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Jun 8 2008, AP

Barack Obama joined family and neighbors for a bicycle ride along the shores of Lake Michigan on Sunday.Obama, who last week claimed the Democratic presidential nomination, capped his victory with a quiet, long weekend at home in Chicago.The Illinois...

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