ALERT: OBAMA CANCELS CAMPAIGN EVENTS LATER THIS WEEK TO BE AT AILING GRANDMOTHER'S BEDSIDE IN HAWAI'I

MSNBC anchor Keith Olrberman of MSNBC tonight announced on his cable TV program that the Barack Obama campaign has announced that the Democratic Party presidential nominee has canceled his Thursday and Friday campaign activities so that he may return to Honolulu to be at the bedside of his ailing grandmother, who is scheduled to be released from the hospital and whose health "has taken a turn for the worse." More details to follow.