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Eyes on Blue-Collar Voters, Obama Shifts Style (U.S., 54 articles)
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Mrs. Clinton won a close race in New Jersey, where voters said that the economy was the most important issue in deciding how to cast their vote, according to exit polls. Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly said that a candidate's ability to bring about needed change was the most important factor in the way they voted, and those voters supported Mr. Obama in large numbers. The majority of the Hispanic voters, who make up roughly 20 percent of the total vote, sided with Mrs. Clinton, according to the exit polls, while black voters overwhelmingly supported Mr. Obama. Missouri could prove to be a crucial swing state in the general election in November; over the last century the state has voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election but one. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote on the second vote, a third vote is taken that includes only the two candidates who received the most votes. Last night the Obama campaign released a memo to superdelegates arguing that Hillary Clinton is not the strongest Democratic general election candidate against John McCain, as her campaign has claimed.
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Israel: Syria may rethink retaliation in light of nuclear revelations (World, 17 articles)
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Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday they believe it was a secret nuclear reactor meant to produce plutonium, which can be used to make high-yield nuclear weapons. The Bush administration says the surveillance video proves that North Korea has been exporting its nuclear technology - given that the Syrian facility was a virtual carbon-copy of Pyongyang's reactor at Yongbyon. When the Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday rolled out evidence to support allegations that North Korea had helped Syria build a nuclear reactor, officials said they had "low" confidence that Syria was developing the reactor to produce nuclear weapons.
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Olympic torch relay free of anti-China protesters in North Korea (World, 23 articles)
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The globe-trotting relay of the torch leading to the Beijing Games in August has spurred protests in some cities against China's crackdown on protests for independence in Tibet. (CNN) North Korea prepared to host the international torch relay for the first time ever Monday, a day after scuffles marred the relay in South Korea's capital of Seoul SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese students clashed with anti-Beijing demonstrators at the Olympic torch relay Sunday in Seoul, throwing rocks and punches at the latest stop on the flame's troubled round-the-world journey.
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Strike at Scotland Refinery Forces BP to Shut a Pipeline (U.S., 20 articles)
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The UK is "nowhere near" having to impose emergency powers to restrict fuel supplies, the government insisted yesterday, despite a strike forcing the closure of a pipeline that carries half of Britain's North Sea oil. Workers walked off the job Sunday at the only oil refinery in Scotland, requiring BP to close a pipeline that supplies about a third of Britain's petroleum needs. The Sunday Herald has a story which says First Minister Alex Salmond and Prime Minister Gordon Brown are set to meet at an unprecedented Downing Street summit to discuss plans to avert a fuel crisis over the Grangemouth strike.
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Red Wings Pull Away in Game and Series (Sports, 13 articles)
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MONTREAL - R.J. Umberger scored twice, Martin Biron made 34 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 Saturday night to even the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series at a game apiece. Johan Franzen scored three times Saturday to lift host Detroit to a 5-1 victory against banged-up Colorado, giving the top-seeded Red Wings a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal. Flyers head coach John Stevens recognized that his team won the game because Martin Biron was in top form in the Philadelphia net, stopping 34 shots.
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