Convention appeals for hurricane aid 09/02/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republicans, determined to propel John McCain to the White House, opened their storm-shortened national convention on Monday amid distractions involving running mate Sarah Palin. Police made more than 50 arrests in the surrounding streets as anti-war protests turned violent.
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Palin proud of daughter's decision to keep baby 09/02/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. - John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, said Monday her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant, an announcement stealing even more thunder from McCain and a Republican presidential convention already overshadowed by Hurricane Gustav.
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Study: No proof of Vytorin link to cancer 09/02/2008
MUNICH, Germany (AP) - New research into a possible link between a cholesterol-reducing drug and cancer concluded there was no proof to establish a connection, but other doctors warned that it should be used more carefully. In a paper published Tuesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, Terje Pedersen and colleagues found that cancer occurred more frequently in patients taking Vytorin, a combination of Merck's Zocor and Schering-Plough's Zetia, than in people on a placebo pill. But that study was too small to stand as proof of a real link.
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Will Gustav follow in Katrina's footsteps? 09/01/2008
NEW ORLEANS — With a historic evacuation of 1.9 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen stood watch as rain started to fall on this city’s empty streets Sunday night — and even presidential politics stood still while the nation waited to see if Hurricane Gustav would be another Katrina.
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McCain curtails plans for RNC 09/01/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. — John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday, casting himself as above politics as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans. “We will act as Americans,” not partisans, he declared.
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Laboring longer a growing U.S. trend 09/01/2008
CHICAGO — Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring right past the traditional retirement age and working into their late 60s and beyond.
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Experts: Labor Day travel should dip 09/01/2008
MIAMI — Falling gas prices might not be enough to entice people to travel this Labor Day weekend, with some keeping a wary eye on dangerous Hurricane Gustav, which is threatening the Gulf Coast.
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It's McCain or Bust 08/31/2008
MARIETTA - With all the key players in place before the start of this week's Republican National Convention, a contingency of 20 Cobb residents, serving as delegates and alternates, are arriving in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minn., as part of the Georgia delegation.
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Local rector 'Certain' to inspire RNC 08/31/2008
MARIETTA - On Friday, the Rev. Dr. Robert G. Certain, rector of the Episcopal Church of St. Peter and St. Paul on Johnson Ferry Road, was one of the many people around the nation awaiting the news of U.S. Sen. John McCain's choice for vice president.
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Hurricane threatens convention 08/31/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. - John McCain introduced new running mate Sarah Palin to voters in battleground Pennsylvania on Saturday as they wound their way toward St. Paul and a Republican National Convention where the mood was suddenly threatened by Hurricane Gustav.
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