ATLANTA, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) Barack Obama's election as U.S. president has provoked a rise in hate crimes against ethnic minorities, civil rights groups said on Monday. ... > full story
BOSTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) Passions flared in a Maine town on Thursday over a sign in a store asking customers to place bets on an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama. ... > full story
WESTMINSTER, Maryland, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) Worried by racial tensions churned up by the U.S. presidential election, teachers at one U.S. high school braced for the worst in their majority white community the morning after Barack Obama was elected the country's first black president. ... > full story
ATLANTA, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) The election of the first black president in U.S. history should send a powerful signal to young black Americans: If Barack Obama made it, so can you. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) President-elect Barack Obama will have a chance to appoint dozens of sympathetic judges to U.S. federal courts over the next four years, reversing the judiciary's shift to the right under President George W. Bush. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2008 (Reuters) President-elect Barack Obama said on Friday he wanted Congress to pass another stimulus package as soon as possible to stabilize the U.S. economy. ... > full story
ATLANTA, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) The election of Barack Obama as the first black U.S. president should help revive America's image abroad as a land of opportunity for all. ... > full story
HONG KONG, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) Former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell on Wednesday hailed Barack Obama's U.S. presidential election victory as a historic day in race relations but played down the likelihood of joining Obama's administration. ... > full story
ATLANTA, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) For Americans burdened by a sense of history, something once unthinkable has happened. The United States has elected a black president. ... > full story
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) Dashing across battleground states in the final race to Tuesday's polls, Joe Biden never fails to bring up his working-class, Irish Roman Catholic roots and the hard times his family faced. ... > full story
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NATO chief congratulates Obama Nov. 5, 2008 (People's Daily, China) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Wednesday congratulated Barack Obama on his election as U.S. president. . "I offer warm ...
Good grief! New Peanuts videos released online Nov. 5, 2008 (FindLaw) Barack Obama, John McCain ... or Linus?. . In a batch of 20 new webisodes, Charlie Brown and the gang have been brought back to animated life, much ...
Even Nader's sound bites bite Nov. 5, 2008 (Lexington Herald-Leader, Kentucky) This is from MSNBC's First Read blog.. . . . . . Ralph Nader closed his third-party presidential campaign Tuesday at a small press conference in ...
Final Push: Campaigns Bring Big Names Nov. 3, 2008 (NBC 4 Columbus (WCMH)) The campaigns are bringing in the big guns as the clock winds down to Election Day.. . NBC 4's Paul Stelzer reported that both sides are calling in ...