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(AP) Valerie Plame is trying to resurrect a lawsuit against those in the Bush administration she says illegally outed her as a CIA operative in 2003.Plame says her CIA cover was blown as retribution for her husband's criticism of the Iraq war. She says that violated her constitutional rights.A federal judge ...
6 hours, 42 minutes ago
(AP) The Bush administration is urging a federal appeals court to keep meatpackers from testing all their cattle for mad cow disease.Government lawyers told a three-judge panel Friday they should reverse a lower court ruling that allowed Kansas-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef to conduct more comprehensive testing to satisfy overseas customers.The ...
6 hours, 48 minutes ago
(AP) The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.Obama has now climbed within a handful of superdelegates of catching Clinton in endorsements from the party and ...
7 hours, 57 minutes ago
(AP) The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.Obama has now climbed within a handful of superdelegates of catching Clinton in endorsements from the party and ...
8 hours, 32 minutes ago
(AP) The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday, with endorsements expected from two more congressmen.Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said the Illinois senator plans to receive the endorsement of Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon an event Friday in his homestate. Oregon holds it's primary on May ...
8 hours, 34 minutes ago
(AP) Barack Obama's sprint to the Democratic nomination received another boost Friday as two more superdelegates pledged their support, including one who dropped his backing for Hillary Rodham Clinton's faltering White House bid.The two Democrats have been lobbying superdelegates _ who are not bound by state results _ to line up ...
9 hours, 3 minutes ago
(AP) The president of the American Federation of Government Employees says the influential union is endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president.AFGE President John Gage _ a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention _ says he will also personally back Obama. The union endorsement gives the Illinois senator fresh momentum toward capturing ...
9 hours, 36 minutes ago
(AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton, defying electoral math stacked against her, is urging supporters to ignore predictions that her White House bid was over. Barack Obama, meanwhile, was reaching out to top Democrats who could help seal a historic nomination well within his grasp.Clinton spent some of Thursday in West Virginia _ ...
9 hours, 38 minutes ago
(AP) A spokesman for Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign says he's won the endorsements of two more superdelegates.Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer says Congressman Peter DeFazio plans to endorse the Illinois senator at an event Thursday in Oregon, which holds it's primary on May 20.And in New Jersey, Don Payne _ a ...
12 hours, 15 minutes ago
(AP) Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to pick Democratic opponents for incumbent Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole and decide a stiff primary challenge to the congressman who famously renamed french fries "freedom fries."In North Carolina, Republican Joe McLaughlin was challenging U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, who ...
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(AP) As a sex scandal involving Ohio's attorney general becomes the butt of national jokes, Democratic congressional candidates who will face the state's voters this fall are scrambling to distance themselves from him.Franklin County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy and state Sen. John Boccieri, who are in two of the nation's most ...
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(AP) Hillary Clinton is pushing on in her race for the Democratic White House bid, despite calls to drop out. She has events scheduled today in the upcoming primary states of Oregon, South Dakota and West Virginia. Barack Obama will be in Washington today.With her money drained and her options dwindling, ...
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(AP) Florida Democrats say they're on the verge of finishing a plan to have the state's delegates counted toward the party's presidential nomination.Thursday's news comes after Michigan Democrats came up with their own plan. The Democratic National Committee stripped both states of their convention delegates for holding their primaries too early ...
12 hours, 16 minutes ago
(AP) Rep. Brad Miller is endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.The three-term lawmaker from Raleigh is the third North Carolina superdelegate to pledge support to Obama since the Illinois senator's convincing victory in the state's primary.Miller says he decided to endorse Obama following an afternoon meeting with the candidate.Obama now has ...
12 hours, 16 minutes ago
(AP) Excerpts of Barack Obama's speech Tuesday after Democratic primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, as provided by CQ Transcriptions:___"You know, there are those who were saying that North Carolina would be a game changer in this election. But today what North Carolina decided is that the only game that needs ...
12 hours, 16 minutes ago
(AP) Excerpts of Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech Tuesday after Democratic primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, as provided by CQ Transcriptions:___Not too long ago, my opponent made a prediction. He said I would probably win Pennsylvania, he would win North Carolina, and Indiana would be the tiebreaker.Well, tonight we've come from ...
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(AP) Barack Obama swept to a convincing victory in the North Carolina primary Tuesday night and declared he was closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination. Hillary Rodham Clinton eked out a win in Indiana as she struggled to halt her rival's march into history."Tonight we stand less than 200 delegates ...
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(AP) Millie Seifert finally made a choice. She voted for the ghost.In the last week, The Associated Press talked to some respondents to a continuing series of AP-Yahoo News polls to see how they planned to vote in the primaries Tuesday in Indiana and North Carolina.Several were undecided until practically the ...
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(AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton has narrowly won the Indiana Democratic primary. Barack Obama won earlier in North Carolina and declared he was closing in on the presidential nomination.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Barack Obama swept to victory ...
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(AP) Aaron Alpern, 46, and his wife live in Chicago and have a combined income of $30,000. They have a 4-year-old son. Alpern's an actor, and not always employed. He says it's hard to pay the bills each month, but they've managed to contribute to Obama four or five times online, ...
12 hours, 17 minutes ago
(AP) Perhaps Barack Obama's competitive juices need new outlets now that he has expanded his lead over Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.On a five-hour flight from Washington to Oregon late Thursday, the Illinois senator came to the back of his charter plane for a spirited word game against reporters, and ...
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(AP) WHY THEY GIVE_"For the last many elections, I've always voted for the person who was the lesser of two evils," said Duran Atkins, 50, owner of an adventure travel company in Bozeman, Mt. "Obama gets it."_"He's got it," said Steve Bennett, 55, of Tucson, Ariz. "He seems to me to ...
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(AP) Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick tells audiences a funny story about donating to Barack Obama as an Illinois state Senate candidate, yet after a media inquiry, he said Tuesday he can't find proof of any such contribution.An Associated Press check of records on file in Springfield, Ill., where Obama served in ...
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(AP) Barack Obama swept to victory in the North Carolina primary Tuesday night and declared he was closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination. Hillary Rodham Clinton clung to a narrow Indiana lead, struggling to halt her rival's march into history."Tonight we stand less than 200 delegates away from winning the ...
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(AP) Sen. Barack Obama got a front-runner's welcome back at the Capitol Thursday, pressing congressional "superdelegates" to support him in a visit that had the look and feel of a campaign victory lap.On the House floor, he was quickly surrounded by well-wishers calling him, "Mr. President" and reaching out to pat ...
