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(AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton was just warming up the crowd in a cramped and muggy middle school gymnasium when she switched her pronouns."All the kitchen table issues that everybody talks to me about are ones that the next president can actually do something about," Clinton said Sunday night, "if he actually ...
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(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.After spending more than a decade in Washington making millions of dollars at one of the nation's most prestigious law firms, the former Democratic congressman from ...
2 hours, 10 minutes ago
(AP) On the Senate campaign trail, Al Franken frequently invokes the name of his friend, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, as a major inspiration.But as Franken moves to consolidate Democrats behind his challenge to Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, another Democrat is chipping into his support _ one whose background and beliefs ...
2 hours, 10 minutes ago
(AP) Democratic primary races for the governors' offices in North Carolina and Indiana echoed the contests on the presidential level _ one was over quickly, the other was down to the wire.Former Indiana congresswoman Jill Long Thompson eked out a win in a tight race Tuesday to become the Democratic nominee ...
2 hours, 10 minutes ago
(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.Doesn't sound like a recipe for winning the hearts of young voters. And yet John McCain has vowed to make a serious play ...
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(AP) As millions of people approach the summer vacation season under the threat of $4-per-gallon gasoline, Congress is scrambling to respond. But don't wait for anything that will drive down prices at the pump.A Senate vote on a GOP plan is scheduled for Tuesday, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has ...
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(AP) An extra penny for your thoughts.Mailing a letter costs a penny more this week, with the price of a first-class stamp rising to 42 cents Monday.But folks who planned ahead and bought Forever stamps for 41 cents each can still use them without extra postage.Sorry, Forever stamps also went up ...
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(AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton toured the birthplace of Mother's Day in rural West Virginia, offering Democrats a subtle reminder Sunday that her fading candidacy remains strong among women and blue-collar, white voters.That loyal base is expected to carry Clinton to a sizable victory in the primary on Tuesday, though it won't ...
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(AP) A Democratic congressional candidate abruptly dropped out of the race Wednesday and said a former campaign worker was linked to an Internet smear aimed at a rival.Jake Metcalfe said he had known nothing about a scheme to redirect Internet users searching for fellow Democrat Ethan Berkowitz to bogus sites intended ...
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(AP) Indiana's controversial photo identification rule may not have made a major dent in the state's high turnout, but it did frustrate a small group of voters more accustomed to divine law.About 12 elderly Roman Catholic nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place because they didn't have state or ...
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(AP) The public must pressure Republicans in the White House and Congress to change directions in the country's energy policies, which have pushed oil and gas prices to record highs, a Democratic lawmaker said Saturday.Sen. Debbie Stabenow said the rising price of oil, fostered by President Bush and Vice President Dick ...
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(AP) The Pentagon is recommending changes in the handling of troops' remains, after it was revealed that a crematorium contracted by the military handles both human and animal cremations.A military official said there have been no instances or charges that human and pet remains were mixed. But officials are now recommending ...
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(AP) The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Service.A new law regulating the post office makes it easier to raise rates as long as the agency doesn't exceed the ...
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(AP) President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau."Our little girl, Jenna, married a really good guy, Henry Hager," Bush said, standing next Mrs. Bush at an airport in Waco ...
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(AP) Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death row prisoners do.Stevens's comments Friday night came a month after he voted with a majority of the Supreme Court to approve the most widely used method of lethal injection, while ...
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(AP) President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime bow."Our little girl, Jenna, married a really good guy, Henry Hager," Bush said, standing next Mrs. Bush at an airport in Waco ...
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(AP) Barack Obama's campaign is considering a suggestion from John McCain's campaign for the two presidential hopefuls to participate in joint town meetings and debates around the country starting this summer, Obama's chief strategist said Sunday.John McCain is the expected Republican presidential nominee. Obama is closing in on the Democratic nod.Asked ...
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(AP) President Bush and first lady Laura Bush didn't share their daughter's wedding with the nation, but the president eagerly shared their joy on Sunday about Jenna Bush's marriage to Henry Hager."We're mighty blessed," Bush said at an airport in Waco where he and the first lady boarded Air Force One ...
16 hours, 30 minutes ago
(AP) President Bush and first lady Laura Bush didn't share their daughter's wedding with the nation, but the president eagerly shared their joy on Sunday about Jenna Bush's marriage Saturday night to Henry Hager."We're mighty blessed," Bush said at an airport in Waco where he boarded Air Force One to return ...
16 hours, 35 minutes ago
(AP) On the Senate campaign trail, Al Franken frequently invokes the name of his friend, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, as a major inspiration.But as Franken moves to consolidate Democrats behind his challenge to Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, another Democrat is chipping into his support _ one whose background and beliefs ...
16 hours, 35 minutes ago
(AP) Her presidential bid needs a miracle, so Hillary Rodham Clinton prayed for one Sunday in church.Arriving amid thunderstorms, Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, took seats in the second row of First United Methodist Church and listened to a sermon about Mother's Day."Give us eyes to see the miracles around us," ...
17 hours, 15 minutes ago
(AP) Former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said Sunday that Hillary Rodham Clinton probably didn't choose her words carefully when she suggested Barack Obama was losing the white vote.Edwards also hedged on whether he might still endorse one of his former rivals, but said he thinks Obama will be the nominee. ...
17 hours, 35 minutes ago
(AP) Call it Obamacare or call it Clintoncare. But don't call it "socialized medicine."And don't think that the health care systems that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have promised to put into effect if they get into the White House would be anything like the universal health coverage offered in Great ...
18 hours, 35 minutes ago
(AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win. Many people believed her victory in the Democratic nomination was a sure thing. Her ultimate failing may have been in believing it, too.Clinton had one big problem out ...
18 hours, 35 minutes ago
(AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win.Many people believed her victory in the Democratic nomination was a sure thing. Her ultimate failing may have been in believing it, too.Clinton had one big problem out of ...
