9/10/2008 | Paul Zimmerman MADISON - The Volunteers For Agriculture Committee, the political action arm of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, has announced its endorsement of Dan Kapanke of La Crosse in general election for the 32nd Senate District. Read the whole story here.

September 12 | By NEDRA PICKLER NEW YORK (AP) - John McCain is mocked as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate in a television commercial out Friday from Barack Obama as the Democrat begins his sharpest barrage yet on McCain's long Washington career.

Wisconsin Ag Connection | 09/12/2008 Now that the fall primary election is in the books, one state farm organization is ready to endorse the candidates it feels will best represent agriculture during the upcoming general election. This week, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation's political action arm announced its endorsements in a number of key state Senate and Assembly races.

By Andrew Ward in Washington | September 11 2008 Democratic jitters about the US presidential race have spread to Capitol Hill, where some members of Congress are worried that Barack Obama's faltering campaign could hurt their chances of re-election.

Party leaders have been hoping to strengthen Democratic control of the House and Senate in November, but John McCain's jump in the polls has stoked fears of a Republican resurgence.

A Democratic fundraiser for Congressional candidates said some planned to distance themselves from Mr Obama and not attack Mr McCain.

By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor | Thursday, 11 September 2008 The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday. In a verdict that will have shocked ministers and energy companies the jury at Maidstone Crown Court cleared six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage.