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Reuters - Democratic presidential
front-runner Barack Obama has resigned from Trinity United
Church of Christ, his spokesman said on Saturday, further
distancing himself from a source of controversy.
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Reuters - A Democratic Party panel backed a
compromise plan to seat the delegates from Florida with a
half-vote each on Saturday, dealing a blow to U.S. presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton and backing a plan approved by her
rival, Barack Obama.
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AP - Barack Obama has resigned his 20 year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and more recent fiery remarks at the church by another minister.
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AP - Democratic party officials said a committee agreed Saturday on a compromise to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes after Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton failed to get enough support to force their positions through.
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AP - The Rocky Mountain region represents friendly terrain for Barack Obama, who is angling to add Montana to his string of victories on Tuesday.
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“Richard Reeves - NEW YORK — I’m surprised that anyone is surprised that someone who was around President George W. Bush has finally said what has been obvious for years: The 43rd president is an ignorant, stubborn fellow isolated by a bodyguard of lies and liars.”
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“LiveScience.com - A Denver man named Jeff Peckman wants to spend $75,000 in taxpayer money to deal with aliens, and not the illegal kind. He wants the City of Denver to create an “Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission” that would handle the problem of alien encounters. It’s unclear what, exactly, that is, but perhaps those who have [...]

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AP - Sharp new images received Saturday from the Phoenix lander largely convinced scientists that the spacecraft’s thrusters had uncovered a large patch of ice just below the Martian surface, team members said.
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“LiveScience.com - Want to get rid of some fat cells as you age? Fat chance.”
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“Fitzpatrick and Collins-Sussman, two long-time open source gurus now plying their trade at Google believe in open source projects that maintain a small “bus factor.” That would be the number of contributors who could be hit by a bus before a project collapses. A simple means of maintaining a small bus factor is baring names [...]