Poll: McCain backers' excitement lags Obama voters

John McCain is facing an excitement deficit.

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Bush comments on everything from wedding to Iraq

Transcript of interview that President Bush gave Tuesday to the political newspaper Politico and Yahoo News in the Oval Office, as transcribed by the White House. Some questions were sent to the president from online readers.

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As newspaper revenue collapses and television revenue stagnates, every media company is rushing to reformat news for the digital generation.

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A 21-year-old man was accused of driving drunk and leading police on a chase that finally ended with him running over himself.

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Wanted: Cheerful, chubby men, preferably with fluffy white beards and no criminal record, ready to work hard for one month. Germany is running out of qualified Santa Clauses and needs to recruit and train them fast, a leading job agency says.

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In an interview with Univision, Sarah Palin referred to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a "dictator" who cannot "mess with the United States whenever they feel like it." While an admirable sentiment, President Chavez' response was one that may bode ill for foreign relations  …

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Did You Know That 2 Top News Websites Have Breaking News For Moms? See how to dig deep into two top news websites and uncover the news that, as a mom, you want to know.

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I do not believe this has made it on Newsvine yet. Doppelganger appears to think it is the front page of a website (which I do not believe it is). If I have erred, hopefully someone will tell me.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Internet search leader Google Inc. on Friday began hosting material produced by The Associated Press and three other news services on its own Web site instead of only sending readers to other destinations.

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The AFP and Yahoo News have a photo of an elderly Iraqi woman who claimed her bed was a casualty of war. Brian wanted to know if this was just another bogus story from Iraq?

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This kid is incredible.

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Neil Henry (ex-Washington Post, now at Berkeley J-School) wants reparations from Google for what it's done to news.

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Nearly 220 years ago, Thomas Jefferson wrote: "... were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."

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Earlier today, our brothers and sisters at Yahoo! News launched a new "beta" site called You Witness News. It's a "citizen journalism" site which allows people to submit photos and video directly to the editorial desk of the biggest news site on the web.

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