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• Ike blasts Turks and Caicos, floods Haiti again
Once Ike leaves Cuba, forecasters said the storm might swipe at the Florida Keys before moving into the Gulf of Mexico. Where it goes from there was harder to predict, leaving millions from Florida to Mexico wondering where it will eventually strike.
• Democrats post big gains in voter registration
He said there is extra emphasis on the fast-growing ones, including Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Florida and North Carolina. He said the GOP's comprehensive voter database helps it track voters moving into competitive states.
• Haitians fear next round of heavy rain
Hurricane Ike weakened slightly Friday but still threatens to hit the oil-producing Gulf of Mexico and Miami. The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore reports.
• Obama, McCain target working-class voters
Sarah Palin, to voters in Colorado and New Mexico. On Saturday, Obama made his first direct criticism of Palin, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them.
• Bush pushes offshore drilling
The proposal would allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters off the Atlantic Coast from Virginia to Georgia and off Florida in the eastern Gulf of Mexico with a 50-mile protected buffer from shore according to the aide.