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Bloomberg - July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama says he will be ''greedy'' in his quest to break the Republican Party's decades-long hold on the South.

Bloomberg - July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama says he will be ''greedy'' in his quest to break the Republican Party's decades-long hold on the South.

In summer 2003, an Illinois state senator used a new law to collect campaign contributions six times the normal limit for his insurgent U.S. Senate race against a multimillionaire securities trader.

WASHINGTON -- John mccain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats.

Politico - Barack obama has proved to be a difficult target to hit — just ask Hillary Rodham clinton. Opposition researchers, though, hope that they’ve found a weapon to wound Obama in his own voice as recorded for the Grammy Award-winning audio version of his 1995 memoir, “Dreams from My Father.”

AP - Enthusiastic churchgoers welcome obama at St. Louis event ... mccain sees himself a GOP underdog in an election year in which trends favor Democrats ... obama's daughter turns 10 in Montana, says 'best birthday' ever

AP - Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November.

WASHINGTON -- John Kerry says Republican John mccain doesn't have the judgment to be president.

WASHINGTON -- There's a great unknown about Sen. John mccain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies?

Politico - "I don't think there's any question that Barack obama should change his plan in Iraq,” Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said early last week, setting a trap. "He is now clinging to a very ideological commitment."