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July 20, 2008 
Obama spends shy of $26 million in JuneDemocrat Barack Obama reports spending $25.6 million in June for his presidential campaign, his lowest monthly operating costs of the year.Financial reports filed Su...
League of Conservation Voters to endorse Obama, Dina CappielloIn an election all about change, environmental groups are doing the usual — endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate.The League of Conservation Voters will ...
McCain to speak at Sept. 11 forum on volunteerismRepublican presidential hopeful John McCain will speak about the need for public service at a national forum on that topic being held in New York on the anniversary of the ...
Barack Obama meets Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Fisnik AbrashiDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "wi...
Details of June presidential fundraisingFundraising figures for June as released by the presidential candidates.REPUBLICANJOHN MCCAINTotal receipts to date: $144 million.Total c...
Obama spends less in June; Clinton $25.2M in debt, Jim KuhnhennBarack Obama cut back on his spending in June after securing the Democratic presidential nomination, building up his cash on hand as Republican rival John McCain outspent h...
Clinton ends June with $25.2 million debtSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reports raising $2.7 million from donors in June and ending the month with $25.2 million in debts after suspending her quest for the presidency....
Dobson shifts positions, may endorse McCain, Eric GorskiConservative Christian leader James Dobson has softened his stance against Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, saying he could reverse his position and endorse the...
Obama expected to meet with commanders of Iraq war, Brian MurphyDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's visit to Iraq for talks with commanders of a war he long opposed follows the prime minister's apparent endorsement of his t...
Giuliani takes McCain out to the ballgame, Devlin BarrettWith Democrat Barack Obama on the other side of the planet, Republican presidential candidate John McCain stayed closer to home Sunday, visiting Yankee Stadium with former ...
Obama spends less in June, saves resources, Jim KuhnhennBarack Obama cut back on his spending in June after securing the Democratic presidential nomination, building up his cash on hand as Republican rival John McCain outspent h...
Obama: Step up effort against Taliban, al-QaidaDemocratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Sunday the United States, NATO and Afghanistan must do more to combat the Taliban and al-Qaida, and he urged stronger st...
Obama to speak near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Melissa EddyBarack Obama's campaign said Sunday he will give a speech on the future of trans-Atlantic relations in front of a Prussian war monument in downtown Berlin — in view of th...
Obama meets Karzai, vows steadfast Afghan aid, Fisnik AbrashiDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "wi...
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web, Jocelyn NoveckIf Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help.Robinson is now 106 — that's 35 years older than McCain...
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on Internet, Jocelyn NoveckNEW YORK — If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help.Robinson is now 106 — that's 35 years olde...
From shipping lobbyist to McCain adviser, Pete YostPlaying a dual role as shipping lobbyist and member of a federal advisory panel, John McCain's campaign policy coordinator helped shape a controversial homeland security in...
Obama calls Afghanistan fight precarious, urgentDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan is "precarious" and "urgent."In an interview broadcast Sunday during his first trip ...
Rice: Obama's success is great gain for blacksCondoleezza Rice says it's a remarkable accomplishment that a black politician is on track for his party's presidential nomination.The secretary of state said Democr...
Analysis: Confident Iraq rides US political tides, Robert H. ReidConfusion over the Iraqi prime minister's seeming endorsement of Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan is part of Baghdad's strategy to play U.S. politics for the best deal ...
Obama says situation in Afghanistan is precariousDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan "precarious" and "urgent."In an interview broadcast Sunday during his first trip to ...
Gore: Clinton campaign changed perception of womenAl Gore said Sunday that Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for the White House helped change society's perception of women.But the former vice president, who has end...
Obama tells Karzai he plans to continue terror war, Fisnik AbrashiDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks with its Western-backed leader Sunday and vowed to pursue the war on terror "wi...
Obama meets Afghan president Karzai, Fisnik AbrashiDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "wi...
Obama to speak at Berlin's Victory ColumnBarack Obama's office said Sunday he will give a speech on the U.S. partnership with Germany and trans-Atlantic relations in front of the gold-topped Victory Column, or Sie...
Obama meets with Afghan president, Fisnik AbrashiDemocratic presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has chided for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country.McCain paying down primary funds in advance of cap, Jim Kuhnhenn
Faced with a spending cap for his fall campaign, Republican presidential candidate John McCain is aggressively spending more money than he is raising during summer months a...
Today on the presidential campaign trailIN THE HEADLINESObama pledges support for Afghanistan ... McCain raises more than $21 million in June, spends more than he raises as part of strategy ... Pentecostal...
Iraqi PM says US should leave as soon as possibleIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says U.S. troops should leave Iraq "as soon as possible," according to a magazine report, and he called presidential candidate Barack O...
Obama breakfasts with troops in Kabul, Fisnik AbrashiDemocratic presidential contender Barack Obama shared Sunday breakfast with American troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, a man Oba...
Police fire pepper balls, arrest 9 at Ill. festPolice in central Illinois say they fired pepper balls into an angry mob of about 100 people who were fighting during the last night of a city festival.Peoria police...
Study: shrinking newsrooms hurting papers' quality, Jeremy HerronThe many and deepening cuts at newspapers across the country are starting to take a toll on their content, according to a study being released Monday.The challenge n...
B-52 bomber crashes off Guam, Jaymes SongThe Air Force says a B-52 bomber carrying six crew members has crashed off the island of Guam.The Coast Guard says two people have been recovered from the waters. Th...
Today in History - July 21Today is Monday, July 21, the 203rd day of 2008. There are 163 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 21, 1861, the first Battle of Bull R...
Tropical Storm Cristobal heads toward ocean, Estes ThompsonTropical Storm Cristobal headed for the open Atlantic late Sunday as forecasters discontinued tropical storm warnings along the Carolinas.Meanwhile, Tropical Storm D...
Florida man wins Hemingway look-alike contestA white-bearded Florida man won an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, a highlight of a festival that ended Sunday honoring the late Nobel Prize-winning author.Tom ...
Tropical Storm Cristobal brushes N.C. coast, Estes ThompsonTropical Storm Cristobal dumped rain and brought rough seas to the North Carolina coast Sunday, and forecasters predicted the system was headed for the open Atlantic. Public health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease.Dr. Alfred DeMaria, the sta... A Northwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing Sunday at Dayton International Airport, interrupting the city's air show.The Boeing 757 was en route from Tampa,... An activist group hoping to pressure the Roman Catholic church into dropping its long-standing prohibition barring women from the priesthood says it ordained three women on... As of Sunday, July 20, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.... Idaho members of a group that advocates for the right to openly carry handguns in public are turning heads by touring Zoo Boise while packing guns on their hips.Ten ... Tropical Storm Cristobal dumped rain and brought rough seas to the North Carolina coast Sunday, and forecasters predicted the weakening system was headed for the open Atlan... Scattered showers forecast for California's northern mountains Sunday are unlikely to extinguish wildfires that still threaten homes and could bring more lightning to the c... A woman suspected of cutting open a pregnant woman's uterus and stealing the baby has been charged with homicide, unlawful restraint and kidnapping, police said Sunday.... Bent over or sitting at a table, gripping a ballpoint pen, marker or crayon, Frank Calloway spends his days turning visions from his youth into lively murals — and at 112... An apparent set of conjoined twin birds — an incredibly rare find — has been discovered in Arkansas, authorities said.The bodies of the barn swallows, which are ... Firefighters are looking to scattered showers forecast for California's northern mountains to help rein in the last wildfires still keeping people from their homes.R... Police say a bronze horse statue stolen from a now-defunct New Jersey racetrack has been broken up and sold to a salvage yard for a fraction of its value.At the goin... Not a cloud in the sky and the temperature is flirting with 90 degrees. Usually, it doesn't get any better than this for the Tommy Bartlett water ski show.But only a... The mayor of Hazleton, Pa., who drew nationwide attention for his crackdown on illegal immigration, has been named the state's Mayor of the Year.Pennsylvania State M... A Northwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing Sunday at Dayton International Airport, interrupting the city's air show.The Boeing 757 was en route from Tampa,... Tropical Storm Cristobal dumped rain and brought rough seas to the North Carolina coast Sunday, and forecasters predicted the system was headed for the open Atlantic. Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 W. Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade situation." Each had ended uneventfully, with ... Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the western Caribbean sea.The National Hurricane center issued a tropical storm warning Sunday for the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico... The woman whose body was found with her uterus cut open and who appeared to have been pregnant has been positively identified as an 18-year-old, the Allegheny County medica... The Air Force says a B-52 bomber carrying six crew members has crashed off the island of Guam.... Police in Missouri say a man has killed his wife and her sister, and has brutally beaten his brother in law, before taking his own life in a community outside St. Louis. An activist group hoping to pressure the Roman Catholic church into dropping its long-standing prohibition on women in the priesthood is planning an ordination ceremony for... Trapped in a hospital with 2,000 people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Anna Pou recalls her throat burning from the rancid smell.Toilets had backed up an... Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first system to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, strengthened slightly off the North Carolina coast Sunday, and was expect... Be careful if you have saggy pants in the south Chicago suburb of Lynwood. Village leaders have passed an ordinance that would levy $25 fines against anyone showing three i... Tropical Storm Cristobal was expected to continue to move northeastward along the eastern seaboard on Sunday, possibly making landfall over the Outer Banks of North Carolin... Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a ... Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow — like 1,130 calo... Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest effo... Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, continued to move along the North Carolina coast early Sunday, an... Cleveland authorities have charged a 17-year-old in the fatal shooting of a woman who was gunned down as she grieved the cancer death of her mother while sitting on her fro... A team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers has ended a weeklong hunt for Steve Fossett, finding no sign of the missing adventurer or his plane but eliminating miles o...Massachusetts patient tested for mad cow disease, Steve LeblancPlane emergency landing interrupts Ohio air showGroup says it ordains 3 women Catholic priests, Steve LeblancUS military deaths in Iraq war at 4,124Gun advocacy group tours Idaho zoo while armedTropical Storm Cristobal brushes NC coast, weakens, Estes ThompsonFirefighters keep wary eye on Calif. thunderstormsWoman in W.Pa. baby mystery charged with homicideAlabama man turns 112, still spends days drawing, Kate BrumbackApparent conjoined barn swallows found in Arkansas, Jon GambrellFirefighters look to rain to help curb wildfiresArrest made in stolen N.J. horse statueLake's demise took business down the drain with it, Todd RichmondHazleton mayor named Pa.'s Mayor of the YearAirliner emergency landing interrupts air showTropical Storm Cristobal brushes NC coast, Estes ThompsonSoldier in famous photo never defeated 'demons', Allen G. Breed And Kevin MaurerTropical Storm Dolly forms in western CaribbeanWoman in W.Pa. baby mystery identifiedAP NewsAlertMo. man kills wife, sister-in-law and selfActivist group ordains women Catholic priestsLa. doctor cleared in patient deaths recalls storm, Mary FosterTropical Storm Cristobal strengthens off NC coast, Bruce SmithIt's the law: No sagging pants in Chicago suburbThe Nation's Weather, Weather UndergroundWeb networking photos come back to bite defendants, Eric TuckerA 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info, David B. CarusoAs wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts, David CraryTropical Storm Cristobal rumbles off the Carolinas, Bruce SmithTeen charged in death of Ohio woman shot on porchSearch team finds no sign of Steve Fossett, Brendan Riley