Drexel Votes will hold an election watch party in the Great Court of the Main Building at 8:00 p.m. lasting until the next President is chosen, according to the Drexel Digest.

Activities such as presidential trivia will go on while the live election results are shown on a flat-screen TV, according to Drexel University Relations.  Food will also be served.

According to MTV, by noon today 574 people had already voted at Drexel, compared to the 425 total in 2004.

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Sen. John McCain will be in Philadelphia until noon today making a local stop, according to a campaign spokesman. He could not say where McCain would be stopping.

The Daily News blog clout reported the stop will probably be in Northeast Philadelphia.

McCain arrived yesterday at 12:25 p.m., but his schedule was not public. However, he did meet with Cardinal Justin Rigali for about 25 minutes around 4 p.m., The Daily News blog clout reported.

Later he had dinner at Devon Seafood Grill and spent the night at the Westin Philadelphia hotel, according to The Daily News blog clout.

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17-year-old Bristol Palin (right) is 5-months pregnant.

The 17-year-old daughter of McCain running mate Sarah Palin, is 5 months pregnant, according to news reports.

Palin’s daughter, Bristol, will keep the baby and marry the father, CNN and The New York Times reported.

Sen. John McCain’s campaign announced that McCain knew about the pregnancy before he chose her as his running mate.

The aide said it was decided the campaign would reveal this information now because of rampant Internet rumors that Sarah Palin’s 4-month-old baby, who has Down syndrome, was actually Bristol’s, CNN reported.

VP candidate Sarah Palin

According to NYTimes.com, the Palin family made a statement saying “Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media, respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates.”

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