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John McCain has erased Barack obama's 10-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup, leaving him essentially tied with both Democratic candidates in a new Associated Press-Ipsos national poll.

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FANS OF TV's raunchy cartoon sit-com "The Family Guy" are used to seeing strange things - a talking dog dating a hot 20-something voiced by Drew Barrymore, for example - but this past Sunday night fans of the show here in Philadelphia were treated to something they probably never thought they'd see.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she is the only presidential candidate who will begin a prompt drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq, and rival Sen. Barack obama cast himself as the one best able to turn the nation's economy around.

AS BARACK obama campaigned again in Philadelphia's suburbs yesterday, Hillary Clinton ran the first true attack ad of the Pennsylvania primary.

Despite his early suggestions otherwise, Barack obama may opt out of public financing for the general election, the first time a major party candidate has done so since the system was implemented in 1974, reports Brian Montopoli.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack obama says if elected president he won't require that his appointees to the Joint Chiefs of Staff support allowing gays to serve openly in the military....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Sen. John McCain has erased Sen. Barack obama's 10-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup, leaving him essentially tied with both Democratic candidates in an Associated Press-Ipsos national poll released Thursday....

Barack obama's greatest influence was a woman most Americans know nothing about. How her uncommon life shaped his views of the world