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			<title>Obama takes charge in Maine Democratic caucuses</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description>Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Maine presidential caucuses Sunday, grabbing a majority of delegates as the state's Democrats ignored the snowy weather and turned out in record numbers for municipal gatherings.</description>
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			<title>Romney quits campaign for president</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:55:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description>John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign. "I must now stand aside, for our party and our country," Romney prepared to tell conservatives.</description>
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			<title>McCain seizes GOP command on Super Tuesday; Clinton, Obama battle for Democrats</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description>Sen. John McCain seized command of the race for the Republican presidential nomination early Wednesday, winning delegate-rich primaries from the East Coast to California. Democratic rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama traded victories in an epic struggle with no end in sight.</description>
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			<title>Super Tuesday voters find machine hiccups and delays, but voting goes smoothly</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:49:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description>Scattered voting problems, including machine glitches and long lines, emerged in some states on the biggest Super Tuesday ever held in America. But overall, voting appeared to go smoothly.</description>
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			<title>Obama wins Georgia for Democrats, McCain seeks GOP supremacy on Super Tuesday</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description>Barack Obama won the Georgia primary Tuesday night, the leading edge of a coast-to-coast struggle with Hillary Rodham Clinton for delegates in the grueling Democratic presidential campaign. Arizona Sen. John McCain challenged his remaining rivals for control of the Republican race.</description>
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			<title>Officials predict record turnout in Massachusetts primary</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description>Former Gov. Mitt Romney looked to the loyalty of Massachusetts Republicans to carry him in his home state over surging Republican rival John McCain, while voters here had a tight race to settle between Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.</description>
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			<title>Voters across the nation cast their ballots on Super Tuesday</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description>Across the nation, an unprecedented day of coast-to-coast primaries and caucuses.</description>
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			<title>PHOTO SLIDESHOW: Republican candidates</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:59:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description>Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., makes a campaign stop at Rockefeller Center Plaza in New York on  Super Tuesday./Associated Press</description>
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			<title>PHOTO SLIDESHOW: Democratic candidates</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description>Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., registers as her husband, former President Bill Clinton, left, and their daughter, Chelsea, look on at the Douglas Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, New York, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, on Super Tuesday primary day./Associated Press</description>
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			<title>Tallying the votes: Republicans - United States</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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