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Right Turn in July Put McCain on Unfamiliar Path

John McCain's campaign was meandering through the summer, one day focusing on the Everglades, the next on Iraq and hardly ever on Barack Obama, when a small group of top advisers took the candidate aside and told him to make a choice.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-05-2008
Obama Makes History

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the nation's 44th president yesterday, riding a reformist message of change and an inspirational exhortation of hope to become the first African American to ascend to the White House.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
In Ordeal as Captive, Character Was Shaped

HANOI The lake into which John McCain parachuted after his Navy plane was shot down is now surrounded by chic restaurants, cellphone stores and motorcycle dealerships. The prison camp where he confessed to being a "black criminal" has been turned into a multiplex cinema showing garish American...

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For Many Americans, Fear and Distrust Run High

The leaders of the country said: Trust us. The people said: Not this time.

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Calif. Field Goes from Rush To Reflection of Global Limits

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. In May 1899, a pair of oil prospectors wielding picks and shovels dug into a bank of the Kern River where some gooey liquid had seeped to the surface. About 45 feet down, they hit oil, and when the local newspaper printed the news, it set off an oil rush that swept up hundred...

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Bush Attempts to Allay Fears About the Economy

President Bush sought yesterday to reassure shaky markets and frightened consumers about worsening financial conditions, and he blamed congressional Democrats for not acting quickly enough to tackle the nation's economic troubles.

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Oil Price Defies Easy Calculation

Is there a fair price for oil? It doesn't seem that way. Over the past year, the price of crude oil has nearly doubled even though oil inventories are ample, there has been no disruption in supplies, and petroleum demand in the United States, the world's biggest consumer, has leveled off in recent...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-10-2008
Congress To Hear Of Gains In Iraq

In a reprise of their testimony last September, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker plan to tell Congress today and tomorrow that security has improved in Iraq and that the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has taken steps toward political reconciliation and...

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Gore Launches Ambitious Advocacy Campaign on Climate

Former vice president Al Gore will launch a three-year, $300 million campaign Wednesday aimed at mobilizing Americans to push for aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, a move that ranks as one of the most ambitious and costly public advocacy campaigns in U.S. history.

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Clinton, Crying Foul -- or Craftily Playing the Game?

In case anyone doubted that Bill Clinton still harbors considerable resentment toward the press, it bubbled to the surface last week.

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