Obama wins key South Carolina vote
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US Senator Barack Obama routed his colleague, Hillary Clinton, in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, riding massive African-American support to a critical win in his bid to become the first black US president.
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Senator Barack Obama looked set for an invigorating victory over White House foe Hillary Clinton Saturday, in a South Carolina primary marred by race rows and bitter personal slurs.
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Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama picked up a major endorsement on Thursday, with the party's 2004 nominee John Kerry announcing he would back his U.S. presidential bid.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama defeated New York Senator Hillary Clinton in Georgia's primary, networks projected, gaining the first victory on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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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, picking up strength in an unpredictable White House race where no candidate has been able to sustain momentum.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama won the Alabama Democratic presidential primary, beating Senator Hillary Clinton, according to projections by NBC and Fox News.
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Sen. Barack Obama won the Virginia Democratic primary Tuesday night and reached out for victories in next-door Maryland and the District of Columbia, determined to erode or even erase Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegate lead in the party's presidential race.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama, fresh from a landslide victory over Hillary Clinton in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, plans to continue a campaign that is long on the need for change and inspiration and short on specifics.
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Barack Obama easily  won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential  primary with the aid of heavy black support on Saturday,  dealing a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of  political brawling.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama expanded his lead on rival Hillary Clinton to 15 points heading into South Carolina's bitterly contested presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Barack Obama expanded his lead on rival Hillary Clinton to 15 points heading into South Carolina's bitterly contested presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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On the heels of his victory in South Carolina, Senator Barack Obama is set to receive the endorsement of Senator Edward M. Kennedy on Monday.
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Barack Obama won a vital contest  in South Carolina on Saturday in his quest for the U.S.  Democratic presidential nomination, showing strength among  southern blacks who make up half the state's Democratic voters.
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Democrat Barack Obama scored well among every segment of voters, including Republicans, in his landslide victory over GOP candidate Alan Keyes in their bid for the US Senate seat from Illinois.
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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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Barack Obama has a  13-point lead on rival Hillary Clinton but his support has  eroded slightly on the eve of South Carolina's Democratic  presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll  released on Friday.