CEDARBURG, Wisconsin, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail after their party conventions, clashed over the ailing U.S. economy on Friday as unemployment hit its highest monthly rate in nearly five years. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) The Bush administration will withdraw a civilian nuclear pact with Russia soon as a penalty for its invasion of Georgia last month, a State Department official said on Friday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) America's pain at the gasoline pump has been years in the making, but there will be a big push in Congress next week, when lawmakers return from summer break, to fix the problem by expanding offshore oil drilling. ... > full story
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) A long-delayed natural gas pipeline championed by Gov. Sarah Palin that would carry supplies from Alaska to Canada and then to the lower 48 states exists in concept only and is years away from fruition. ... > full story
ST. PAUL, Sep. 1, 2008 (Reuters) The 17-year-old unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child. ... > full story
VIENNA, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) The United States has told six nations its bid to lift a global ban on nuclear trade with India has stumbled over their objections and pressed them at a New Delhi meeting to give way, diplomats said on Friday. ... > full story
DENVER, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) - Al Gore, who lost the 2000 election but has become a world leader on the environment, was embraced at the Democratic Party's convention on Thursday as a comeback hero -- with a warning against John McCain and climate change. ... > full story
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday signed a bill giving the state authority to award TransCanada Corp a license to build and operate a multibillion-dollar pipeline to ship natural gas from the North Slope. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) A panel of federal appeals court judges pushed a U.S. government lawyer on Wednesday to answer why FBI letters sent out to Internet service providers seeking information should remain secret. ... > full story
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