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Another potential threat to McCain, from Libertarian Republicans lose seat in conservative Southern district Earlier, Obama tried to reach out to Michigan workers, promising to pump billions of dollars into efforts to keep manufacturing jobs from being shipped overseas. In a sign that her chances...
Edwards's backing could aid Obama's efforts to win over white working-class voters [GALLO/GETTY] John Edwards, the Democrat candidate who dropped out of the US presidential race early this year, has thrown his support behind former rival Barack Obama. The long-awaited endorsement helped blunt the...
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne made the announcement Wednesday USGS: Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear in the next 50 years Bush administration was supposed to make a decision in January ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Watch Kempthorne explain the decision » While there...
By Matt Spetalnick and Tabassum Zakaria JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An emotional President George W. Bush pledged that America would remain "Israel's best friend in the world" on Wednesday during a celebratory visit to Jerusalem to mark the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state. His host, Israeli Prime...
The Red Cross estimated that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 — a much higher figure than the government tally. The grim forecast Wednesday came as heavy rains drenched the devastated Irrawaddy River delta, disrupting aid operations already struggling to reach up to...
Soldiers rushed to shore up a dam cracked by this week's powerful earthquake, and rescuers came by helicopter and ship Wednesday into the isolated epicenter but still were forced to dig for survivors with their bare hands. Nearly 26,000 people remained buried in collapsed buildings from Monday's...
House Republicans struggled to regroup Wednesday in the aftermath of a devastating election loss in Mississippi, acknowledging that their party faced a significant challenge in November after the loss of three Republican seats in special elections this year. "It was another wake-up call that we...
Fruit and vegetable farmers would reap a bonanza of new money in a giant farm bill passed by the House on Wednesday that for the first time includes significant expenditures for produce growers. Money for traditional commodity subsidies, food stamps and other programs in the $290 billion bill...
Democrat Barack Obama has won the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a leading abortion rights advocacy organization that has supported rival Hillary Rodham Clinton throughout her political career. The organization announced the endorsement of its political action committee on Wednesday....
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 14 (UPI) -- A group of Arab League ministers met Wednesday to help Lebanon avoid an all-out civil war, officials said. The Financial Times reported that ministers from the Arab League met with representatives from the Lebanese government and Hezbollah. Although the violence...
