THE final results of America's presidential election are likely to show Barack Obama garnering 364 electoral-college votes to John McCain's 174 (though North Carolina and Missouri are yet to declare).

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It's Obama! America Elects Young Senator From Illinois as First African-American President - (links to 25 other stories)

Shortly after 11 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, MSNBC called the U.S. Presidential election for Barack Obama, the 47-year-old African-American U.S. Senator from Chicago, Illinois.

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Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain cast votes along with millions of other Americans on Tuesday as an extraordinary two-year fight for the White House headed to the end with Obama in clear command.

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As the longest presidential campaign in American history finally concludes, polls tell us that Americans are hugely invested in the election that will be decided -- they hope -- today.

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain goes into the campaign's final weekend a bigger underdog than any victorious candidate in a modern election.

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It was the classic fear card that the Republicans have played to such brilliant effect for years. But times have changed.

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John McCain received nearly $7 million in 6,652 donations that exceeded contribution limits while seeking the Republican presidential nomination, the Democratic National Committee said on Saturday.

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The other day I had a conversation with a Beijing friend and I mentioned that Barack Obama was leading in the presidential race: She: Obama? But he's the black man, isn't he? Me: Yes, exactly.

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John McCain last night was accused of sabotaging the Wall Street bail-out with theatrics that reduced America's credit crisis to a showcase for his presidential leadership capabilities.

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"At the average person's level in China, I've just found [the U.S.

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PEOPLE LIKE Alan Greenspan and Robert Rubin should be eating a whole lot of crow right now.

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I don't agree with those muttering darkly that the picture of Gov. Sarah Palin with a perky smile and shapely gams posing with a pleased Henry Kissinger, famous for calling power the ultimate aphrodisiac, is a sign of the apocalypse.

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Congressional Democrats are pushing for a new $50 billion economic-stimulus plan as a way not only to jolt the economy but also to help themselves politically in November's elections.

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Sarah Palin in a bikini. John McCain getting out of prison. Barack Obama in a Ukrainian sex romp. But only one of them is real.

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In his new book "The War Within," Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward disclosed "the existence of secret operational capabilities developed by the military to locate, target and kill leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgent leaders." Asked by a caller on Larry Ki …

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Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 28-30, including two days of interviewing since the close of the Democratic National Convention, finds Barack Obama with a six percentage point lead over John McCain in the presidential contest, 48% to 42%.

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THE website which claimed to have caught out the Barack Obama campaign in a gigantic blunder has admitted the story was most likely a hoax.

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Was Wesley Clark's comments about John McCain an attempt to Swift Boat McCain's war record or a plea for a cabinet post after Obama wins?

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AL Gore often makes the joke that he "used to be the next president of the United States". Today he has vowed to do "whatever it takes" to ensure Barack Obama goes one better.

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At last, a website has the answer for when news from the US election gets you all hot and bothered....

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain is calling for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to heal the divisions within their party and the country by stepping down in their bids to secure the Democratic nomination.

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Democratic officials are worried that Sen. Hillary Clinton's attacks on Sen. Barack Obama are so strong that she could be doing serious damage to him, ultimately helping to elect John McCain in November.

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Both have displayed an unusually sophisticated and apparently genuine understanding of the role of religious faith in American politics. Both pride themselves on their ability, proven in their home states, to win over political moderates and voters not tethered to ideology.

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