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 By Steve Kraske, The Kansas City Star, Mo.
Now we know what to expect from Joe Biden.
Fire, passion (he yells at times), boiling-over frustration with the Bush administration, deep-seated foreign-policy experience and the occasional verbal flub.
In his first public appearance Saturday as Barack Obama's running mate, the senator from Delaware displayed the traits that have made him so well known in Washington.
Biden, 65, left no doubt that he would take the lead in a newly aggressive Democratic campaign, and he displayed it in the first issue he pinpointed Saturday: the economy.
In describing the American dream ...
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By Steve Kraske, The Kansas City Star, Mo.
Now we know what to expect from Joe Biden.
Fire, passion (he yells at times), boiling-o...
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By Candace Rondeaux, The Washington Post
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's ruling coalition parties agreed Thursday to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, setting up a major showdown between the former military chief and the newly elected civilian ...
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BBC Monitoring Newsfile The Olympic torch relay began its final leg in Beijing from the landmark Forbidden City Wednesday morning.
At the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City, the torch was handed over to the first bearer, Yang Liwei, the count...
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United Press International - A U.S. government scientist and suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in Maryland of an apparent suicide, colleagues said.
Bruce Ivins, 62, died as the U.S. Justice Department was preparing to file criminal charg...
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By Duncan Mansfield, Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- An out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire at a Unitarian church, killing two people, left behind a note suggesting that he targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal p...
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BERLIN - In a highly unusual move for an American presidential candidate, Barack Obama staged a foreign policy speech Thursday before a huge overseas audience, calling for renewed trans-Atlantic cooperation to rein in Iran, fight religious extremism ...
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Rocky Mountain News - By Associated Press
Scrambling to bolster eroding investor confidence, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department announced unprecedented steps to brace slumping mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The plan, u...
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SAN JOSE) – The Governor´s budget cuts to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) would devastate thousands of families and hurt the economy by reducing hours and jobs for many health care workers employed by the valuable safety net program, Democra...
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United Press International
A suicide bomb exploded Monday on a crowded street near the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 41 people and injuring 140, officials said.
Officials said the bomber rammed a car into two Indian dipl...
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City) By Betsy Taylor, Associated Press
WINFIELD, Mo. -- A makeshift barrier holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday, swamping the low-lying part of the small community of Winfield and ending a valiant bu...
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Several Airlines Likely to Fail; Affordable, Frequent Air Travel and Jobs at Risk.
WASHINGTON and RADNOR, Pa. -- At current oil prices, several large and small U.S. airlines will default on their obligations to creditors beginning at th...
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USA TODAY: By Alan Gomez, Marisol Bello and Judy Keen
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Marie Welton figures her daughter will have to bulldoze her flooded home here. She worries about the survival of her own business, a children's hair salon, as people recover...
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By Georgina Gustin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS -- Area grocery stores have pulled some fresh tomatoes from their shelves after learning that a salmonella outbreak traced to certain tomato varieties has sickened 145 people in 16 states.
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Canadian Press - BOSTON: Banner No. 17 is halfway to the rafters. The Celtics are two wins from another NBA championship.
And maybe a little lucky to be there.
Paul Pierce, darting around the parquet floor with ease, scored 28 points, Boston'...
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The Independent (UK) - By Rupert Cornwell
After an epic five-month battle that has rewritten US politics, Barack Obama last night stood poised to secure the 2008 Democratic nomination, with a very real chance of becoming the first African American ...
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Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hillary Clinton coasted to victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, a win she hoped would give her a desperately needed boost-but probably would not.
The New York senator was b...
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 By David Jackson and Richard Wolf
WASHINGTON -- It's not unusual for a former White House official to write a book -- but it is w...
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Fury at Plight of Burmese Under-Fives.
Daily Record; Glasgow (UK) By Stephen White
MORE than 30,000 kids under five will die of hunger in Burma in days unless their brutal rulers let the world help them.
That was the warning yesterday...
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 Civil and Human Rights Groups Hail Landmark Decision As Latest Step Toward Full Equality.
WASHINGTON — The California S...
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International Herald Tribune - From news reports Fierce clashes raged Thursday in Beirut after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by targeting its military telecommunications network.
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 PHILADELPHIA - The primaries in North Carolina and Indiana today offer Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton one more chance to tr...
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By Bronwen Roberts.
Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, where Britain's Prince Harry has been combating the Taliban, is a harsh battleground where extremists have teamed up with powerful opium lords.
It has also proven to be dead...
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The Philadelphia Inquirer - By Thomas Fitzgerald
Stitching together a coalition of blue-collar workers, white men and women, Sen. H...
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USA TODAY - By Jill Lawrence and Kathy Kiely
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton scoured Pennsylvania for votes Monday amid si...
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 USA TODAY - By Joan Biskupic and Kevin Johnson
WASHINGTON -- Several states are poised to resume executions after the Supreme Court o...
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By Stephen Magagnini, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.
Worldwide protest over China's human rights record and actions in Tibet blocked the path of the Olympic torch's worldwide run this week, just before its trek through San Francisco.
The torch was ...
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 USA TODAY, By Richard Wolf
KIEV, Ukraine -- When the United States and 25 other members of the NATO alliance meet in Bucharest this...
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Virginian - Pilot. By Jim Yardley, The New York Times BEIJING - Thousands of Buddhist monks and other Tibetans clashed with riot police in a second Chinese city on Saturday, while the authorities said they had regained control of the Tibetan capit...
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By Rupert Cornwell - The top US commander for the Middle East resigned yesterday, a step that seems to bear out reports of sharp policy differences on Iran between a hawkish White House and a uniformed military leadership opposed to military action. ...
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 Presidential hopeful Barack Obama won the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, beating rival Hillary Clinton.
Although there were ju...
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Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was the projected winner Tuesday over Barack Obama in the Texas Democratic primary, media repor...
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 By Joe Vardon, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio
CINCINNATI -- A right-wing talk show host three times invoked Sen. Barack Obama's middle name w...
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By David Espo Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama of politic...
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 By Ishtiaq Mahsud and Robert H. Reid Associated Press
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Taliban militants declared a cease- fire Wedn...
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 By Barry Wilner, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GLENDALE, Ariz. - With the Super Bowl on the line, look who had the perfection thing down Pat: Eli...
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By Tom Raum and Nedra Pickler, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sparred, for the ...
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MIAMI - John McCain won Florida's Republican primary with the help of the state's wildly popular governor, his own war-hero biography an...
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Salt Lake City, Utah - The man 13 million Mormons consider to be a prophet of God and who served them as president of more
By Thomas Fitzgerald, The Philadelphia Inquirer
S.C. -- Sen. Barack Obama crushed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday in the South ...
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It was a kinder, gentler GOP debate Thursday night.
Unlike prior gatherings, in which John McCain and Mike Huckabee attacked Mitt Romn...
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Thai Protesters Refuse to Budge Group in Leader's Compound Dares Police to Make Arrests
Surrounded by thousands of supporters who blockaded the prime minister's office Wednesday, leaders of a long-running anti- government protest challenged the police to arrest them.
Forcefully, Clinton Makes Case for Obama She Rallies Supporters While Protecting Her Hopes for Another Run ELECTIONS
Jill Abramson, Mark Leibovich and Jim Rutenberg contributed reporting.
Dolly Team Offers Hope to Victims of Schizophrenia
IMPROVED treatments for schizophrenia and motor neurone disease could be available within two decades thanks to Scottish experiments using a new type of stem cell.
Biden, Bill Clinton Make Case for Obama
DENVER -- Taking his spot on the Democratic ticket Wednesday night, vice presidential nominee Joe Biden launched a forceful assault on Republican John McCain and said the nation "needs more than a good soldier" as president.
Bill Clinton Praises 'the Man for This Job'
DENVER -- Putting the bitter primary season behind him, former president Bill Clinton declared Wednesday night that Barack Obama is "ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world."
Researchers 'Reprogram' Pancreas Cells in Mice
A team of biologists has turned mouse pancreas tissue into specialized cells, the same ones that go missing in juvenile diabetes.
Phillies Surrender 1st Place to Mets
Aug. 28--Oh, how could the New York Mets possibly recover from Tuesday night's collapse?
Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann Column: Rich Hofmann: For Phillies, It's All Work and No Play Against Mets
Aug. 28--PHILLIES, METS; Mets, Phillies.
Clintons Give Way to Obama
SLIDE SHOW: DNC Demonstrations Day 3
Russia Condemned By Fellow G8 Members
Russia was condemned Wednesday by its fellow G8 members for invading Georgia and undermining its authority over South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Mets Rally Past Phillies
PHILADELPHIA _ After Tuesday's demoralizing 13-inning loss to the Phillies, Jerry Manuel confidently proclaimed that the sun would still come up the next morning.
Clinton Rallies Democrats Behind Obama, Biden
DENVER _ Democrats sought two things Wednesday night, and got them both.
Democrats Officially Nominate Obama for President
DENVER _ Democrats swept away more than 200 years of history Wednesday and nominated Barack Obama for the White House, a milestone punctuated by former President Bill Clinton's declaration that the first African-American standard-bearer of a major party "is ready to be president of the United States."
Riot Police Move in As Thai Protesters Storm PM's Office
THOUSANDS of Thai riot police were trying to disperse crowds of demonstrators gathered last night on the lawn in front of the Prime Minister's office after they stormed the gates in the latest anti- government demonstration.
Both Sides Should Cool the Cold War Rhetoric
LEADING ARTICLE The future of two enclaves should not be allowed to spark conflict
Russia Recognizes Separatist Provinces
MOSCOW - The Kremlin's decision Tuesday to recognize the independence of Georgia's two breakaway enclaves deepens what has become Washington's worst crisis with Moscow since the end of the Cold War - a crisis that has revealed the West's lack of leverage over a confident, aggressive Russia.
Louisiana Readies for Gustav's Visit
Gustav, a tropical storm forecast to regain hurricane status, saturated Haiti and battered its coast Wednesday, U.S. forecasters in Miami said.
U.S. Navy Backs Off Deployment in Tense Georgian Port
BATUMI, Georgia _ The United States scuttled its plan to sail humanitarian aid into Georgia's main seaport Wednesday as Russia denounced the deployment and sent a naval task force into the waters off nearby Abkhazia.
Gustav Expected to Gain Strength As It Moves Toward Gulf Coast
MIAMI _ As the death toll and flooding wrought by Gustav rise in the Caribbean, the hurricane-turned-tropical storm is expected to regain strength Thursday and move between Jamaica and Cuba toward the Cayman Islands.
Second-Seeded Jelena Jankovic Guts Out Tough Second-Round Victory
NEW YORK - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic bent over her racket, leaned against a back wall with a towel pressed to her face, and sprawled on her stomach in the middle of centre court.
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