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AP - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich equated bilingual education Saturday with "the language of living in a ghetto" and mocked requirements that ballots be printed in multiple languages.

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AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday it will be difficult to make progress on important domestic issues until the Iraq war has ended.

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AP - This year's presidential candidates are trying to get good mileage out of getting good mileage. The candidates, who do a lot of talking about the need for greater energy efficiency, are not just asking who walks the walk but also, who drives the hybrid?

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AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday she favors stricter home loan standards, clearer mortgage documents and better counseling for borrowers to stave off delinquencies and foreclosures.

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AP - Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph Biden found a ready critic for his own criticism of the U.S. war in Iraq as the senator campaigned Saturday in the hometown of Shaw Air Force Base.

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Grays Harbor (WA) -- Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich told a devoted crowd Friday night at the Bishop Center at Grays Harbor College that his presidency would "be about authenticity, integrity, and about telling people exactly what’s going on," so as to "change the way this country does business." Read the full story in The Daily World.

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Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich brought his pro-peace campaign for president to Olympia on Friday, exciting a crowd of more than 200 with the hope that the United States can withdraw troops from Iraq and that all Americans can get affordable health care. Read the full story in The Olympian.

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AP - Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani said Friday his wife will not be a member of his Cabinet or attend most high-level meetings as he sought to clarify his previous statements suggesting she would play a significant role in his administration.

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AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday accused President Bush of failing to respect the Constitution amid the uproar over the firing of eight federal prosecutors.

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AP - John Edwards returned Saturday to his legal roots and his native state as he wrapped up a fundraising blitz.

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AP - Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani acknowledged again Friday that he made a mistake when he recommended Bernard Kerik to be the nation's homeland security chief.

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AP - Colorado Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration, will announce his bid for president on Monday. Tancredo will kick off campaign with an announcement in Iowa, where political caucuses start whose the presidential nominating season, an official close to the congressman said.

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AP - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday criticized the Bush administration for outsourcing teaching to private tutoring companies, arguing that many firms have close ties to Republicans.

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AFP - Zimbabwe's veteran leader Robert Mugabe was chosen by his ruling ZANU-PF party on Friday to stand again as its candidate in presidential elections next year, a party spokesman said.

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