Canada's ruling Conservative Party is set to win a federal election on Tuesday but will still have only a minority of seats in Parliament, according to two polls released on Saturday.

The Conservative Party is set to win the federal election on Tuesday but will still have only a minority of seats in Parliament, according to two polls released on Saturday.

Canada's ruling Conservatives have a lead of six to eight percentage points over the opposition Liberals with just three days to go before the general election, polls released on Friday indicated.

Minnesota House Democrats hope for a supermajority from next month’s election. Republicans would be thrilled with simple majority control, but would consider it a success just to narrow the margin Democrats hold.

If you're looking for some interesting local election fights in Toronto and the wider GTA on Tuesday night, here's where some partisan and non-partisan politicos will be looking.

WASHINGTON -- After consulting with Barack Obama, Democratic leaders are likely to call Congress back to work after the election in hopes of passing legislation that would include extended jobless benefits, money for food stamps and possibly a tax rebate, officials said Saturday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) _ The politically charged investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is over, and its conclusions are stinging. But the fallout, if any, might not come until Election Day.

It's unlikely that the election will result in many new faces at City Hall.

Less than one month before the election, the Anderson Republican Club met to discuss issues on the November ballot.

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AP - His backers feeling increasingly confident, Democrat Barack Obama made a slight nod to his Republican rival on Saturday and asked voters to have faith in him as the next president.

AP - Republican John McCain, the clock ticking down on a chance to narrow Democrat Barack Obama's lead in polls, turned away Saturday from visceral attacks on his rival to pivot back toward policy differences.

AP - A month after she became governor, Sarah Palin's staff ushered Alaska's public safety commissioner into her private office.

AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attacked Barack Obama on abortion on Saturday, saying the Democratic presidential candidate has"left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life."

Politico - Sen. Barack Obama says in a new ad that he launched his first campaign at the Ramada Inn in Chicago, not the living room of former terrorist William Ayers, as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says.

AP - Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign reminds him of the hateful atmosphere that segregationist Gov. George Wallace fostered in Alabama in the 1960s.

AP - The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office.

AP - Barack Obama, a former community organizer, is spending untold millions of dollars to identify and mobilize voters, and Republicans acknowledge that John McCain's team probably will be outspent and outmanned. They hope it won't be outmaneuvered.

AP - Twenty houses in four hours. That's what Barack Obama volunteer Maria Logsdon hits every weekend, knocking on doors in the suburbs north of Denver.

AP - The financial turmoil that has devastated the stock market is also battering Republicans in congressional races, giving Democrats a chance to topple GOP incumbents once considered safe and wrest seats in pivotal districts and states.

AP - Sarah Palin is hoping John McCain's campaign isn't on ice, but that's exactly where the GOP vice presidential nominee was Saturday in Philadelphia.

AP - When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race.

AFP - Vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin denied wrongdoing Saturday after a probe found she had abused voters' trust as Alaska governor, in a new blow to John McCain's trailing White House campaign.

AP - The NAACP will have lawyers targeting 750 precincts around the nation on Election Day to help address complaints about possible voter disenfranchisement, the organization's new president said Saturday.

AP - Calling him the true reformer in the presidential contest, members of Reform Party USA endorsed Sen. John McCain for president on Saturday.

Bloomberg - Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Barack Obama barnstormed through Philadelphia, hammering at Republican opponent John McCain on economic issues, while McCain vowed in Iowa to address voter anger over the financial crisis.

AFP - Republican Sarah Palin, who has a baby with Downs Syndrome, Saturday spoke out publicly about her stand against abortion saying she believed in"the potential of every human life."

AFP - White House hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday said the US government had taken an"appropriate" step in taking North Korea off a terrorism blacklist, while rival John McCain struck a note of caution.

Politico - It’s the newest charge against Sen. Barack Obama in the presidential campaign: that he worked, as a young community organizer, with a group now involved in voter registration fraud.

AFP - Democratic lawmaker John Lewis on Saturday said Republican White House contender John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin were"sowing the seeds of hatred and division" with incendiary rhetoric against rival Barack Obama.