US election: Gary Younge in South Carolina
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Gary Younge visits a barber shop and beauty salons in Charleston, South Carolina, to find out how big a role race and gender will play in the impending Democratic primary
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating battles in separate contests in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, gaining strength in an chaotic White House race where no candidate has been able to sustain momentum.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Mitt Romney was projected to win Nevada's Republican presidential nominating contest on Saturday and voters in South Carolina cast ballots as an unpredictable White House race moved to the South and West.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Voters in Nevada and South Carolina make their choices on Saturday in a chaotic U.S. presidential race, with polls showing tight struggles in both states as nominating battles move to the South and West.
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John McCain, a US Senator and Vietnam war veteran, on Saturday won a tight race in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary over rival Mike Huckabee.
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Sen. Barack Obama won at least 19 delegates in South Carolina's Democratic primary, with 15 delegates still to be awarded. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won at least nine delegates and former Sen. John Edwards won at least two.
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Forget the candidates. South Carolina's Democratic Party stands to be the big winner in Saturday's first-in-the-South contest.
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FLORENCE, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama's big lead over rival Hillary Clinton has slipped but is still substantial two days before the presidential primary election in South Carolina, where candidates were competing vigorously to win support from black voters.
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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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GREENVILLE, S.C.  - Democratic state education  superintendent Inez Tenenbaum is giving Republicans an  unexpectedly tough battle for a U.S. Senate seat in  conservative South Carolina.
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US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama hopes for a win in the latest primary in South Carolina.
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Voters across South Carolina faced several obstacles Saturday en route to casting ballots in the state's Republican primary. One county along the coast reported that some electronic voting machines malfunctioned and officials also worried about the affect of forecasts for snow in the northern part of the state.
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Next stop: South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday, Jan. 26.
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who grew up in the palest of Chicago suburbs,  is now competing for black votes across the South.
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Senior Giuliani campaign staffers forgo paychecks, a sign of possible money troubles ... Clinton offers economic plan to make it easier for people to pay mortgages, energy bills ... McCain draws crowds while campaigning along S.C. coastline ... Anemic crowd greets Romney as he returns to Michigan ... Huckabee criticizes Thompson, says he wasn't for Reagan way ... Edwards says SC primary race remains unpredictable ... Arizona Gov.
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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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Rasmussen Reports - Heading into Saturday's Democratic Presidential Primary in South Carolina, Barack Obama holds a large and growing double-digit lead over Hillary Clinton.