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Congressional Quarterly has it.

“You’re right about Bayh’s birthplace and we’ve changed our bio accordingly. As you mentioned, Shirkieville is listed on most of the official sources, but Bayh’s own words provide the correct answer. Good catch.”Thanks to the staff of The Indianapolis Star for that new comment on our blog post, Shirkieville or Terre Haute?

Funny comment thread on this baseball report from The Washington Post.

Courtesy of Politico.

“I told my wife, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I really like the guy.”- Josh Brolin, talking to ABC News about playing George W. Bush in the upcoming movie W.

Bristol Palin’s boyfriend talks to the Associated Press.

Economist Paul Krugman, known for his twice-weekly columns (and blog) for The New York Times, has won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics.The prize comes with the traditional gold medal bearing the face of Alfred Nobel, plus a prize of 10 million Swedish kroner — about 1.4 million US dollars.

If Who2’s 100 Most Popular profiles list is any indicator of electoral votes, Barack Obama has the edge over John McCain. Obama has been a steady #1 for most of the last month, with McCain rarely at #1 or #2.Here’s the top 5 as of 8:00 am on October 8th, the morning after their second debate:1. Barack Obama2. Rihanna3. Sarah Palin4. Martin Luther King, Jr.5. John McCain

CNN has the transcript of the second McCain-Obama debate.

Happy 280th birthday to one of Who2’s favorite American heroes: Hard-riding Caesar Rodney.In July of 1776, with the Continental Congress wavering on the vote for freedom from Britain, Rodney made a heroic 80-mile horseback dash to Philadelphia to cast Delaware’s vote and help win the day for independence.