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May 31 2008, AP

Democrat Barack Obama paid an unscheduled late-night visit to Mount Rushmore Friday, visiting the national memorial at closing time and joking that his ears were too big to ever be included in such a display.Two days after rival Hillary Rodham Clinton...

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Pinkham Notch:

Runners make their way up the mountain, including Eric Blake (1) who came in first, Clint Wells (34), who followed in second, and Rickey Gates (3), who took third, during the 48th annual Mount Washington Road Race on the auto road, Pinkham Notch, N.H....