McCain and Clinton win key battles
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating battles in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, gaining strength in an unpredictable White House race where no candidate has been able to sustain momentum.
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MANCHESTER, N.H  - Arizona Sen. John McCain won the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday, a huge boost to his bid for the U.S. presidential nomination just months after his campaign was being written off as a lost cause, U.S. media projected.
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As she struggles to blunt Barack Obama's growing momentum, Democrat Hillary Clinton shuffled the top of her campaign staff on Sunday ahead of this week's U.S. presidential nominating contests, while Republican John McCain's march hit a few bumps in the road.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - The presidential race shifted to new battlegrounds on Sunday, as Republican John McCain looked for momentum from a big win and top Democrats paid homage to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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ORLANDO, Jan. 29 -- Sen. John McCain of Arizona pulled out a hard-fought victory over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in Florida's contentious Republican primary Tuesday, making him the clear front-runner in a two-man presidential race that could be decided as soon as next week.
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The Christian Science Monitor - John McCain's victory in the Florida primary sends the Arizona senator into Super Tuesday with a burst of momentum, but the race for the Republican presidential nomination remains highly competitive.
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Republican  presidential candidate John McCain may or may not be his  party's front-runner, but Democratic rivals treated him like  the man to beat at a debate on Monday.
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Hillary Clinton has what little momentum there is on the Democratic side, having won in New Hampshire and Nevada. Still, she is running neck and neck with Iowa caucus winner Barack Obama. Among Republicans, John McCain appears to have a slight edge coming off his win in South Carolina. But can he capture the party's conservative base?
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Senator John McCain of Arizona captured the California primary and its windfall of delegates on Tuesday night, capping an evening of impressive victories.
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Sen. John McCain led the Republican delegate race over Mitt Romney in early results on Super Tuesday, while Sen. Barack Obama was ahead of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican John McCain speak following their successes in the latest primaries
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Arizona Sen. John McCain won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, strengthening his claim to the Republican U.S. presidential nomination by beating rivals in a Southern state that traditionally has favored their socially conservative message, U.S. media projected.
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Republican Sen. John McCain won a big victory in the Republican delegate race over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Super Tuesday, extending his lead by capturing nearly all the delegates in California.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain hopes to gather steam from his New Hampshire victory and begin picking off rivals with wins in Michigan, South Carolina and beyond.
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Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain will carry much-needed momentum from New Hampshire into upcoming contests in the 2008 presidential campaign. Clinton, coming off a third-place finish in Iowa, rebounded to overcome rival Sen. Barack Obama. On the GOP side, McCain claimed victory over Mitt Romney.
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Arizona Sen. John McCain takes control of the battle for the Republican presidential nomination -- a prospect that seemed almost unthinkable just a few months ago.
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Hillary Clinton fails stall her rival in Wisconsin primary, while John McCain had an easy victory