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Democratic Candidates Begin Touring Rust Belt

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 29 -- Democratic running mates Barack Obama and Joseph R. Biden Jr. embarked on a Rust Belt bus tour Friday that aimed to capitalize on a convention that appeared to ease party tensions and ended with Obama's historic and widely acclaimed acceptance speech before a record nationa...

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30.08.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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Palin Focus of Probe In Police Chief's Firing

Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is an ethics reformer under an ethics investigation that is plowing through private domestic matters.

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30.08.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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Obama Inspires Hope in Father's Homeland

KISUMU, Kenya, Aug. 29 -- The few people awake before sunrise here Friday all seemed to be at the Camel's Joint Hotel, a low-ceilinged 24-hour cafe with neon lights, an open-pit grill and two posters of Sen. Barack Obama smiling down on rows of white Formica tables.

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30.08.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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As Auto Jobs Vanish, Rust Spreads in Mich.

CHELSEA, Mich. -- Nancy Paul doesn't need a Census Bureau report to know poverty is rising in Michigan. She sees it in the moms and children who show up at her small nonprofit agency seeking free back-to-school clothes. She hears it in their plaintive requests for cereal or soap or assistance with...

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30.08.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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Obama Amid the Pillars Of an Ancient Culture

There is no more generic architectural statement in the United States than the Greek temple. White columns and classical proportions are the aesthetic DNA of our banks, libraries and office buildings, as well as almost every important structure in Washington, from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memor...

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30.08.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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Hot Off the Trail of McCain's Veep Choice

DENVER, Aug. 29 -- The media's watchdogs, having spent weeks barking up the wrong trees in search of John McCain's running mate, immediately started growling at his surprise choice.

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30.08.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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The Real Majorities Finally Get Counted

It's different now, isn't it? John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, and the election that had been presented as old vs. new suddenly feels like new vs. new:

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30.08.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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A Turbulent Youth Under a Strong Father's Shadow

One night in 1957, during his junior year at the U.S. Naval Academy, John Sidney McCain III found himself in trouble, an incident that destined him for yet another tense discussion with his frustrated father. While on liberty, he and a couple of classmates had gotten into an argument at a Washing...

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29.08.2008 20:19:05 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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A Turbulent Youth Under a Strong Father's Shadow

One night in 1957, during his junior year at the U.S. Naval Academy, John Sidney McCain III found himself in trouble, an incident that destined him for yet another tense discussion with his frustrated father. While on liberty, he and a couple of classmates had gotten into an argument at a Washing...