| Obama heading to Michigan and Florida
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:58:32 GMT |
 AP - Barack Obama's surging presidential campaign announced Monday that he will visit politically neglected Florida and Michigan, as he focuses on a general election strategy with his primary race winding down.
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| Play of the Day: A breakfast surprise — Clinton
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 16:09:22 GMT |
 AP - Doris Smith went downtown early Monday to see about getting tickets to Barack Obama's rally. Advance seats were sold out, she said, and the only option was to stand in line for up two hours or more and hope for the best.
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| Barr to announce Libertarian White House bid
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:22:36 GMT |
| AP - Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr has announced that he's running for president as a Libertarian. |
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| McCain urges free-market principles to reduce global warming
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:38:46 GMT |
| AP - Republican John McCain, reaching out to both independents and green-minded social conservatives, argues that global warming is undeniable and the country must take steps to bring it under control while adhering to free-market principles. |
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| How to end a presidential campaign
(Politico)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 09:22:00 GMT |
Politico - There are 50 ways to leave your lover, 13 ways of looking at a blackbird, and at least six ways to drop out of a presidential race. With Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign running on empty with little hope of victory, the New York senator's allies and independent observers alike have begun to consider which one she'll choose.
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| Lobbyist defends work in run for Senate
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 16:02:39 GMT |
| AP - The revolving door between former members of Congress and lucrative lobbying firms usually leads one way. But Jim Slattery is trying to make a U-turn. |
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| McCain hopes to attract young voters
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 07:19:49 GMT |
| AP - He's a Republican, for starters. He describes himself as "older than dirt." And he makes no apology for an Iraq war that is especially unpopular on college campuses. |
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| Congress eyes dramatic expansion of GI bill
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:33:43 GMT |
| AP - Congressional Democrats are pushing what could become the most dramatic expansion of college aid for military veterans since World War II, with a bill they hope will buoy them this election season and become an albatross for Republicans. |
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| US concerned about aid reaching Myanmar victims
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 16:01:23 GMT |
 AP - The director of U.S. foreign disaster assistance says there is "massive concern" that U.S. aid for Myanmar's cyclone victims will not get to the people who need it.
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| Court turns down Chinese man's asylum claim
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:41:53 GMT |
| AP - The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from a Chinese man who sought asylum in the United States because his wife was forced to have an abortion under China's controversial family planning policy. |
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| UN seeks $187 million to aid cyclone survivors in Myanmar
(AP)
-- Fri, 09 May 2008 22:10:28 GMT |
 AP - The United Nations is seeking $187 million to help an estimated 1.5 million cyclone survivors in Myanmar over the next three months, U.N. officials said Friday.
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