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By Stokely Baksh · Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004

WAMU staple Diane Rehm talks about her experiences starting out in radio, working through a neurological disorder, and her plans to continue. "Right now, I have no interest or thought of retirement," Rehm said. "What I do is of importance to the country and I love what I do. It's like participating in a college classroom everyday and I feel like I've earned so many college degrees already."

VP debate spurs strong reactions

In this year's only vice presidential debate, neither Vice President Dick Cheney nor Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) passed up an opportunity to throw insults at each other. No topic was off limits on Tuesday night, from gay marriage to education to the common insult of this election, Sen. John Kerry's alleged "flip-flopping" on whether it was right to go to war in Iraq.

Hot or Not, Craig's List spark voter drives

By Lisa Pickoff-White · Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004

The owners of the Hot or Not and Craig's List Web sites understand that it's easy to forget about registration deadlines or absentee ballots, so they created Web sites that fill out voters' registration forms, tell voters where to send them and when they're due.

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Governor of Puerto Rico speaks as part of Hispanic Heritage Month

By Anthony Bodin | October 7

Puerto Ricans must fulfill their obligation to defend America in respect for their beneficial commonwealth relationship with the United States, Puerto Rican Governor Sila M. CalderÂ¢n said in a speech in Ward 1 Monday night.

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Students, polls say Bush improved in second debate

By Rebecca Bellville | October 7

Some students in AU political clubs think President Bush performed better in the second presidential debate than he did in the first, which more evenly matched him with his opponent, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.). A Friday poll conducted by ABC News showed that 44 percent of viewers thought Kerry won the debate, while 41 percent said Bush won. An ABC News poll after the first debate had 45 percent of viewers favoring Kerry's performance and 36 percent favoring Bush.

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Rehm looks back on 25 years of radio

By Stokely Baksh | October 7