Raleigh News Observer Oct.

Raleigh News & Observer, Oct. 29th: “President Bush’s approval rating in North Carolina continues to decline, according to a poll released Friday by Elon University. The poll found that 41 percent of those questioned approve of Bush’s handling of the job of president. That is down from 45 percent in a poll Elon did in April and 52 percent from a poll the university did in March.”