debate began as a nerve-racking experiment in live television. Moderator Carole Simpson was so nervous about turning over the microphone to regular folks and their questions that she

Centrist Sen. Specter died fighting for moderation

By MARC LEVYAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Arlen Specter, a pugnacious and prominent former moderate in the U.S. Senate who developed the single-bullet theory in President John F. Kennedy's assassination and played starring roles in Supreme Court confirmation hearings, lost a

2 Americans win Nobel econ prize for match-making

By KARL RITTER and PAUL WISEMANAssociated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two American scholars won the Nobel economics prize Monday for work on match-making - how to pair doctors with hospitals, students with schools, kidneys with transplant recipients and even men with women in marriage. Lloyd Shapley of