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Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.
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As a television draw, John McCain was every bit the equal of Barack Obama.
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In terms of drawing a television audience, John McCain and Barack Obama are in a virtual dead heat.
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The Alaska Legislature will work to complete its ethics investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin’s firing of her public safety commissioner earlier than expected,...
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After back-to-back convention weeks with some soaring oratory and flawless television productions, John McCain’s crowning night had neither.
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After back-to-back convention weeks with some soaring oratory and flawless television productions, John McCain’s crowning night had neither.
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ The nation’s unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the...
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Barack Obama’s campaign plans to employ high-profile female supporters in an effort to blunt GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s potential to...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Republican presidential nominee John McCain, buoyed by a unifying GOP convention and the spark of running mate Sarah Palin, plunged into a...
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Shortly after a priest’s opening prayer and a screening of a short film on John McCain’s faith, Sen. Sam Brownback stepped to the microphone and...
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Snowmobiles are good. NASCAR is very good. Football metaphors about God are better. “Sam’s Club Republicans” are the salt of the American earth....
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Republican presidential nominee John McCain, buoyed by a unifying GOP convention and the spark of running mate Sarah Palin, plunged into a competitive, eight-week...
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Not since Jacqueline Kennedy first donned her signature pillbox hats have fashionistas paid such close attention to what the women of politics are wearing.
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The Republican National Convention’s dominant theme of John McCain as war hero was reinforced with a documentary-style film shown to convention delegates before...
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The lawyer for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has begun questioning witnesses who potentially could testify against her in a probe of whether she abused her public office by...
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Not merely a Republican. Not merely a candidate. John McCain cast himself as a leader for all Americans, regardless of party or status.
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John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the “constant partisan rancor” that grips Washington as he launched his fall...
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John McCain claimed the Republican nomination Thursday before a surprisingly united Republican convention. But McCain has often been out of sync with many in his party....
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John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the “constant partisan rancor” that grips Washington as he launched his fall...
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Prepared remarks of Cindy McCain, wife of presidential candidate John McCain, to the Republican National Convention on Thursday:
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Tim Mack’s cell phone _ he calls it his sleigh phone _ rings with the tune of “Santa Baby.”
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An annual convention of newspaper editors has been canceled so their publications can save money and focus on surviving the recession.
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Looking to cut costs, and gain media attention, the book world’s annual national convention is staying in New York through 2012.
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The NCAA will be keeping score on how seriously a coach takes graduation.
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NCAA president Myles Brand is being treated for pancreatic cancer, and he says the long-term prognosis is “not good.”
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Giving in to the young-and-younger movement in college basketball recruiting, the NCAA has decreed that seventh-graders are now officially classified as prospects.
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The police response to protests during the Republican National Convention was generally restrained and professional, according to an independent commission that...
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When members of the NCAA selection committee are setting up those brackets for the men’s basketball tournament, they’ll be able to plug in a school’s...
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An independent Denver police monitor said officers did nothing wrong during mass arrests on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
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Presidential candidate Barack Obama may be running on change but some residents of his home state don’t want to shake up things too much.
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Presidential candidate Barack Obama may be running on change but some residents of his home state don’t want to shake up things too much.
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Federal officials in Minneapolis say a man suspected of planning to attack the Republican National Convention has pleaded guilty to possessing Molotov cocktails.
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Former Gov. Pete Wilson urged his fellow Republicans on Saturday not to make light of a recall drive against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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One young man claimed he was tortured while in police custody. One woman got a face full of police pepper spray. But another woman said an officer kindly gave her a...
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Charges will be dropped against journalists who were arrested during protests at the Republican National Convention and cited for unlawful assembly, city officials said...
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Police are trying to find a woman who apparently drugged a Republican National Convention delegate and robbed him of about $50,000 worth of jewelry, cash and other...
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Republican presidential nominee John McCain, buoyed by a unifying GOP convention and the spark of running mate Sarah Palin, plunged into a competitive, eight-week...
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John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the “constant partisan rancor” that grips Washington as he launched his fall...
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John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the “constant partisan rancor” that grips Washington as he launched his fall...
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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff reacts as confetti falls following his acceptance speech to delegates at the Liberal Leadership Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on Saturday May 2, 2009.
