tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57362852756434597232023-11-15T06:21:29.236-08:00Latest eNewsBreaking Interest News ReportingJeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-29924976964573680372008-11-06T03:53:00.001-08:002008-11-06T03:53:49.484-08:00Woman's cancer genome decodedScientists have decoded the complete DNA of a cancer patient and traced her disease to its genetic roots.The Washington University team identified 10 gene mutations which appeared key to the development of the woman's acute myeloid leukaemia.Just two of these had been linked to the disease before.The sequencing technique, described in the journal Nature, could be applied to other cancers and aid Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-27726759641071130792008-10-29T19:08:00.000-07:002008-10-29T19:09:27.598-07:00Obama promises rescue plan for middle class in adThe tone of the rhetoric in the U.S. presidential campaign is sharpening with less than a week to go until Election Day. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are focused on the economy and each other in the final days of the campaign, as we hear from VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone in Washington.******************************************By JIM KUHNHENNWASHINGTON (AP) — He was Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-26128247266884692192008-10-25T09:33:00.000-07:002008-10-25T09:34:41.282-07:00Obama well ahead nationally, tied in OhioDemocrat Barack Obama widened his lead over Republican John McCain in most national polls and surveys of key states as the U.S. election contest heads into its final full week.The Illinois senator was up 8 points over presidential rival McCain in an average of 16 polls taken during the last week, according to RealClearPolitics.com. Last week, Obama was up about 6 points.**************************Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-82995232602286579892008-10-24T07:26:00.000-07:002008-10-24T07:27:04.534-07:00Liberals let loose on Palin and Joe the PlumberMcCain and his running mate Sarah Palin have been attacking Obama using the Delaware Senator’s remarks - arguing that even his own VP nominee thinks Obama is too weak to pass the international test. In fact, Biden actually said Obama has the strength to stand up to such a crisis.In a press release, the McCain campaign says “because of Barack Obama’s inexperience, Joe Biden has guaranteed the Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-5768907822986392852008-10-23T17:33:00.001-07:002008-10-23T17:33:50.731-07:00New polls show dead heat or Obama landslideSenator Barack Obama is showing surprising strength among portions of the political coalition that returned George W. Bush to the White House four years ago, a cross section of support that, if it continues through Election Day, would exceed that of Bill Clinton in 1992, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News polls.Underscoring the building strength of Mr. Obama’s candidacy in the final Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-42891433509725381522008-10-22T17:41:00.000-07:002008-10-22T17:42:26.271-07:00McCain aide fumes over al Qaeda storyAl-Qaeda is watching the U.S. stock market's downward slide with something akin to jubilation, with its leaders hailing the financial crisis as a vindication of its strategy of crippling America's economy through endless, costly foreign wars against Islamist insurgents.And at least some of its supporters think Sen. John McCain is the presidential candidate best suited to continue that trend.*****Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-83588360340794303952008-10-22T05:07:00.000-07:002008-10-22T05:08:21.765-07:00Palin uses the Plumber to call Obama socialist on CNNDemocratical presidential candidate Joe Biden blasted John McCain over the weekend for voting against raising the minimum wage 19 times. CNN.com finds the claim misleading, partly because McCain also voted at least five times to raise it.McCain, responding to a Fox News question about Barack Obama's statement that he wouldn't raise taxes for 95 percent of Americans, said 40 to 50 percent don't Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-31339195757105642482008-10-21T20:02:00.000-07:002008-10-21T20:06:31.502-07:00Hillary Clinton: Barack Obama Will Be Ready on Day OneNow Clinton says that Obama will be ready on day one, and is ready for that call. She praised his "steady, calm, intelligent leadership" over the last few months.."What has happened in the last month, given the economic crisis that we have confronted as a nation, is that the American people could see very starkly the two people vying to be our president," she said.********************************Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-10601081809610226572008-10-21T08:35:00.000-07:002008-10-21T08:36:19.140-07:00Prosecutor: Ted Stevens' story on gifts 'nonsense'Prosecutor Joseph Bottini told jurors that Stevens surrounded himself with wealthy, generous friends who could be counted on to give gifts and who could be trusted to keep it quiet.Stevens testified for three days and said he never asked for the rope lighting, furniture, gas grill, fully stocked tool chest or other items that kept appearing at his house. He said he repeatedly pressed his friend, Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-12849520177256496922008-10-20T18:24:00.000-07:002008-10-20T18:25:30.857-07:00Obama Appeal Rises in Poll; No Gains for McCainWith the election 15 days away, the Democratic and Republican tickets stumped in states they desperately want or need to win the White House . McCain was in Missouri , a state that Bush won in 2000 and 2004 and where McCain finds himself in a close race against Obama, who toured Florida on Monday.At rallies in St. Charles and in Belton, Mo. , McCain seized on remarks that Democratic Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736285275643459723.post-9849945311918403802008-10-20T02:29:00.000-07:002008-10-20T02:35:10.120-07:00Barack Obama has advantage of big bucks, a big name: Colin PowellObama aides said the endorsement from retired Gen. Colin Powell during NBC's "Meet the Press" couldn't have come at a better time, as Obama campaigned in this military town next to Fort Bragg in North Carolina , a one-time solidly red state Obama hopes to win.It came hours after the Obama campaign announced raising a record-shattering $150 million last month — a record for any presidential Jeff Obamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12856822651575427543noreply@blogger.com0