| NARAL Pro-Choice America backs Obama (AP) |  AP - Democrat Barack Obama has won the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a leading abortion rights advocacy organization that has supported rival Hillary Rodham Clinton throughout her political career.
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| Republicans Say House Loss May Signal More Setbacks (Bloomberg) | | Bloomberg - May 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. House Republicans said an
election loss in Mississippi yesterday may portend widespread
voter rejection in the November races, and some complained that
party leaders are failing to provide an adequate election-year
strategy and agenda. | | 1h 48min 44sec ago | |
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| Congress pushes pay raise for troops (AP) | | AP - Congress wants a 3.9 percent pay raise for troops next year — more than President Bush wants but in synch with a broader election-year effort by lawmakers to boost benefits for service members and veterans. | | 1h 56min 11sec ago | |
| List of bloggers selected for Dem Convention (AP) | | AP - A list of blogs selected by the Democratic National Convention Committee for a "state blogging corps" to be seated with state delegations during the Aug. 25-28 event in Denver. The committee also plans to credential a "General Blogger Pool" of local, state and national political bloggers for the convention. | | 2h 18min 58sec ago | | | |
| Emergency network plan revived (AP) |  AP - The Federal Communications Commission agreed unanimously Wednesday to try again to create a nationwide emergency communications network after an earlier plan failed to attract sufficient support from private investors.
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| NARAL Pro-Choice backs Obama (AP) |  AP - Democrat Barack Obama has won the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America. The leading abortion rights advocacy organization has supported rival Hillary Rodham Clinton throughout her political career.
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| U.S. House Democratic leader praises Colombia gov't (Reuters) | | Reuters - Colombia's decision to extradite 14
former paramilitary leaders to the United States to face
drug-trafficking and other charges was praised on Wednesday by
a leading Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, who
said it could improve the outlook for a free-trade deal. | | 3h 5min 19sec ago | |
| O'Connor makes personal plea for Alzheimer's aid (AP) |  AP - Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor took her family's private battle with Alzheimer's disease public Wednesday as she urged Congress to speed research and aid to fight the coming epidemic of the mind-destroying illness.
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| Clinton pushes on with uphill White House bid (Reuters) |  Reuters - Hillary Clinton's landslide West
Virginia victory barely made a dent in Barack Obama's lead in
the Democratic presidential race, but his renewed trouble
winning white working-class support could raise warning flags
for November.
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| Obama woos working-class voters in Michigan (AP) |  AP - Democrat Barack Obama, campaigning in a state that poses several problems for him in the fall, appealed to working-class voters Wednesday with a pledge to pump an extra $200 million a year into efforts to revitalize the nation's manufacturing sector.
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| McCain meets with Osteen (Politico) | | Politico - Continuing his effort to reach out to evangelicals, John McCain had a private meeting with Joel Osteen last weekend. The two met in a Houston hotel on Saturday following a finance event McCain had there. | | 5h 50sec ago | |
| Three former U.S. SEC chairmen endorse Obama (Reuters) |  Reuters - Three former chairmen of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission endorsed Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday, bolstering
the Illinois senator's economic credentials and bipartisan
appeal as he closes in on his party's nomination.
| | 5h 40min 47sec ago | | | |
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