Regardless of who the polls put ahead, there has been a consistent movement towards Mr Bush of about five percentage points in the past two weeks.

ECONOMIST: Round two to Bush��but only on points

Mr. Obama won Volusia by about five percentage points in 2008, but two years later, Republican candidates, including Gov. Rick Scott, pulled off nearly a clean sweep in the county.

WSJ: Swing Nation: Across America, the Political Middle Looks Up for Grabs��Again

From 2013 its sales will start adding an average of about five percentage points a year to the national growth rate up to 2020, when its impact on the economy will peak.

ECONOMIST: Booming Mongolia

Other brighter points are that where HMV has refitted its stores so that they contain many more high-value technology items, such as tablets, and electronic stuff, the sales decline isn't as bad - sales in those stores are about four or five percentage points better (or not as ghastly) as in older-format stores.

BBC: HMV clinging on

Ben then uses the rest of the article to outline five key take-home points about the current state of location marketing, and I think each one is worth a few minutes of your time.

FORBES: Are You Headed Toward Location-based Marketing?

Here are five other key points the IRS wants you to know about phishing scams.

FORBES: Don't Be Fooled By E-Mail 'From IRS' - But Don't Ignore Their Snailmail

Over the last five days, Brazilian equities have underperformed the MSCI EM by about 100 basis points.

FORBES: For Brazil Equities, Possibly A Case Of Too Hot, Too Fast

Sicilia points out that the pertussis vaccine isn't perfect and its protection wanes after about five years.

CNN: 10 infants dead in California whooping cough outbreak

Indiana missed about five dunk attempts in the first half and a series of short jumpers, too, costing them precious points.

NPR: Pacers Even Up Series With 91-77 Win Over Heat

Though five Cardinals scored during the spurt, Russ Smith did most of the damage with 13 points in about six minutes.

NPR: Louisville Runs Over Colorado State 82-56 At NCAAs