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Political currents swirl in Smalltown, W.Va.

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. -- As a fog enveloped the nearby New River yesterday on a chilly, rainy afternoon, this small town an hour southeast of Charleston was covered in a similar haze about which way its residents would tilt in today's Democratic presidential primary. (05/13/2008)

McCain acknowledges global warming

Arizona Sen. John McCain broke with the Bush administration and Republican Party orthodoxy yesterday as he not only declared global warming real, but also reached out to Democrats and independents with a free-market solution that includes capping carbon-fuel emissions. (05/13/2008)

Politics - Nation

Obama candidacy raises old questions about what is black (05/08/2008)
Primaries fail to end unsettled campaign (05/07/2008)
Indiana's Lake County has tradition of late vote tallies (05/07/2008)
Trail Mix: Campaign notes (05/07/2008)
Voting in N.C., Indiana pivotal (05/06/2008)
Democrats hunt for votes on airwaves on eve of vote (05/05/2008)
The Democrats at a crossroads -- again (05/04/2008)
NASCAR dads get Clinton's attention (05/04/2008)
Democratic leader Dean pulling new balancing act (05/04/2008)
Obama, Clinton duel with speeches in N. Carolina (05/03/2008)
Poll shows Clinton or Obama would carry Pa. over McCain (05/01/2008)
Pa. labor leader gives Clinton a superdelegate (05/01/2008)
McCain outlines his health care plan (04/30/2008)
Dems spar over gas tax holiday, pointing up one of few differences (04/30/2008)
Sartorial platform: Presidential candidates' clothes provide insight into them and voters (04/28/2008)
Custom shirts fit political brouhahas to a T (04/28/2008)
Clinton calls out Obama: One on one, no referees (04/27/2008)
McCain reticent about his faith (04/27/2008)
McCain vows 'never again' to New Orleans (04/25/2008)
Obama seeks union's help; Clinton promotes vets issues (04/25/2008)
Clinton gets $10M boost after Pa. win (04/25/2008)
Six Pa. superdelegates staying on the fence (04/24/2008)
Democrats trading spins on Pa. vote (04/24/2008)
Jobs central issue for Clinton in Indiana (04/24/2008)
Rendell sees Knoll's 'exuberance' (04/24/2008)

Clinton shows no sign of quitting

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A political race that at times has been acrimonious and tedious has turned downright friendly in West Virginia, a state that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton appears certain to win. (05/09/2008)

Pa. congressman, a superdelegate, backs Clinton

SCRANTON -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has gained the endorsement of one of Pennsylvania's handful of remaining uncommitted Democratic superdelegates. (05/09/2008)

Clinton vows to buck odds, stay in race

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, $6.4 million poorer but still rich in tenacity, pledged yesterday to remain in the presidential race "until we have a nominee." ... (05/08/2008)

Clinton says she'll be 'a president who never gives up'

Elise Amendola/Associated Press

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the state Capitol rotunda in Charleston, W. Va., on Thursday.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton this morning brought her embattled presidential campaign to the Capitol dome of West Virginia, promising to give West Virginians "a president who never gives up." (05/08/2008)

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