Clinton wins W.Va., Obama still nomination leader
(AP)
 AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large, but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign but scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination.
Wed, 14 May 2008 00:09:39 GMT
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Voters select candidates in Miss., W.Va. and Neb.
(AP)
AP - A Democrat in deeply conservative Mississippi was vying for a congressional seat Tuesday in a race Republicans have tried to cast as a referendum on Barack Obama and the national Democratic Party.
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:38:28 GMT
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Obama sports flag pin again after long absence
(AP)
 AP - Like the American flag that Francis Scott Key famously wrote about, the one on Barack Obama's lapel keeps appearing and disappearing.
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:57:37 GMT
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Analysis: W.Va. win won't help Clinton much
(AP)
 AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton's shellacking of Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary Tuesday may burnish her image as a champion of the economically disadvantaged and bolster her determination to campaign through the final contests. But it does little to alter the unforgiving political landscape she faces.
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:34:02 GMT
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Obama: Don't fund independent groups
(Politico)
 Politico - Senator Barack Obama's campaign is steering the candidate's wealthy supporters away from independent Democratic groups, calling into question what had been expected to be the groups' central role in this year's Democratic offensive against Senator John McCain.
Tue, 13 May 2008 20:08:00 GMT
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Obama begins fall campaign in earnest
(AP)
 AP - Let the general election begin.
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:20:00 GMT
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McCain casts himself as environmental steward
(AP)
 AP - John McCain on Tuesday cast Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton as latecomers to the environmental battle, saying he would be willing to debate the issue with either of them in the general election to underscore his experience with the issue.
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:55:12 GMT
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Democrats propose taxes to fund veterans' benefits
(AP)
AP - House Democrats are proposing a tax surcharge on millionaires to pay for a big increase in education benefits for veterans of the war in Iraq, lawmakers said Tuesday.
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:59:18 GMT
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Bernanke: Financial turmoil in markets easing
(AP)
 AP - Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.
Tue, 13 May 2008 21:26:39 GMT
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U.S. high court allows apartheid claims against multinationals
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The US Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling that multinational companies can be sued in a US court for allegedly aiding and abetting the former apartheid government in South Africa.
Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT
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U.S. businessman who bribed U.N. official gets probation
(Reuters)
Reuters - An Indian-born U.S. businessman who
testified he bribed a former United Nations procurement
official in return for at least $50 million in U.N. contracts
was sentenced to five years' probation on Monday.
Mon, 12 May 2008 22:18:35 GMT
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