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President Obama and Mitt Romney will square off tonight in the first of three debates. The debate, scheduled for 8pm CST, will air live on MPR News.

 writes eight questions about the first debate.

 says Fox News and Matt Drudge "trumpeted a five-year-old video of President Obama praising his controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr."

 that the middle class has been "buried" over the last four years.

 he might cut tax deductions for millions of Americans for home mortgage interest and health care costs.

 for undocumented immigrants who earned the permits under President Obama. His campaign, however, said Romney 

would not issue new ones if he's elected.

Republicans in some states are working to 

On the eve of the debate, President Obama 

 some of the problems with housing in Nevada.

 says many homeowners will see a property tax drop in 2013.

 the St. Croix bridge design after summer testing.

 saying an infection outbreak last year at a St. Cloud hospital caused serious harm.

 to stop invasive species in the Great Lakes.

 says several members of the Senate are planning secret retreats in an effort to find a compromise on the fiscal cliff.

 that state's Voter ID ruling. You can read some of Minnesota's reaction to that ruling 

 says critics of the amendment, especially African Americans, see Voter ID as an attempt to suppress the vote.

Voter ID opponents will spend more than $150 thousand on their 

 against a group working to pass the amendment.

 a fundraiser for Rick Nolan in Minneapolis on Sunday. Pelosi, Gov. Dayton and the DFL members of Minnesota's congressional delegation will attend a fundraiser at the home of Tina Smith. Smith is Dayton's Chief of Staff.

 takes a look at the ads running in the 8th District between Nolan and GOP Rep. Chip Cravaack and finds neither tells the whole story on Medicare.

 DFL Rep. Tim Walz over Republican Allen Quist.

 says there are misleading ads being run in the race to win Minnesota's 8th Congressional District.

Republican Kurt Bills says DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar's ad featuring auto dealer Paul Walser was "

Klobuchar is campaigning in northwestern Minnesota today. She and DFL Rep. Collin Peterson 

The Daily Digest (Debate Day!, Bills attacks Klobuchar on ‘Crony Capitalism’, Pelosi hosts fundraiser for Nolan)

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