http://www.macon.com/272/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2008 Macon Telegraph Politics - Wire 60 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:47:23 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/272/story/396918.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396918.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:26 EDT John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats. http://www.macon.com/272/story/397440.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/397440.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:31 EDT IN THE HEADLINES http://www.macon.com/272/story/396907.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396907.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:26 EDT Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November. http://www.macon.com/272/story/396913.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396913.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:51 EDT President Bush spoke out Sunday on the Beijing Olympics and North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens, two sensitive issues in Asia, before turning attention to global talks on the Earth's rising temperature and oil prices. http://www.macon.com/272/story/397054.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/397054.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:21 EDT Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them. http://www.macon.com/272/story/397506.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/397506.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:01 EDT Wedged between America's Independence Day and a summit of world leaders, President Bush's 62nd birthday got shortchanged this year. http://www.macon.com/272/story/397602.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/397602.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:26 EDT TITLE: "Balance." http://www.macon.com/272/story/397539.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/397539.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:52 EDT President Bush on Sunday defended removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and attending the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics as world leaders assembled to address soaring gas prices, climate change and African aid. http://www.macon.com/272/story/396962.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396962.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:26 EDT Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts. http://www.macon.com/272/story/397499.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/397499.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:11 EDT Democrats bent on showing they can govern and Republicans anxious about a sour re-election climate are pushing a pared-down summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists. http://www.macon.com/272/story/397573.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/397573.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:26 EDT There's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies? http://www.macon.com/272/story/396513.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396513.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:28 EDT IN THE HEADLINES http://www.macon.com/272/story/397086.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/397086.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:16 EDT Republican John McCain, who has made support for President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, is getting from help from a veterans group that's launching a national TV ad campaign next week. http://www.macon.com/272/story/396517.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396517.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:43 EDT "Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement. http://www.macon.com/272/story/396912.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396912.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:46 EDT Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer. http://www.macon.com/272/story/396920.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396920.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:36 EDT The government on Saturday increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect although investigators are testing other types of fresh produce. http://www.macon.com/272/story/396972.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396972.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:16 EDT Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week. http://www.macon.com/272/story/397167.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/397167.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:38 EDT Malia Obama told her parents that spending her 10th birthday helping her father campaign for the presidency far from home and "rocking out" with her family after takeout in a modest hotel room was the best she has ever had. http://www.macon.com/272/story/396427.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396427.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:16 EDT Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road. http://www.macon.com/272/story/396922.html http://www.macon.com/272/story/396922.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:16 EDT President Bush, serving almost seven years as a wartime president, marked the nation's 232nd birthday by honoring the U.S. armed forces and celebrating the citizenship of new Americans.