New York, Oct. 10 : A vast majority of American adults have heard many rumors, some of them obviously false, about presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.

According to a first-of-its kind national survey of 1,015 adults, conducted by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University, the most common rumors swirled around Obama''s religion, with 
89 percent of those polled saying they had heard he was Muslim, and nearly two-thirds said they found the rumor believable.

Washington, Oct. 10: Democratic strategists are reportedly quite optimistic that the ongoing economic crisis in the United States will fetch a landslide victory for their presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Four large states John McCain once seemed well-positioned to win-Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio and Florida-have in recent weeks shifted toward Obama. If Obama were to win those four states-a scenario that would represent a remarkable turn of events-he would likely surpass 350 electoral votes, reports CBS.

Washington, Oct. 10: The presidential contest between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain is reported to be getting increasingly negative with just 25 days to go for the polls.

According to Fox News, McCain and Obama seem to concentrating more on criticizing each other''s past associations rather than on providing acceptable solutions to stop the American economy from collapsing.

Washington - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is buying up rare 30-minute advertising slots on network television shortly before the general election, US media reported Thursday.

The ads would run on October 29, six days before the election, at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT) on the US East coast - considered a prime-time slot - and 5:30 pm in the West.

A deal has already been done with CBS and the campaign was still working out the details with NBC and Fox, Politico. com reported.

Washington, Oct 9: Democratic White House nominee Barack Obama has opened up a stunning 11-point lead over his Republican rival John McCain, his largest edge of the entire campaign, in the latest Gallup Poll.

Obama, whose support has shot up in several national polls since the economic meltdown started dominating the news, now tops McCain 52 to 41 percent, the New York Post reported.

That’s the most support Obama has registered in the survey, taken before Thursday night’s debate.

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