Gallup Daily: Obama Lead Among Likely Voters 5 to 7 Points

"PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over John McCain in both Gallup likely voter models, according to Oct. 27-29 Gallup Poll Daily tracking. In the traditional model, which defines likely voters based on current voting intention and past...

Ruling finds Japanese man died from overwork

"TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. The man who died...

UK Coastguards stage first-ever strike

 France has taken over coast guard duties in the English channel as UK coast guards have gone on strike. "Coastguards went on strike on Thursday for the first time ever, in a row over pay. The 24-hour stoppage by up to 700 members of the Public and Commercial...

US deficit is shrinking, balanced budget in one year?

"Find me a one-handed economist," President Harry Truman used to say, expressing his frustration at his economic advisers' tendency to say "On the one hand, Mr. President…, but on the other hand." This story from Christian Science Monitor is chock full of two-handed...