Monday, October 18, 2010

2010/10/18 Headlines: GOP Gains Fundraising Advantage Ahead of Midterm Election; President Obama and First Lady Michelle Campaign in Ohio; Alaskan Journalist Detained & Handcuffed by Private Guards for GOP Candidate; Ex-Countrywide CEO to Pay $67 Million Settlement; 1,500 French Gas Stations Run Out of Fuel as Labor Protests Intensify; Hundreds of Hilton Hotel Workers Go on Strike; Scores of Stimulus Opponents Sought Money out of Public View; Al-Maliki Visits Iran to Meet Ahmadinejad; Soldier to Face Court-Martial over "Kill Team" Charges; Tides Foundation CEO Urges Advertisers to Boycott Fox News; EPA Official: Reject Permit for Mountaintop Removal Mine in WV; US Accuses China of Illegally Subsidizing Clean Energy Projects; China Demonized in Dozens of US Campaign Ads; Burma Bars Foreign Observers and Reporters from Election; Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award Honors Activists