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McCain to seek his own Joe-mentum?
The Swampby James Oliphant, and updated UPDATE: McCain told a Pittsburgh radio station Thursday that he has not yet made a decision on a running mate. McCain instead joked that actor Wilford Brimley would be a good choice, since he......Tags: Radio Industry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Joe Lieberman, Arlen Specter, Ohio
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Joe Biden: McCain is 'more of the same'
The Swampby Mark Silva DENVER -- "More of the same.'' That's how Joe Biden hopes to distill the campaign of John McCain. "Change.'' That's how Barack Obama hopes to distill his own campaign. Obama has a running mate now, a guy......Tags: Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Scranton, Colleges and Universities, State Budgets
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Barack Obama's mile-high cry for change
The Swampby Mark Silva DENVER -- Under a cloudless and darkened sky on a cool night on a field a mile high, Barack Obama walks the length of a dark blue-carpeted stage with a lighted colonnade evocative of the West Wing......Tags: Jennifer Hudson, Armed Conflicts, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Alternative Energy
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Minnesota news in brief at 8:58 p.m. CDT
John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention. Two senior campaign officials disclosed McCain's decision a few hours...Tags: Police Arrests, Political Candidates, Ohio, Religious Leaders, Alaska
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Md. medical team heading to Louisiana for storm help
The Associated PressA medical strike team will leave Maryland for Louisiana to help Gulf Coast states deal with Hurricane Gustav, the governor's office said. Five advanced life support ambulances and six support vehicles staffed by 26 people will leave early Saturday. Gov....Tags: Louisiana, Maryland, Martin O'Malley, Government, Hurricane Gustav
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Palin a gun-toting former beauty queen known for ambition and grit
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe country, most of it anyway, got its first glimpse Friday of Sarah Heath Palin, John McCain's selection as his running mate, and the near-universal reaction was: Who? Palin is breathtakingly unlike any other vice presidential pick in American...Tags: John Harris, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Basketball, Lower House, Political Candidates
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Illinois, Missouri governors bet on football game
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has made a friendly wager with Missouri Governor Matt Blunt over Saturday's Illinois-Missouri football game. Blagojevich's office says the losing governor will issue a proclamation in their home state congratulating the...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Regional Authority, Fighting Illini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Government
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Indiana reaction to McCain choosing Palin as VP
Indiana reaction to Republican presidential candidate John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate: ------ "John McCain has chosen wisely. In selecting Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has again...Tags: Steve Buyer, Mike Pence, Democratic Party, Political Candidates, Republican Party
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Sarah Palin, Vogue magazine
In two short years, Sarah Palin moved from small-town mayor with a taste for mooseburgers to the governor's office and now -- making history -- to John McCain's side as the first female running mate on a Republican presidential ticket. She's even made...Tags: Endangered Species, Natural Resources, Political Candidates, Ohio, Republican Party
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Ill. spent millions securing prison set to close
Associated Press WriterIllinois spent more than $17 million in the late 1990s and early part of this decade turning the Pontiac prison the governor plans to close into a specialized lockup to keep hundreds of the state's most violent and destructive prisoners away from other...Tags: Thomson Corporation, State Budgets, Rod Blagojevich, Iowa, Unions
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