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August 2008

August 29, 2008 - McCain Chooses Palin as Running Mate    Click here ; GOP Platform Draft: Global Warming is Man-Made  Click here ; Protesters Say Obama’s Not an Anti-War Candidate  Click here ; US Economy Growing at Faster Rate Than Predicted  Click here ; Calif. prisons prepare for gay weddings    Click here ; John Edwards raises speaking fee     Click here

August 28, 2008 - Obama campaign confronts talk radio host    Click here ; GOP Platform Opposes Amnesty  Click here ; Charlie Crist for VP? Dems Seem to Think So…  Click here ; Businesses Cite a Catch-22 After Miss. Immigration Raid  Click here ; ConocoPhillips is latest to sell its gas stations    Click here ; Hillary in Elevator Mishap    Click here  

August 27, 2008 - Newly released documents highlight Obama's relationship with Ayers    Click here ; McCain, GOP's platform at odds  Click here ; Chatter over Hutchison as possible VP pick gets louder  Click here ; Bush's Faith-Based Initiative Gave Obama's Former Church $1.5 Million  Click here ; Fear grips immigrants after Miss. plant raid    Click here ; Irish Bookie Lays Odds on Cliches in Obama's Speech    Click here

August 26, 2008 - Plot to Kill Obama: Shoot From High Vantage Point   Click here ; Obama dogged by links to 1960s radical   Click here ; Left wing eclipsing moderates   Click here ; New Report Calls into Question ‘Man-Made’ Climate Change  Click here ; Court rules S.F. teen illegal needs services    Click here ; Pistol-packing teachers on the job     Click here  

August 25, 2008 - Biden Has A Pro-Tax Career   Click here ; RNC Launches ‘Biden Gaffe Clock’   Click here ; Special interests swarm DNC agendas   Click here ; Poll: More than half of Clinton backers still not sold on Obama   Click here ; Pelosi agrees to hear case for offshore drilling    Click here ; Too poor to play     Click here  

August 22, 2008 - Human Rights in China Worse Since Olympics Started, Experts Say   Click here ; Extra pounds mean insurance fees for Ala. workers   Click here ; E-mails Show MIT Grad Taught School While Raising Money for Terror-Linked Group   Click here ; Universal Pre-K Not Wise Policy, Experts Say  Click here ; Hallmark Adds Same-Sex Marriage Cards    Click here ; Religious Man Eaten After Trying to Receive Blessing From Crocodile     Click here  

August 21, 2008 - Let Oil Drilling Ban Expire, Top Republican Says   Click here ; Rice: U.S.-Iraq coming together on timetables   Click here ; Chinese Security Roughed Up, Detained, Associated Press Photographers   Click here ;  McCain unsure how many houses he owns  Click here ; Lesbian’s ‘Right’ to Insemination Shouldn’t Trump Conscience, Doctors Say   Click here

August 20, 2008 - Obama: McCain 'doesn't know what he's up against'   Click here ; Poll shows McCain in 5-point lead over Obama   Click here ; Barack Obama's 'lost' brother found in Kenya   Click here ; Five Americans held as China steps up scrutiny  Click here ; Earth to enter brief era of ice in 2010   Click here ; Turoa claims largest snow base ever  Click here

August 19, 2008 - GOP Prepared to Cut Oil Drilling Deal with Pelosi  Click here ; Oil prices slide close to $110 per barrel   Click here ; Obama appears ready to announce running mate   Click here ; McCain to name VP on Aug. 29   Click here; Now Argentina's footballers photographed making 'slit-eyed' gesture   Click here ; Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be Halloween Costume  Click here  

August 18, 2008 - Oil up slightly near $114 on Storm Fay worries  Click here ; China Confiscates Bibles from American Christians   Click here ; Obama's Edge in the Coverage Race   Click here ; America Needs New ‘Great Awakening,’ Huckabee and Evangelicals Say   Click here ; Not Green: NBC Beijing Olympic Set Air Conditioned -- Outdoors   Click here ; USA and China trade insults after fiery clash   Click here  

August 15, 2008 - Stocks rise modestly as oil continues slide  Click here ; Feds Shouldn’t Force States to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage, Frank Says  Click here ; Family of gay teen slain in Calif. blames school  Click here ; Germans try to slow glacier melt with giant screen   Click here ; Beijing Olympics: Second Spanish team photographed making 'slit-eyed' gesture  Click here ; 41-Year-Old Olympic Medalist American Mom is Testament to Dedication  Click here  

August 14, 2008 - McCain hints at pro-choice running mate  Click here ; George Bush squares up to Vladimir Putin over Georgia  Click here ; White Americans no longer a majority by 2042  Click here ; 47% Favor Government Mandated Political Balance on Radio, TV   Click here ; U.S. Indian Health Service Lost or Had Stolen $15.8 Million in Equipment  Click here ; UK officials: Christian Bale will not face charges   Click here  

August 13, 2008 - Shots Fired at Arkansas Democratic Party Headquarters  Click here ; Defense of Marriage Act ‘Won’t Count’, Says Democratic Senator from Iowa  Click here ; Democrats ‘Still Don’t Get It’ on Guns  Click here ; Obama ticket hopefuls told that volunteer gig is involved   Click here ; Americans View Media Bias As Big Problem, Poll Shows  Click here ; Unabomber objects to cabin display at Newseum  Click here  

August 12, 2008 - Obama Will ‘End 30 Years of Ultra-Right Rule,’ Communist Paper Says  Click here ; Oil rebounds after brief fall below $113  Click here ; Dems' New National Platform Opposes Defense of Marriage Act   Click here ; One Third of New Owners Owe More Than House Is Worth   Click here ; Waning Warming Debate  Click here ; PETA wants to advertise vegan message on border fence  Click here  

August 11, 2008 - Obama tax policy would increase deficit, group says  Click here ; John Edwards's other woman believed she could help him make history   Click here ; Affair Put Press in A Touchy Situation   Click here ; Georgia 'overrun' by Russian troops as full-scale ground invasion begins   Click here ; Shoppers start dropping off, stinging Denver retailers  Click here ; 11-Year-Old Robs Walgreens, Police Say   Click here  

August 8, 2008 - Oil Leases on ‘68 Million Acres’ No Guarantee of Oil, Experts Say  Click here ; Olympics bring windfall to NBC - Will Obama suggest taking it from them?   Click here ; Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate   Click here ; Obama camp ponders: 'What does Hillary want?'   Click here ; TSA weighs airport gun ban  Click here ; Forecasters boost hurricane estimate   Click here  

August 7, 2008 - Obama Pledges ‘Total Equality’ for Same-Sex Families  Click here ; Drug Smuggler Gets Less Prison Time Than Border Agents  Click here ; Dems call on Edwards to address affair rumors   Click here ; Schools move to eject cars from campuses   Click here ; BP takes a step toward investing in nonfood biofuel   Click here ; 26 Cheerleaders Rescued From Crammed Elevator   Click here  

August 6, 2008 -  Growing doubts weaken Obama, polls show  Click here ; Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Not Ruling Out Having Name Put Up for Vote in Denver   Click here ; Tourists Cheer GOP in House Chamber over Energy Issue   Click here ; Gun-control groups fear top activist was NRA spy   Click here ; Social Security, Medicare are Disaster for Younger Generation, Economist Says  Click here; John Edwards-THE PHOTOS EVERYONE'S BEEN WAITING FOR!   Click here  

August 5, 2008 -  On second thought, Obama OK with offshore drilling  Click here ; Obama reverses two positions in new energy plan   Click here ; Oil falls as low as $118 on demand concerns   Click here ; Bush extends Mexican truck program   Click here ; Alaska Sues U.S. Over 'Threatened' Polar Bear Status   Click here ; Germany hails 'bullet-proof bra'   Click here  

August 4, 2008 -  Democratic Senators Not Ready to Say U.S. Is Winning the War  Click here ; MoveOn Targets McCain on Offshore Drilling and ‘Obscene’ Oil Profits   Click here ; Pelosi firm: No vote on offshore drilling   Click here ; Farrakhan blasts educational system  Click here ; Obama loses 9-point lead    Click here ; Texas defies World Court, Bush on execution   Click here  

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