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Obama seeks union's help, Clinton promotes vets issues :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Elections (U.S., 95 articles)
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According to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll in April, the certain Republican presidential nominee John McCain would get more votes than Hillary Rodham Clinton from white voters who have not finished college, 43 percent to 30 percent. Forty-seven percent of whites without college degrees who said race was an important factor in choosing a candidate said they would vote for Obama in an Obama-McCain matchup, with 29 percent saying they would back McCain and 20 percent saying they would not vote. INDIANAPOLIS - Broadening his attack, Barack Obama said yesterday that Hillary Clinton's support for a summertime break from the federal gasoline tax symbolizes a candidacy consisting of " phony ideas, calculated to win elections instead of actually solving problems. White voters who said race was a factor supported Clinton over Obama by 3-to-1, while whites who said race wasn't a factor divided between Clinton and Obama more evenly. Democratic officials said over 5,000 people took part in Saturday's election compared to only 1,500 during the last primary in 2004. Doyle, who co-wrote a study of state gas tax holidays in Illinois and Indiana in 2000, said results in those states suggested that suspension of the federal tax would save motorists 10 to 15 cents per gallon.
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Brown's party loses London (U.S., 22 articles)
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The Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy said the Labour party had been given a "kick up the backside" in the local council elections. The BBC's political research editor, David Cowling, examines what the local election results say about the state of the three main parties. Gordon Brown has admitted a "bad and disappointing" election for Labour, as the party suffered its worst council results in at least 40 years.
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Microsoft withdraws Yahoo bid: Blame it on Google (Finance, 28 articles)
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Microsoft on Saturday withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo as the internet company continued to reject the terms of the proposed deal, despite a higher offer worth $33 a share, or $46.5bn. Microsoft withdrew its proposal to acquire Yahoo on Saturday, after more than three months of posturing and negotiations and a last-ditch effort to close the deal by raising its offering price. In a statement released late in the afternoon, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the company had raised its bid to $33 a share, up $2 a share, but " Yahoo has not moved toward accepting our offer.
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Morrow's goal in overtime lifts Stars past Sharks in Game 1 (Sports, 14 articles)
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The Sharks were 0-for-4 on power plays in Game 4 before getting another chance early in the third period when Mike Modano drew a delay of game penalty for knocking a puck into the stands. Brian Campbell made a cross-ice pass to Joe Thornton, who then pushed the puck back to the front of the net, through the legs of Jonathan Cheechoo and onto Michalek's stick. Sharks captain Patrick Marleau had tied the game with another short-handed goal, getting one after a turnover by Sergei Zubov for the second game in a row.
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Tragedy overshadows unbeaten Big Brown's Kentucky Derby win (Sports, 25 articles)
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After running the race of her life, the filly Eight Belles finished second behind Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed after the finish line and had to be euthanized. Her death has raised thorny issues about the whole thoroughbred industry, including track safety, whether fillies should be allowed to run against colts, and whether horses are bred too much for speed and not for soundness. A prominent animal rights group got involved Sunday, too, criticizing Eight Belles' jockey for whipping the horse and saying the second-place prize should be revoked.
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