Sep 05 2008

A pledge of bipartisanship

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ST. PAUL - Senator John McCain, returning to the themes that saved his once flailing presidential quest, last night accepted the Republican nomination with a promise to shake up Washington with a bipartisan strategy and patriotic flair, warning political stalwarts that "change is coming."

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Sep 05 2008

The maverick positions himself to court the moderates

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ST. PAUL - After thanking the Republican Party for a "privilege given few Americans - the privilege of accepting our party’s nomination," John McCain proceeded to distance himself from it, serving notice that he plans to run for president as the same independent-minded maverick who often dogged President Bush and the old GOP-led Congress.

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Sep 05 2008

$400m gift makes center on genomics permanent

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A record-setting $400 million gift announced yesterday will provide financial permanence for the Broad Institute, a Cambridge genomics research center that in just four years has become a worldwide leader in the effort to unravel the genetic basis of diseases.

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Sep 05 2008

At colleges, a new freshman rush

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Amherst College’s freshman orientation is an eight-day extravaganza, an array of activities from mountain hikes and whitewater rafting to cooking and ballroom dancing. Tufts University’s six-day calendar of events runs 35 pages, a smorgasbord of coffee klatches, carnivals, and scavenger hunts. Northeastern University’s "Welcome Week," which spans 11 days, features tours of Fenway Park, rock concerts, and shopping trips to …

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Sep 05 2008

Rice primed for historic Libya visit (AP)

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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado smile at each other during a news conference following their meeting Friday, Sept. 5 2008, at the Necessidades palace in Lisbon, ahead of a trip to North Africa that will take her to Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she’s excited about a landmark trip she will make to Libya on Friday, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the North African country in more than a half-century.


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Sep 05 2008

Southeast states brace for Tropical Storm Hanna (AP)

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This image provided by NOAA was taken at 6:45 a.m. EDT Friday Sept. 5, 2008. Tropical Storm Hanna can be seen chugging just east of the Bahamas headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it is expected to bring high winds and rain from South Carolina to Maine. Further east in the Atlantic is Hurricane Ike with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and the storm system to the right in the image Tropical Storm Josephine with 50 mph winds can be seen. (AP Photo/NOAA) .AP - Tropical storm watches or warnings were posted Friday from Georgia to New Jersey, and forecasters said Hanna could still become a hurricane before its expected arrival on U.S. shores.


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Sep 05 2008

McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for ‘change’ (AP)

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain waves to the crowed as he goes on stage at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.


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Sep 05 2008

Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent (AP)

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The dollar struck a near 11-month high versus the euro on news of slumping industrial output in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, and as the market awaited key US jobs data(AFP/Getty Images/File/Annie Tritt)AP - The nation’s unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike.


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Sep 05 2008

Pakistan restores 3 judges ousted by Musharraf (AP)

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Pakistani politician and former cricket star Imran Khan speaks against Asif Ali Zardari who is running for Pakistan's president in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Zardari, widower of Pakistan's slain political leader Benazir Bhutto,  will face off against two lightly regarded opponents when legislators meet Saturday to choose a president to fill the gap created when former military strongman Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure last month. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - Pakistan’s law minister says three Supreme Court judges ousted by ex-president Pervez Musharraf have returned to the bench, but not the deposed chief justice.


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Sep 05 2008

US warship carries aid to Georgian port of Poti (AP)

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The flagship of the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, the USS Mount Whitney, arriving to the Georgian port Poti, with more aid for Georgia,   Friday, Sept. 5, 2008.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - The flagship of the U.S. Navy’s Mediterranean fleet anchored outside the key Georgian port of Poti on Friday, bringing in tons of humanitarian aid to a port still partially occupied by hundreds of Russian troops.


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Sep 03 2008

Standing on McCain’s record

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ST. PAUL - After suspending political activities for a day in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav, Republicans led by President Bush last night inaugurated their truncated national convention by celebrating nominee John McCain’s record of military service and political independence.

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Sep 03 2008

Palin’s Alaskan town proud, wary

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WASILLA, Alaska - Sharing coffee and doughnuts at a plastic table in the back of Carr’s Quality Center supermarket, Lou Hoffman and Dave Chatterton savored the image of their former mayor, Sarah Palin, mixing it up at a Beltway soiree.

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