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Thanksgiving day. >> japanese officials were investigating two small explosions outside a u.s. air base in tokyo. it happened at 11:00 p.m. local time thursday as thanksgiving was wrapping up. authorities describe it as an improvised device. investigators found two metal tubes and a timing mechanism. no word yet on who is responsible. a fatal crash on thanksgiving in northwest ohio after a high-speed chase. authorities say the suspect was traveling at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour on the ohio turnpike before crashing into a mini-van. two people in the mini-van were killed. the driver su...

Act of 2002. the state is aloud and directed to insure accuracy of the voter rolls by comparing it to data base unthe state's control including the databases containing driver's license base. this state is doing what it's supposed to do. shannon: julian, what's wrong with a state who says we want to clean up our rolls. >> i think david has a different reading of both of those statutes that most lawyers would. the national voter registration act says no state, undertake a voter purge within 90 days of either a primary or federal election. we are well within 90 days of the election. every single...

Statute they cited which is the voter rights act, florida is a state that requires preclearance of changes in voting procedures. it's a debatable point whether this is a change in voting procedure. but most lawyers would say because of the potential discriminatory impact it would require preclearance. even the republican election commissioners in florida say they think this is a violation of the law. using department of motor vehicle records to check against the voter polls is a very, very clumsy way, and state officials including republicans say this purge has been riddled with inaccuracies i...

This time. the fact that we are even talking about pennsylvania tells us something brand-new the electoral college situation. there is not a single state john mccain won in 2008 that barack obama is seriously contesting. the only question is how many obama states will he lose this time around. pennsylvania still a stretch for the republicans but it is moving into perhaps an area that you would salines only to president obama at this time. shannon: let's talk about another state that has been getting a lot of attention. wisconsin. the polling shows president obama when this poll was taken with ...