Economy crisis hits paradise - MSNBC

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic - The ocean glows a milky turquoise. Tiny waves lap at the powder-beige sand, in no rush to reach the line of postcard-perfect palm trees. Hundreds of luxury villas are positioned to take in the view, but there are no ...

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Obama Finally Fastest In TV Ad Wars - Huffingtonpost.com

The 13-minute Obama campaign video on John McCain and the Keating savings & loan industry fiasco. It's all negative all the time now in the TV ad wars. For once, Team Obama has stolen a march on Team McCain in the campaign hit parade. And its attack ...

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McCain slams Obama on 'redistribution of wealth' - Boston Globe

Conservative bloggers and websites have been flogging it, and now John McCain's campaign has put its imprimatur on it: a newly disclosed radio interview in which Democratic rival Barack Obama talks about the redistribution of wealth. The interview ...

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John McCain, No ‘Hero’ to Foo Fighters - Wall Street Journal

Nothing has ever given us reason to link John McCain to the Foo Fighters. Now that’s changed. You guessed it, the band — fronted by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl (pictured) — is objecting to McCain’s use of its song “My Hero� on the ...

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Biden: McCain 'Used to Be a Close Friend' - ABC News Blogs

ABC News' Matt Jaffe reports: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., can barely mention Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., without calling the Republican presidential candidate "a good friend," but while ripping GOP campaign tactics today, Biden used the past tense when ...

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Make-Believe Maverick - Rolling Stone

A t Fort McNair, an army base located along the Potomac River in the nation's capital, a chance reunion takes place one day between two former POWs. It's the spring of 1974, and Navy commander John Sidney McCain III has returned home from the ...

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McCain to Obama: I Have 'Guts' to Bring Up Ayers - ABC News Blogs

Speaking to a St. Louis radio station on Tuesday, John McCain said that Barack Obama's recent suggestion that McCain does not have guts to raise the Bill Ayers issue to his face "probably ensured" that the former Weather Underground leader will come ...

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