BEIJING, Aug. 25, 2008 (Reuters) Beijing began winding down from the Olympics on Monday, with athletes, officials and journalists clearing out of their residential halls and packing buses to the airport. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Aug. 12, 2008 (Reuters) Isaac Hayes, the deep-voiced soul music star who won an Oscar for writing the theme song to the movie "Shaft," died over the weekend from a stroke related to high blood pressure, Memphis authorities said on Tuesday. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) Oscar-winning soul singer Isaac Hayes who, along with Al Green, James Brown and Stevie Wonder, was one of the dominant black artists in the early 1970s, died in Memphis on Sunday. He was 65. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2008 (Reuters) A New York City nightclub worker has confessed to beating a woman to death during a Sunday night birthday celebration for rapper Lil' Kim, the police commissioner said. ... > full story
RACINE, Wisconsin, July 31, 2008 (Reuters) Republican White House hopeful John McCain's campaign accused Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday of playing racial politics in some of the most biting back-and-forth of the presidential campaign. ... > full story
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The Dems Need to Take Their Eye Off the Obama Ball July 31, 2008 (TPM Café) Most Democrats are exited about the election and that excitement comes from and is squarely directed at Obama. He is awesome and his campaign ...
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Housing Bill Aids Democratic Ally July 31, 2008 (Wall Street Journal) The housing bill signed Wednesday by President George W. Bush will provide a stream of billions of dollars for distressed homeowners and ...
Congressional Democrats Confident of November Gains July 31, 2008 (Yahoo! News) This Sunday will mark exactly 100 days until Election Day on Nov. 4 -- a political milestone of sorts that gave the leaders of the campaign ...