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Icy fishing opener poses challenges

Rochester schools have plan to close achievement gap

Hockey clears House hurdle

May Darn Fine Ladies Breakfast (5/12/08)

Bomber’s Final Messages Exhort Fighters Against U.S.

McCain-Obama race starts to take shape

Pawlenty signs compensation package for bridge victims

Legislators OK higher dropout age, minimum-wage hike

NY Times Editorial: Sen. Clinton and the Campaign

The Lucrative Art of War

Car full of weapons lands US soldier in Mexican jail

Tanks, missiles roll through Red Square on Victory Day

Obama wins 2 more superdelegates; Clinton keeps campaigning

Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods

UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies

WALZ VOTES TO ADDRESS HOUSING CRISIS, BOLSTER STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIES

Michele Bachmann: Officially Shameless

More on Farm Bill Conference Agreement

Rep. Colin Peterson announces farm bill conference agreement

GOP convention gets a new spin: Free bikes

Organized labor sharpens campaign against John McCain as Barack Obama solidifies front-runner status

Bush nominates Va. judge to fill vacancy on 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

Obama accuses McCain of ‘losing his bearings,’ McCain camp says comment highlights his age

Republican wants to ban torture but allow CIA freer rein in interrogations

Sen. Norm Coleman says candidate Al Franken has shifted stances on positions, demeanor

House OKs massive homeowner rescue plan to provide cheaper mortgages, defying Bush veto threat

Cindy McCain says she won’t release her tax returns even if her husband wins the White House

Fla. Dems ask national party to seat presidential delegation at party convention

Lawmakers finish farm bill as White House repeats opposition

House passes bill to lower the cost of making pennies and nickels

Clinton presses ahead, urges supporters to ignore calls for her to abandon presidential race

Transportation bill is retooled to boost its chances

Michigan Democrats agree to ask DNC committee to split delegates 69-59 between Clinton, Obama

Booster seat rule dropped after Pawlenty objects

McCain’s Navy record and medals chronicle the career, heroism of a pilot and POW

Clinton presses on, urges supporters to ignore calls to quit

Sectarian street clashes in Beirut boil up into gunbattles

Obama gets big welcome, fresh support on Capitol tour

Pentagon proceeding cautiously on potential aid drop

Iraqi army says Iraqi al-Qaida leader arrested

Outstate News (5-8-08)

New Wellstone ACTION Website

European Central Bank, Bank of England leave rates unchanged

Lobster boat builders pinched as catch drops, economy slows

Clinton campaign presses on with visits to 3 states today

Consumers give stores some relief but still spend cautiously

Bush Blows Myanmar Aid Effort

Flap over Web sites mocking rival prompts Alaska Democrat to give up congressional race

Big investors join Clearwire’s WiMax plan

Crippled Election Commission

The Tax Trickery Spreads

Toward Better Student Lending

Official: UN plane lands in Myanmar with aid after cyclone

Highlights of proposed Iraq war funding bill

Farm bill negotiators say they have agreement

Protests from GOP, moderate Democrats delay war funding vote

Housing aid bills face vetoes by President Bush

China’s family planning rules at issue in US asylum cases

Olympic flame summits world’s highest peak

Air pollution in Wyo. community rivals that of big cities