McCain, RNC report $96 million cash on hand

AP – John McCain and the Republican National Committee started August with a hefty $96 million, financially flush and strongly positioned to compete with prolific fundraiser Barack Obama and the Democrats.
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Huge protests expected at political conventions

Reuters – Thousands of protesters are expected to jam the streets of Denver and St. Paul at the Republican and Democratic conventions in a noisy counterpoint to the parties’ carefully scripted speeches.

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Consumer price index expected to show another rise

AP – The Labor Department is expected to report a rise in the consumer price index for July, but not as large as June’s increase. The median estimate from economists surveyed by Thomson Financial/IFR was for a 0.4 percent gain, and after food and energy prices are stripped out, a 0.2 percent advance. In June, the index rose by 1.1 percent — the second-fastest monthly pace in 26 years.
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McCain adviser got money from Georgia

AP – John McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser and his business partner lobbied the senator or his staff on 49 occasions in a 3 1/2-year span while being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by the government of the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
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Arkansas Democratic chair shot at HQ: police

Reuters – The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party was wounded by gunfire at its headquarters in Little Rock, police and party officials said on Wednesday.
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Growing diversity in swing counties favors Obama

AP – Minority Americans have been flocking to the nation’s “swing counties,” hotly contested areas that could play a crucial role in this year’s election.
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Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate

AP – Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side by side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos as he prepared to launch his campaign.
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Clinton tells cheering Nev. crowd to support Obama

AP – Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams — and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too.
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Edwards admits he had affair after heated denials

AP – Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side-by-side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos for his campaign.
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Obama takes aim at McCain’s maverick image

Reuters – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took aim at Republican John McCain’s maverick image on Wednesday as the campaign trail took another negative turn.
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