Daily Kos/Research 2000's Obama vs McCain poll, conducted from October 19 to October 21, shows Obama leading McCain by 8 % points — 50 % to 42 % among the likely voters nationally.

Reuters/CSPAN/Zogby's Obama vs McCain poll, conducted from October 19 to October 21, shows Obama leading McCain by 10 % points — 52 % to 42 % among the likely voters nationally.

Investors Business Daily/TIPP's Obama vs McCain poll, conducted from October 18 to October 22, shows Obama leading McCain by 1 % — 45 % to 44 % among the likely voters nationally.

Taipei - Taiwan stocks surged more than 6 per cent by mid-session Thursday after the central bank cut interest rates and on positive signs in Taiwan-China ties.

The benchmark TAIEX rose 266.31 points, or 6.04 per cent, to 4,672.83 in mid-morning trading after the central bank cut interest rates by
0.25 per cent, and due to positive signs in Taiwan-China ties.

Bonn, Oct 30 : Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand retained the World Chess Championship title in Bonn late on Wednesday night after ending the 11th game with Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik in a draw.

Anand had earlier won the Championship in 2000 and 2007.

Anand won three games, drew seven times and lost once en route to winning the competition by 6.5 points to 4.5.

With this win, he became the first player in chess history to have won the World Championship in three different formats: Knockout, Tournament and Match.

Patna / New Delhi, Oct 30: Leaders cutting across political lines have flayed the lynching of a migrant youth, belonging to Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district, by miscreants on a local train in Maharashtra on Tuesday.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condemned the attack saying that those guilty should be immediately tried and punished.

“Those who are guilty should be identified and should be punished after a speedy trial. The safety of people should be given attention,” said Nitish Kumar.

Meanwhile, Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) demanded dismissal of the State Government for its continued failure to protect the migrants.

Keanu Reeves, 44 was in court regarding a lawsuit brought against him by Alison Silva, a 28-year old Brazilian paparazzo, who last March followed him to the affluent Rancho Palos Verdes area, where the actor had gone to visit his sister, who was in a medical facility for an eating disorder.  Reeves, emerged after an hour long visit, only to have Silva approach him and beging photographing.

‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’, Kevin Smith’s new movie opened Friday, pushing some if not a whole lot of buttons, as newspapers, TV stations and billboard owners refused to run ads with the full title, while Utah chain Megaplex Theatres even refused to screen the comedy.