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The challenge for Barack Obama is to make himself acceptable enough to disgruntled voters eager to toss Republicans from the White House if they see a comfortable, competent alternative.
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Southern New England is bracing for drenching rain and gusts near 50 mph as Tropical Storm Hanna runs up the Eastern Seaboard.
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Anita Page, an MGM actress who appeared in films with Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent movies to talkies, has died. She was...
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John J. Connolly was hundreds of miles away in 1982 when gambling executive John Callahan’s bullet-riddled body was discovered in the trunk of his Cadillac at...
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Three people including a police officer are dead after a reported domestic disturbance at a hair salon turned into a gun fight, police in this San Francisco Bay area...
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The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the large eye of an “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Ike is lurking “near or over” the Turks and...
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Anita Page, a beautiful blond MGM actress who appeared in the films of Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent movies to talkies,...
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton marched for labor and stumped with Democrats on Saturday, but sidestepped questions about the woman who has taken her place as the...
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Striking Boeing Co. production workers hunkered down Saturday for what could be along, bruising battle with costly repercussions for both sides.
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Republican John McCain pledged if elected president to appoint Democrats to his Cabinet, saying there’s nothing partisan about tackling the nation’s...
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Conservative political commentator Robert Novak says he’s lost partial vision and undergone a lengthy surgery to remove a tumor since being diagnosed with brain...
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Who knew Secret Service agents were so handy for parents of elementary school kids?
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The Alaska lawmaker leading an investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin’s dismissal of her public safety commissioner should be removed because he appears to be...
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A 16-year-old in a stolen vehicle smashed into a police car during a chase, killing one of two officers in the cruiser, authorities said Saturday.
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Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Saturday that any government takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must put the interests of...
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Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of “No Country for Old Men” for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning actor claims he is owed for starring in the...
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The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Hurricane Ike has intensified to a dangerous Category 4 storm with winds sustained at 135 mph.
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For the second time this year, mechanical problems have forced Democrat Barack Obama to change charter airplanes on short notice.
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Barack Obama lays out his benchmarks for a government takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but says he’ll withhold judgment until he...
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The banners, buttons and signs say McCain-Palin, but the crowds say something else.
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A former New Jersey lawmaker with a national reputation for pushing welfare reform is facing charges of using his political clout to land no-work government jobs as a...
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John McCain’s presidential campaign did not speak with the Alaska House speaker and other leading Republicans before McCain tapped Gov. Sarah Palin as his running...
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With two months left, the presidential election seems likely to turn on whether Barack Obama can make himself sufficiently acceptable to millions of disgruntled...
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The Sarah Palin story, or is it a fantasy, is playing out big time in America and it has barely begun. It was good to hear two major conservative pundits, Peggy Noonan...
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Before Sarah Palin, there was Dan Quayle.
Just as Sarah Palin represents a new generation away from the John McCain’s generation, so did Dan Quayle in 1988 represent...
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For some unfathomable reason the “debacle” of the Hurricane Katrina aftermath was somehow blamed on the “non-first responder” FEMA and President George Bush...
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republicans at their national convention are attacking him to avoid talking about the sagging economy...
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The Alaska National Guard, which Republicans are pointing to as an important national-security credential for vice presidential choice Sarah Palin, has personnel...
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The Alaska National Guard, which Republicans are pointing to as an important national-security credential for vice presidential choice Sarah Palin, has personnel...
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Republicans have nominated Sen. John McCain for president, handing the senator the prize that eluded him eight years ago.
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Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman may have lined up with Republicans at their convention in Minnesota to support John McCain, but he’s still writing...
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Republicans faced the same problem during the second night of their convention Tuesday as Democrats did a week earlier: trying to wrestle television networks for...
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Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night and enthusiastically extolled their own man John...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for John McCain Tuesday night, hailing him as a “ready to lead this nation” and a...
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President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for John McCain Tuesday night, hailing him as a “ready to lead this nation” and a courageous candidate who...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ President Bush hailed John McCain Tuesday night as a man “ready to lead this nation,” a courageous candidate who risked his White...
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President Bush hailed John McCain Tuesday night as a man “ready to lead this nation” and a courageous candidate who risked his White House ambitions to...
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Republicans relegated President Bush to a brief, offsite cameo at their national convention Tuesday night and awarded one-time Democratic vice presidential candidate...
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In this Sept. 29, 1999 file photo Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. laughs as he speaks to reporters at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley, Calif. The Republican Party that strode confidently into New...
