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Barack Obamas ticket to the White House was possible because of the unanimous support of students and young adults...Thousands spent countless hours instead knocking on doors to make a case for Barack Obama, the man who would be elected the next President...
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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said today that his daughter's death the weekend before the election served as a reminder that family is more important than politics. Illinois' senior senator lost his 40-year-old daughter, Christine, due to complications from...
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The Nation of Islam leader says having a black president does not mean the end of racial inequity in the U.S. November 10, 2008 Farrakhan said many John McCain voters were older whites living in the South, and that it pained them to see a black person...
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I got a phone call from a reader the other day who asked, How is it that Tuesday's election was about change in Washington but the status quo in Raleigh? I think the answer is that North Carolina's election was nationalized. When voters went to the polls...
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Matt Kenseth has won at least one Cup race every year since 2001, but he hasn't won this year. Jeff Gordon has won at least two races in every season since 1994...Neither has Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Juan Pablo Montoya, Brian Vickers nor Casey Mears.
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Gov. Ted Strickland placed the director of the state Department of Job and Family Services on paid leave yesterday for possibly using a state computer and e-mail account for political fundraising. E-mails obtained by The Dispatch show that Helen Jones-Kelley's...
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Czech politicians congratulate Barack Obama Czech officials have congratulated Barack Obama on his election victory. Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek said Barack Obama had run an inspirational campaign and raised the hopes of millions of people not just...
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ALL forms of infrastructure in South Australia including electricity, dams, roads and even footpaths will be severely affected by climate change, a new report has found. Experts from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering have...
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People across the globe are celebrating Democrat Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election. Some world leaders have congratulated Mr. Obama on his historic win, while highlighting some of the global challenges he will face. Leta Hong Fincher...
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A generation ago, what North Carolinian would imagine that a black man could carry the state in a presidential contest? But Wednesday, Tar Heels began considering what it means that Barack Obama seems to have won North Carolina, along with her sister...
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