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AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton wooed Silicon Valley campaign donors and voters Thursday with a plan to create more high-paying jobs and maintain U.S. dominance in technology.

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Reuters - In Nevada, a state of mostly desert, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is quickly nurturing a grass-roots campaign, with a rally on Thursday showing such efforts are generating enthusiasm.

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AP - Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards on Thursday called for a federal investigation into possible antitrust violations by the oil industry and criticized oil companies for raising gas prices.

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AP - Anyone who has struggled with split ends or unruly hair knows who Vidal Sassoon is. The Barack Obama campaign had to ask.

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Reuters - Republican presidential contender Rudolph Giuliani on Thursday was endorsed by former FBI Director Louis Freeh, who served under President Bill Clinton but later turned against his former boss over the scandals at the Clinton White House.

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AFP - With his movie-star swagger, bluff manner and conservative track-record, actor and ex-senator Fred Thompson is poised to rock a Republican presidential race that has left many true believers cold.

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Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Thursday unveiled an energy proposal that rivals plans by fellow candidates in the race toward boosting the use of ethanol in the United States.

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CQPolitics.com - California Rep. Duncan Hunter is leaving the House after 14 terms to seek the 2008 GOP presidential nomination — and guess what? A certain Duncan D. Hunter is running to succeed him. But in a San Diego district that's virtually assured of electing the Republican nominee, a bevy of party hopefuls are lining up to block the family's succession plans in the 52nd District.

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Rasmussen Reports - Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) has moved a step closer to formally announcing his bid for the White House in 2008. Twenty-two percent (22%) of Americans say they will definitely vote for him if he's on the ballot in 2008. Thirty percent (30%) will definitely vote against him. That net deficit of eight percentage points (22% for minus 30% against) is better than all other candidates in the race except for Barack Obama.

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AFP - The 2008 White House race is bringing American global warming politics in from the cold, as candidates churn out complex plans on an increasingly key campaign issue.

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AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's political courtship of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa landed her an early, influential endorsement this week that highlights the intense competition among presidential candidates for support within the growing Hispanic population.

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AP - Republican and Democratic presidential candidates are abandoning the middle ground for positions on Iraq and immigration that cater to their parties' fringes — the latest example of polarization trumping moderation in Washington.

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Reuters - Hollywood actor Fred Thompson said in an interview that he plans to run for U.S. president in 2008, joining a crowded field of Republican candidates.

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AP - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday declared that California's early primary has made the state more than a political ATM — just as he accepted a check from a supporter and then headed to two fundraisers.

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Bloomberg - May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Matt Lavin, an Iowa City graduate student, says nothing he has heard so far -- not the reports of $400 haircuts, the $44,000 fee for a speech on poverty, the $500,000 hedge-fund salary -- has shaken his support for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.

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