"COLIN POWELL" WINS CAT OF YEAR

UPI Almanac for Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Muslim leaders say racially charged statements issued by al-Qaida against U.S. President-elect Barack Obama are "an insult."

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- In al-Qaida's first formal response to the election of Barack Obama, the group's second-in-command said the poll result was "the American people's admission of defeat in Iraq" and personally attacked the president-elect, calling him, in the words of 1960s black militant Malcolm X, a "house negro."

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008.

HONG KONG, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he isn't interested in serving in President-elect Barack Obama's administration if asked.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Ken Duberstein, who served as chief of staff for former President Ronald Reagan, says he will vote for Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential election.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- The media is treating Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin unfairly, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday, noting she is accomplished.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Scott McClellan, a former White House spokesman who criticized President George W. Bush in a tell-all memoir, said Thursday he plans to vote for Barack Obama.

PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama has an 11 point lead over Republican John McCain among registered voters, a poll indicates.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh Monday defended his remark that Colin Powell endorsed Democrat Barack Obama simply because of race.