Obama: Expand senior volunteer programs
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he wants to increase opportunities for older Americans to contribute to society by creating new volunteer programs.
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One of Barack Obama's closest friends and long-term advisers will be spending more time guiding the Democratic presidential candidate as he enters the final three months of the primary race still in second place.
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The announcement of the 17 percent hike came a day after President Bush heralded efforts to help the elderly with medical costs.
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Senator Barack Obama raised at least $32.5 million from April through June, he announced Sunday, attracting more than 258,000 contributors.
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Barack Obama, who criticized big spending by outside groups that boosted his rivals in Iowa and New Hampshire, is getting some help of his own these days as the campaign moves on to delegate-rich Feb. 5 contests.
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Senior Democrats call on John Kerry to reinvigorate his campaign, or risk losing the US election.
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US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday promised a more open policy towards Cuba at a packed campaign rally in Miami, the heart of the anti-Castro Cuban exile community.
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Barack Obama's White House campaign receives a boost with the backing of Senator Edward Kennedy.
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Elderly Americans waiting for a flu shot should be patient -- more is on the way. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson delivered the message Friday afternoon in West Des Moines.
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Localities are tailoring services to help aging populations live longer in their own homes.
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The Bush administration is advancing a proposal to levy higher premiums and deductibles on upper-income seniors enrolled in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, raising fees on beneficiaries with incomes over about $80,000 a year, administration officials said yesterday.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has improved on his stunning support in the race for campaign cash, raising his total number of donors to more than 250,000 people in the first six months of the year.
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Monday there will be enough flu vaccine available for most people who need it and told seniors to stop standing in long lines to get a shot.
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Barack Obama suggested Friday that he has more foreign policy experts from the Clinton administration backing his candidacy over Hillary Rodham Clinton's, but lists provided by both campaigns show hers is nearly twice as long.
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John Edwards offered a strategy for combating H.I.V./AIDS that includes age-appropriate sex education, needle exchange programs and expansion of Medicaid for H.I.V.-positive people.
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By Chris Metinko, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 1--As the country's senior population grows by the day, local services and agencies are dealing with an influx of calls from those now caring for seniors who can no longer care for themselves.
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WASHINGTON Health experts are giving America&#39;s senior citizens something serious to chew on -- new numbers showing they need to eat better and exercise more.