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AP Top Headlines At 4:26 p.m. EDT

AP Top Headlines At 4:26 p.m. EDT

Hanna dumps rain on mid-Atlantic, heads north RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm's whipping winds and rain didn't linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power outages.... Historic White House race enters final stretch ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- They embody four uniquely American stories. They offer messages of transformation with two distinct world views. They pursue one goal.... Candidates weigh in on stabilizing Fannie, Freddie WASHINGTON (AP) -- The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday as candidates and congressional leaders seized on the enormous implications for taxpayers and the economy.... Democrats post big gains in voter registration CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) -- Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats - one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November election.... Bhutto widower elected Pakistani president ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Benazir Bhutto's widower swept Pakistan's presidential election on Saturday, offering hope for stability to a nuclear-armed country feeling intense U.S. pressure to crack down on Islamic militants....