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Election of Obama provokes rise in U.S. hate crimes

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

Uproar in Maine over Obama assassination sign

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

White community adapts to Obama reality

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

Obama as role model for black youth? Not so fast

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

Obama likely to push courts away from right

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

Obama wants economic stimulus package passed quickly

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

Obama win does not end racism, activists say

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

Emotional Powell hails Obama's "inclusive" victory

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

Obama victory signals shift in race relations

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

Joe "O'Biden" plays up working-class, Catholic roots

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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