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September 11, 2008

Uncle: Robbers target Obama’s family in Kenya

Suspected thieves tried to break into the home of Barack Obama’s elderly step-grandmother in Kenya, the U.S. presidential candidate’s uncle said Thursday. The suspects did not manage to enter the house where Sarah Obama lives in the western Kenya village of Kogelo, according to Said Obama, the candidate’s uncle. He said the thieves apparently used…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 11, 2008

NYT Editorial – Mississippi’s Ballot Trick

Mississippi’s governor, Haley Barbour, and its secretary of state have come up with a particularly cynical dirty trick for the November election. Let’s call it: “Where’s the Senate race?” Defying state law, they have decided to hide a hard-fought race for the United States Senate at the bottom of the ballot, where they clearly are…