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On the streets of one battleground state, one can easily witness the divisions of a nation

Setting aside recriminations, Bill and Hillary clinton to begin campaigning for Barack Obama

Bush, allies put on joint front in effort to calm jittery investors in financial crisis

Race will matter on Election Day. But it's not about black and white

Hurricane Norbert strikes Mexico's Baja California peninsula, blowing down roofs and causing residents to flee to shelters.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 6-point lead over republican rival john mccain in the U.S. presidential race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday.

Republican john mccain or Democrat Barack Obama will walk into the Oval Office Jan. 20 facing the grimmest economic landscape in decades: perhaps 8 percent of the nation's workforce unemployed, millions more families whose wealth in homes and stocks has...

North Korea agrees to US nuclear inspection demands, then dropped from US terrorism blacklist

North Korea says it will resume dismantling nuclear facilities at Yongbyon complex

A leak at a western Pennsylvania chemical plant formed a toxic cloud on Saturday. Some residents fled their homes while others huddled indoors with windows shut, authorities said. Officials said three people were taken to area hospitals.