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  • Obama tells Virginians to vote on economics, not biography

    By MARGARET TALEV AND WILLIAM DOUGLAS

    Democrat Barack Obama campaigned Wednesday in a conservative stretch of this swing state that's key to his election strategy, telling voters who are more in line with Republican John McCain on social issues that they should vote for Obama because of their economic woes.
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  • Convention host Colorado tending more Democratic

    By David Lightman

    WALSENBURG, Colo.— Colorado, which hosts next week's Democratic National Convention, has voted Democratic for president only once since 1964. That was in 1992, when Bill Clinton won a three-way race with 40 percent of the vote.

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  • Lieberman to speak at Republican convention

    By DAVID LIGHTMAN

    Joe Lieberman will be a featured speaker on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, capping an extraordinary political journey for a man who could have been this year's Democratic nominee for president had history taken a different turn.
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  • Williams asks judge to reconsider ruling on road plan

    By Jack Brammer

    FRANKFORT — Senate President David Williams is asking a Franklin circuit judge to reconsider his order that the legislature's six-year road construction plan is invalid because lawmakers failed to give it to the governor on time.

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    Personal ties add spice to inquiry

    Ryan Alessi

    Frankfort is abuzz over the FBI's investigation into alleged road contract bid-rigging, not only because of the systemic problems it could expose but also because of the personal connections of those involved.

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