Barack Obama has tapped Joseph
R. Biden Jr.
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One mystery solved: Barack Obama said Thursday that he has decided on his running mate.
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When it comes to presidential candidates’ extramarital affairs,
Democrats – at least in Iowa and New Hampshire – are much more apt
to be forgiving than Republicans.
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Finally, nearly five years into the Iraq war, John McCain sees
vindication at hand.
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The Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to pay
$50 million to 110 Eskimos to settle claims of sexual abuse by
priests and missionaries in some of the world’s most remote villages.
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Louis
J. Galen, a financier who was a leading figure for decades
in the savings and loan industry and a philanthropist closely tied to
his alma mater,
USC, died Monday at his home in Rancho Mirage after a
brief illness, his family said.
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Cuban-born Maria Carreira, the coauthor of two college Spanish
textbooks, can glide easily between her native tongue and English.
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A jury awarded developer Rick Caruso $74 million in compensatory
damages Thursday on his claim that the owner of the Glendale Galleria
made illegal business threats to try to prevent a restaurant chain
from moving into his competing complex.
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Despite benefiting from weaker than predicted weekend winds,
firefighters Sunday were unable to fully contain the last two
threatening Southern California wildfires, and authorities said one
of the blazes might not be surrounded by ground crews until Saturday.
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