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Obama Says He'll Strive to Break Republican Grip (Bloomberg)

July 5, 2008 - 7:54pm
Bloomberg - July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he will be ``greedy'' in his quest to break the Republican Party's decades-long hold on the South.
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Obama: Media response to Iraq remarks overblown (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 7:46pm

AP - Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them.


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Obama Says He'll Strive to Break Republican Grip (Correct) (Bloomberg)

July 5, 2008 - 7:31pm
Bloomberg - July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he will be ``greedy'' in his quest to break the Republican Party's decades-long hold on the South.
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Obama "puzzled" by Iraq comment frenzy (Reuters)

July 5, 2008 - 5:19pm

Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week that he might "refine" his timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops.


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Play of the Day: Malia Obama's "best birthday" (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 5:09pm
AP - Malia Obama told her parents that spending her 10th birthday helping her father campaign for the presidency far from home and "rocking out" with her family after takeout in a modest hotel room was the best she has ever had.
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Obama Says He'll Strive to Break Republican Grip on South (Bloomberg)

July 5, 2008 - 4:20pm
Bloomberg - July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he will be ``greedy'' in his quest to break the Republican Party's decades-long hold on the South.
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Obama's `Body Watch' Get Scoop on Haircuts, Workouts (Bloomberg)

July 5, 2008 - 4:09pm
Bloomberg - July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama's ascension to presumed Democratic presidential nominee means the press can now get more information on the nation's next potential commander in chief, including such critical items as when he last got a haircut.
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Obama: Media response to Iraq remarks overblown (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 3:52pm

AP - Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them.


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Veterans group plans ad campaign touting Iraq war (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 3:18pm
AP - Republican John McCain, who has made support for President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, is getting from help from a veterans group that's launching a national TV ad campaign next week.
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Obama "puzzled" by Iraq comment frenzy (Reuters)

July 5, 2008 - 2:54pm

Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week that he might "refine" his timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops.


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Obama, Clinton to hold joint fundraisers in NY (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 11:04am

AP - Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week.


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Analysis: McCain struggles to regain footing (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 9:07am

AP - John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement.


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Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 7:49am

AP - Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November.


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Presidential candidates' housing plans at a glance (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 7:43am
AP - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama envision the Federal Housing Administration backing new, cheaper mortgages for distressed homeowners who otherwise would have difficulty refinancing into more secure government-insured loans with lower monthly payments.
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Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 2:56am

AP - Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.


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Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 2:56am

AP - Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.


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Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 2:56am

AP - Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.


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Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 2:22am

AP - Obama, family spend Fourth of July in red-state Montana, celebrate daughter's 10th birthday ... Florida Gov. Crist, possible running mate for John McCain, engaged to marry ... Obama woos Montana and its 3 electoral votes despite state's history of voting Republican ...


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Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 2:22am

AP - Obama, family spend Fourth of July in red-state Montana, celebrate daughter's 10th birthday ... Florida Gov. Crist, possible running mate for John McCain, engaged to marry ... Obama woos Montana and its 3 electoral votes despite state's history of voting Republican ...


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Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

July 5, 2008 - 2:22am

AP - Obama, family spend Fourth of July in red-state Montana, celebrate daughter's 10th birthday ... Florida Gov. Crist, possible running mate for John McCain, engaged to marry ... Obama woos Montana and its 3 electoral votes despite state's history of voting Republican ...


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