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  • DELAWARE, Ohio - Housing tracts in farm fields aren't the only odd sights showing up in spreading exurbs like this one north of Columbus. Democrats are venturing out here, too, giving the party hope it can win battleground states by at least diluting these local Republican strongholds they know they can't win outright.




    ">Dems send aid into traditionally GOP 'exurbs'
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  • Christian leaders meet privately with Obama AP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
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  • Election News
    • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., climbs the stairs as he boards his charter plane at Lambert St. Louis International airport in St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
      Obama starts general campaign as favorite in Iowa AP - 7 minutes ago

      DES MOINES, Iowa - A political infrastructure that pushed Barack Obama to victory in the Iowa caucuses and an increase in Democratic voter registration make him the favorite in the state in November, but an intense catch-up effort could put Republican John McCain back in the game, veteran political strategists in both parties say.

    • Tim Prindle, a manager of Crossroads Music in Delaware, Ohio, talks about the future of the Democratic Party at the store Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Prindle said the election returns are going to hinge on things other than what the Democrats do. 'It depends on how badly the Republicans screw it up,' said Prindle, a Democrat who voted for Obama in his failed primary in Ohio. 'I just saw a bumper sticker that said, 'When Bush took office, gas was $1.47.' Right next to an Obama sticker.' (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
      Dems send aid into traditionally GOP 'exurbs' AP - 3 minutes ago

      DELAWARE, Ohio - Housing tracts in farm fields aren't the only odd sights showing up in spreading exurbs like this one north of Columbus. Democrats are venturing out here, too, giving the party hope it can win battleground states by at least diluting these local Republican strongholds they know they can't win outright.

    • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill. speaks to the media, Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
      Christian leaders meet privately with Obama AP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

      CHICAGO - Barack Obama discussed Darfur, the Iraq war, gay rights, abortion and other issues Tuesday with Christian leaders, including conservatives who have been criticized for praising the Democratic presidential candidate.

    • World Politics News

      • This image released by the  United Nations Environment Program shows a satellite image taken between Dec. 21, 2006 and March 26, 2007 of the capital of Senegal, Dakar, a metropolitan area with 2.5 million people spread over  the Cap Verde Peninsula. The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas Tuesday June 10, 2008 that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa. The nearly 400-page publication features over 300 satellite images taken in every African country. (AP Photo/United Nations Environment Program)
        Atlas shows effects of climate change on Africa AP - Tue Jun 10, 9:16 PM ET

        JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas Tuesday that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa.

      • Interactive graphic on the referendum in Ireland on the European Union's controversial new Treaty of Lisbon, which could deal a devastating blow to the 27-nation bloc if the
        Final push in Ireland's knife-edge EU poll battle AFP - Tue Jun 10, 7:18 PM ET

        DUBLIN (AFP) - Ireland risks bringing the European Union "to a halt" if it rejects a disputed new EU treaty this week, Prime Minister Brian Cowen warned Tuesday ahead of a crunch referendum watched anxiously in Europe.

      • Bush Wins EU Backing for More Iranian Bank Sanctions Bloomberg - Tue Jun 10, 3:44 PM ET

        June 10 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush won backing from the European Union for tighter sanctions against Iranian banks, another step aimed at hampering Iran's ability to build nuclear weapons.

      Supreme Court News

      • Supreme Court police officers stand in front of the US Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC. A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a lawsuit challenging the legality of the US military's ban on homosexuals, an issue with so many ups and downs it will likely end up in the US Supreme Court.(AFP/File/Manny Ceneta)
        US court again dismisses challenge to military ban on gays AFP - Tue Jun 10, 10:29 AM ET

        WASHINGTON (AFP) - A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a lawsuit challenging the legality of the US military's ban on homosexuals, an issue with so many ups and downs it will likely end up in the US Supreme Court.

      • $79 million smoker case not over The Christian Science Monitor - Tue Jun 10, 4:00 AM ET

        Washington - The US Supreme Court has agreed once again to take up the case of a smoker's widow in Oregon who was awarded $79.5 million in punitive damages against the tobacco firm Philip Morris.

      • Justices rule against public employee who lost job AP - Mon Jun 9, 2:54 PM ET

        WASHINGTON - Individual government workers generally cannot make a constitutional case out of their workplace discrimination claims, the Supreme Court said Monday in a ruling that leaves public employees with fewer legal options than those in the private sector.

      Most Popular Politics News

      • Democratic Presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally in Bristow, Virginia, June 5, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
        Christian leaders meet privately with Obama AP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

        CHICAGO - Barack Obama discussed Darfur, the Iraq war, gay rights, abortion and other issues Tuesday with Christian leaders, including conservatives who have been criticized for praising the Democratic presidential candidate.

      • Activists of the India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party take part in a protest against the hike in fuel prices in New Delhi June 10, 2008. (Danish Ismail/Reuters)
        Senate Republicans block windfall taxes on Big Oil AP - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

        WASHINGTON - Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming.

      • Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, gestures while speaking outside of the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn., Friday, May 30, 2008, prior to the start of the State Republican Convention inside.  (AP Photo/Thomas Whisenand)
        Paul to hold rival event during GOP convention AP - Tue Jun 10, 5:55 PM ET

        AUSTIN, Texas - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is planning a daylong rally in Minnesota during the Republican National Convention that could draw attention from the presumed nominee John McCain.

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