PM BRIEF: NOVEMBER 1, 2010

1. Earlier flight may have been dry run for plotters. [The New York Times]
2. Did al-Qaida commander telegraph cargo bomb plot? [MSNBC]
3. GOP upbeat, Democrats brace for losses on election eve. [Associated Press]

4. Federal Reserve to announce a plan to buy at least $500 billion of long-term securities. [Bloomberg]
5. Exercise makes the common cold less common. [My Health News Daily]
6. 87-year-old granny jailed for selling crack cocaine from her living room sofa. [Daily Mail - UK]