NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Barack Obama won the 2008 Scholastic Presidential Election Poll over John McCain, 57 percent to 39 percent, results of the popular kids vote indicated Tuesday.

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A yacht once used by the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy is up for sale at a maritime show in Annapolis, Md., the father of the boat's owner says.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Denials notwithstanding, secret talks were held in Mecca and in Pakistan between Taliban reps and secret emissaries from the Afghan government, including an Iftar dinner hosted by Saudi King Abdullah. The Saudis estimate the Afghan war is unwinnable for NATO. Donor fatigue is rampant. And the world's financial support system is crumbling.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- John McCain needs to go on offense and Barack Obama can't get complacent in the final weeks of the U.S. presidential race, top party strategists said Sunday.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck has proclaimed the Writing on the Wall for the United States: America's days as an economic superpower are over, he said Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Teetering on the edge of financial disaster, the United States is seen by many abroad as Gulliver tied down by millions of subprime Lilliputian mortgages held by Wall Street's overcompensated "Masters of the Universe."

UPI Almanac for Friday, Sept. 26, 2008.

UPI Almanac for Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Goodwill officials say they raised nearly $160,000 from well-off Washingtonians who shopped at the French Embassy for clothing culled from the thrift store.