Presidential nominees Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) are shown in this combination of file photographs from campaign stops from July 18, 2008 in Warren Michigan (McCain) and August 4, 2008 (Obama) in Lansing, Michigan. (Rebecca Cook/Files/Reuters)
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McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for 'change'

AP - Fri Sep 5, 11:08 AM ET

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.

Senator Hillary Clinton addresses the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 26, 2008. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

Obama sends out high-profile women to blunt Palin's impact

AP - Fri Sep 5, 5:29 AM ET

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Barack Obama's campaign plans to employ high-profile female supporters in an effort to blunt GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's potential to persuade women to vote Republican.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pictured upon arrival at Sao Bento Palace in Lisbon on September 4, 2008 before heading to Libya. There is such a thing as a black Republican, but they have been all but invisible at the party's national convention which is hardly representative of America's diverse population.(AFP/File/Miguel Riopa)

Rice arrives in Libya on historic visit

AP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

TRIPOLI, Libya - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that her historic visit to former pariah state Libya proves that the U.S. never writes off another nation forever.

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