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Clinton spends Mother's Day campaigning in W.Va.
(AP)
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton toured the birthplace of Mother's Day in rural West Virginia, offering Democrats a subtle reminder Sunday that her fading candidacy remains strong among women and blue-collar, white voters.
Clinton goes from inevitable nominee to on the ropes
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AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win.
Confusing ballot designs still plague elections
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AP - The solution should have been a no-brainer, voting experts say. After all, it was a badly designed ballot that enflamed the 2000 election meltdown and introduced the vagaries of chads to the political lexicon — pregnant, hanging and otherwise.
Obama overtakes lead in superdelegates for first time
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AP - Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president.
Hillary who? Obama acts likes it's over
(Politico)
Politico - BEND, Ore. -- When the election returns filter in Tuesday from West Virginia, Sen. Barack Obama won't be there. Nor will he leapfrog ahead to a later primary state, as he usually does on election nights.
Edwards: Clinton didn't choose words well on race
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AP - Former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said Sunday that he thinks Barack Obama will be the party's presidential nominee and that Hillary Rodham Clinton must be careful not to damage the party's prospects in November as she continues her campaign.
Today on the presidential campaign trail
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AP - Obama overtakes Clinton in Democratic superdelegates ... Coordinator of GOP convention quits after Newsweek report on his firm's ties to Myanmar junta ... Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary in Montana as primary nears ...
College prof no walkover for Franken in Minn. Senate run
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AP - On the Senate campaign trail, Al Franken frequently invokes the name of his friend, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, as a major inspiration.
First-class stamp prices rise 1 penny to 42 cents Monday
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AP - The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Service.
Justice Stevens contrasts lethal injection methods
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AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death row prisoners do.
Microsoft appeals against record EU anti-trust fine
(AFP)
AFP - Microsoft on Friday lodged an appeal at a European court against a record 899 million euro (1.39 billion dollar) fine imposed on it by the EU Commission for defying a landmark anti-trust ruling.
