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Ecuador's Constitution Gives Rights to Nature

Jaguars, spectacled bears, brown-headed spider monkeys, and plate-billed mountain toucans may all just breathe a little easier next week if Ecuadorians approve a new constitution in a referendum on Sunday that would grant...

Sneak Peek: Game On for McCain, Obama!

"Lifeless, aloof, and windy" vs. "Uneven…slow on the draw" By KAREN TRAVERS and RIGEL ANDERSON What: First Presidential Debate Where: University of Mississippi OXFORD, MS -- Congress has not settled on a final agreement...

The Art of the Debate Stand-In

Barack Obama and John McCain have never debated each other, but both may whiff some déjà vu when they hold their first showdown tonight in Oxford, Miss. — they've likely spent days sparring with their opponent's spitting...

Sunday morning's main guest? Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will take questions on "Meet the Press," "Face the Nation," "This Week" and "Fox News Sunday" this weekend. Of course, the economy will be topic No. 1 on the Sunday morning chat shows. New...

GOP convention notebook

By Howard Wilkinson • hwilkinson@enquirer.com • September 5, 2008 Ohio in the round Ohio had the best seats in the house all week at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, smack dab in front of the square, unadorned speakers...

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION: Thompson gets GOP delegates fired up

After three days of holding off on too much rabid partisanship in deference to Gulf Coast residents affected by Hurricane Gustav, delegates to the Republican National Convention finally got some of the red meat they've...

Minneapolis Open Thread

Might as well let the Rs (and the McCain advocates) show what they’re made of. Submitted by DCblogger on Tue, 2008-09-02 19:42. the hurricanes give the GOP an excuse for a poorly attended convention, otherwise it would...

Three's a crowd in 2nd District

By Ben Fischer • bfischer@enquirer.com • September 2, 2008 Three's a crowd in 2nd District There’s a newcomer aiming to shake up the rematch between U.S. Rep Jean Schmidt and repeat challenger Victoria Wulsin in Ohio’s...

Paul Begala: Begala: McCain's VP choice unqualified to be heartbeat from the presidency

Excerpt: For a man who is 72 years old and has had four bouts with cancer to have chosen someone so completely unqualified to become president is shockingly irresponsible. Suddenly, McCain's age and health become central...

Speculation over McCain veep turns to Alaska gov.

DENVER -- John McCain kept his vice presidential pick a closely guarded secret hours before the high-stakes announcement Friday as top prospects seemed to drop away and speculation moved to darkhorse candidate Alaska Gov....