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McCain and Obama clash on economy

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

U.S. seeks $8 billion from Congress for highway funding

WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The Bush administration on Friday sought $8 billion immediately from Congress to close a fast growing shortfall in tax receipts used to reimburse states for highway construction projects. ...  > full story

Congress faces big push on offshore drilling

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

Alaska gas project hailed by Palin still embryonic

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

Lobbyist Abramoff gets 4 more years in prison

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced on Thursday to serve four more years in prison in a corruption scandal that rocked Washington's power elite and helped Republicans lose control of Congress. ...  > full story

Moose hunter Palin draws comedians' fire

LOS ANGELES, Sep. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — The hunter is becoming the hunted. ...  > full story

U.S. to announce over $1 billion in aid for Georgia

WASHINGTON, Sep. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — The Bush administration will announce on Wednesday an aid package of more than $1 billion to help Georgia rebuild after its war with Russia over the separatist enclave of South Ossetia last month, U.S. officials said. ...  > full story

Cheney gives Caucasus allies message of support

BAKU, Sep. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States has a deep interest in the wellbeing of its allies in the Caucasus region, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday during a visit to Azerbaijan. ...  > full story

Record California budget impasse to press on

SAN FRANCISCO, Sep. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — California will extend its record two-month-old budget impasse as Republicans in the state legislature's minority craft a plan that Democrats are sure to kill this week or next, lawmakers and their aides said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Bush in low-key role at McCain convention

WASHINGTON, Sep. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — President George W. Bush tried on Tuesday to rally support for John McCain as the Republican presidential nominee, even as their party's convention relegated the unpopular Bush to an eight-minute satellite message. ...  > full story
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