Michigan Democrat endorses Republican Senate rival two days before Election Day: “He told me to stay away. He's right” ◆ Washington rediscovers the farm belt in week nine: pay full price all year, receive a friendly check before the vote ◆ Global election consultants add the U.S. midterms to the catalog: “You were already doing it. We just sped it up” ◆ 1960 physics formula predicts the end of the world on Friday the 13th; the city confirms trash pickup remains on schedule ◆ The last MLB game may already have been played; season-ticket holders advised to keep one seat warm until March ◆ USDA finds 1.5 million pounds of meat suffered temperature abuse; deli manager personally offended on the meat's behalf ◆ Columnist publishes Election Eve porch code; Rule 3 declares the compost pile neutral ground under all conditions ◆ Record 48.6 million Americans vote early; Tuesday reduced to a ceremony with flowers ◆ Microsoft asks to borrow $25 billion; investors attempt to hand it $100 billion more before lunch ◆ NFL nine weeks old, zero coaches fired; everyone involved insists the firing is still coming ◆ World's oldest shipwreck found off Turkey, 4,700 years old; the cargo outlived the box ◆