Edwards endorses Obama in move to unify support
9:07PM CT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy.
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Third House loss shakes GOP, raises fears for fall
8:12PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Stunned House Republicans vowed campaign changes Wednesday and debated the wisdom of attacking Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama in congressional races after their third straight election defeat in once-friendly territory.
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McCain's wife sells Sudan-related investments
8:13PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cindy McCain, whose husband has been a critic of the violence in Sudan, sold off more than $2 million in mutual funds whose holdings include companies that do business in the African nation.
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Obama appeals to working whites in Michigan
8:12PM CT
WARREN, Mich. (AP) - One day after an embarrassing rejection by West Virginia's blue-collar voters, Barack Obama on Wednesday plunged into the task of convincing working-class whites that he understands them and will do more to help them hold their jobs and pay their bills than Republican John McCain.
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Clinton to press ahead, regrets racial tension
8:25PM CT
NEW YORK (AP) - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to remain in the presidential race until the final primaries next month while her campaign built a case that she now leads in the popular vote if the disputed contests in Michigan and Florida are counted.
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Dems raise money together
5:26PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can agree on one thing — they want their party to have more money, no matter who is the nominee.
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Obama, Clinton surrogates stump in Puerto Rico
8:33PM CT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Two prominent surrogates of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton stumped for the candidates Wednesday, a sign of how important this U.S. island territory's primary next month has become.
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Kentucky demographics favor Clinton
4:25PM CT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Add a shot of whiskey and a pinch of tobacco and, politically, Kentucky is a lot like neighboring West Virginia — Clinton country.
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NARAL Pro-Choice America backs Obama
4:01PM CT
NEW YORK (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama has won the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a leading abortion rights advocacy organization that has supported rival Hillary Rodham Clinton throughout her political career.
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Analysis: Maybe Obama should worry
2:26AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama is in hot pursuit of general election voters, hoping America won't notice he got his head handed to him in West Virginia.
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