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McCain at NAACP pledges more education options

John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school.

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McCain assailed for opposing adoptions by gays

Advocates for gay and lesbian parents are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to clarify Tuesday that he does not seek a federal ban on the practice.
Obama says New Yorker insulted Muslim Americans

Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday that the New Yorker magazine's satirical cover depicting him and his wife as flag-burning, fist-bumping radicals doesn't bother him but that it was an insult to Muslim Americans.
Obama tells NAACP blacks must take responsibility

Democrat Barack Obama received a prideful welcome from the annual NAACP convention Monday night, but in a stirring speech to the nation's oldest civil rights organization, he nonetheless insisted blacks must show greater responsibility for improving their own lives.
Born before computers, McCain is `too old' to some

So how old is John McCain? Six-packs, automatic transmissions and the American Express card were all introduced after he was born - not to mention computers, which McCain admits he doesn't use.
Magazine's 'satirical' Obama cover stirs outrage

A satirical New Yorker magazine cover cartoon depicting Barack Obama and his wife as flag-burning, fist-bumping radicals drew outrage from the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign as it appeared on newsstands Monday.
McCain touts free trade agenda to Hispanic group

Republican presidential candidate John McCain, in one of his strongest endorsements of free trade, called himself "an unapologetic supporter of NAFTA," an agreement that many Americans feel has cost them jobs.
Obama would send 2 more brigades to Afghanistan

Democrat Barack Obama said Monday that as president he would send at least two more combat brigades to Afghanistan, where U.S. soldiers face rising violence and endured their deadliest attack in three years on Sunday.
Like Obama, McCain devotes a day to women voters

Republican John McCain told a mostly female audience Friday that his plans to cut income, business and estate taxes would help women while Democrat Barack Obama's proposals would only erect new economic obstacles for them.
Obama dismisses conservative criticism

Democrat Barack Obama batted away conservative criticism Friday over a comment he made about Americans' lack of foreign language skills.
Fellow ex-POW eager to back McCain against Obama

In the decades since they shared a prison cell in North Vietnam, George "Bud" Day has remained a close friend of Republican John McCain and emerged as a staunch opponent of Democrats seeking the presidency.
McCain disagrees with adviser's 'whiners' remark

Republican John McCain distanced himself from an economic adviser who dubbed the United States "a nation of whiners" in a "mental recession" as Democrat Barack Obama turned the remarks against his rival.
Obama seeks info on Dodd in vice president search

Barack Obama's presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd as part of its search for a possible vice presidential candidate.
Anti-abortion group that battled McCain backs him

Just last year, the views of Wisconsin Right to Life and Sen. John McCain clashed in the Supreme Court - over McCain's signature campaign finance law, not abortion.
Obama targets women's issues with Clinton at hand

Going after the women's vote, Democrat Barack Obama chastised Republican John McCain on Thursday over his opposition to an equal-pay Senate bill, his support for conservative-leaning Supreme Court justices and his abortion-rights objections.
McCain dodges question on Viagra, contraceptives

Republican John McCain prides himself on being a straight talker. But he resisted being dragged into a discussion Wednesday about insurance companies that cover Viagra but not birth control products.
Obama accepts Jackson's apology for crude remark

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama shrugged off a crude comment aimed at him by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, accepting an apology for a remark Jackson made as he contended that Obama wasn't speaking to issues important to the black community.
In poll of pet owners, McCain tops Obama

If the presidential election were up to pet owners, John McCain could have a blue ribbon in his future.
McCain, Obama duel on economic fix-it plans

Barack Obama and John McCain agree on this much: The economy is staggering under the Bush administration, and Americans are hurting. But who's to blame and how best to fix it?
DNC, Obama to seek broad input for party platform

The Democratic National Committee and Barack Obama's presidential campaign will hold meetings in all 50 states to get voters more involved in developing the party platform.

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