Obama wants to aid many who feel ignored
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Democrat Barack Obama said Thursday night he is running for president to help those who are working harder for less but don't think anyone is listening to them. Fresh from a presidential debate in Des Moines, Obama joked of his performance: "I thought I was perfect."
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NEW YORK  - Among abused and neglected  children who are genetically prone to develop depression, the  risk of doing so may be reduced if they have someone to talk  to, share good news with and get advice from, new study  findings show.
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Barack Obama is airing state-specific ads featuring praise from elected officials, hoping the endorsements can help raise his profile in the race.
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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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For forlorn travelers, volunteers at Travelers Aid stations around the country offer a friendly face and a helping hand.
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The anti-poverty campaign of U2 frontman Bono is promoting a $30 million effort to pressure Republican and Democratic presidential candidates to make the oft-forgotten issue a priority.
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With the holidays arriving, many of us will give a little more thought to the Puget Sound region&#39;s homeless populations. Although lasting solutions won&#39;t happen overnight, there are answers to the problems
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Regularly drawing crowds of 10,000 or more, Democrat Barack Obama has been likened to a rock star so often that it has worn thin.
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Many private workers are returning home with combat-related mental health problems, but their problems often go ignored or are inadequately treated.
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Barack Obama, his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination bolstered by endorsements, told a cheering union hall on Friday that he would provide relief for homeowners struggling to make mortgage payments and deliver tax cuts to the middle-class.
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Seems that folks at the Agency for International Development are not rushing to fill 23 excellent jobs in garden spots such as Iraq and Afghanistan. And if no one volunteers soon, AID Administrator    Andrew S. Natsios  said in an agency-wide e-mail Friday, the agency will order people to fill those posts.
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IOWA CITY -- Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) echoed familiar Democratic themes on Tuesday in calling on businesses, insurance companies and lawmakers to reject the "failed politics" of past debates and overhaul the nation's health-care system to cover every American.
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While the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack received outpourings of support, many of the 1993 bombing victims feel as if they have been forgotten.
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THE STRATEGY: Politicians are reaching out to voters who have already applied for absentee ballots.
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If Barack Obama is going to reach the White House, he'll have to convince voters that he's tough enough to handle both the political combat of a general election and the stresses of the presidency.
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Senator Barack Obama visited the key campaign state selling a message of hope but proclaiming himself wary of the ÂhypeÂ surrounding him.
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In one small town, Barack Obama connects with a  segment of the black electorate that he has yet to prove himself with