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ABC News independently checks debate claims by Barack Obama and john mccain.

An Army soldier from Sacramento was shot and killed in Iraq, the Pentagon said today. Sgt. Michael Kyle Clark, 24, died Oct. 7 in Mosul of wounds from small-arms fire, authorities said. He was on his second deployment to Iraq. Clark, a fire support...

One of the most conservative districts in the state appears to be up for grabs this time

The fractured ownership of today's mortgages, in a declining housing market, complicates the effort to buy up bad loans

As my son enjoys his junior year of college, including spending a semester studying abroad, I'm once again struck with the deepest since of gratitude for my decision to stand by my belief that every life is precious and every child born can become an extraordinary person.

Months after California's Supreme Court issued a decision creating same-sex marriage, a group of first-graders was exposed to a same-sex marriage ceremony in san francisco.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks plummeted, led by an 11 percent drop on Japan's Nikkei, and oil prices dropped to a one-year low on Thursday as fears grew of a more protracted and sharp global slowdown than initially expected.

McCain attacked all night-hurting himself more than Obama.

John mccain came out of the gate strong, but Barack Obama gained strength as the night progressed Wednesday in the final presidential debate where each candidate tried to convince voters that he is better equipped to steer the nation through these troubled times.

Facts went astray once again before a large national audience when Democrat Barack Obama and republican john mccain engaged in their final presidential debate on Wednesday.