Washington, Oct 30 : A new poll has reportedly found that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is leading or tied with his Republican rival John McCain in at least eight key states in which President George Bush (of Republican Party) had won in 2004 poll securing his second successive term.

Washington, Oct 30 : In what is being described as the ‘final summation’ of Barack Obama’s campaign, the Democratic presidential nominee promised “a rescue plan in tough times” to the middle-class Americans in his 30-minute video aired simultaneously on at least seven news channels.

Washington, Oct 30 : A county sheriff has revealed that a phone call from a concerned parent had helped disrupt two skinheads’ plot to kill Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and behead scores of blacks across the country.

Haywood County Sheriff Melvin Bond said that a woman called his office worried about her daughter. “As the investigation led on, we found out who these individuals were,” foxnews. com quoted the Tennessee lawman as saying.

Nairobi - Kenyan police have barred the media from the home of the grandmother of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama in the run-up to next week's US elections, news reports said Thursday.

Local and international journalists have been increasingly pestering Sarah Obama and her family in the small village of Kogelo in western Kenya as the elections approach.

Police now have placed an embargo on all interviews with or photographs of Senator Obama's extended family in Kenya until after the voting.

Los Angeles - From health care to taxes, Iraq to Iran, Joe Biden to Joe the Plumber - the candidates in Tuesday's presidential election are blitzing the US airwaves with an avalanche of ads.

It's their final chance to persuade voters at the climax of the most expensive campaign in electoral history, and Democratic nominee Barack Obama holds the advantage.