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Candidates assess Fannie-Freddie rescue
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.
One Last Look at the Republican Convention: the Balloon Drop!I was listening to McCain's nomination acceptance speech on the radio on the way to the airport yesterday and it sounded so different than it did in the arena. I actually got to hear the fiery end to the speech, the part where he said:
Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. Nothing is inevitable here. We're Americans, and we never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
To see the balloon drop,
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Lebanese hold reconciliation talks in volatile city
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lebanese Sunni Muslim leader
Saad al-Hariri held talks with an Alawite community leader in a
volatile northern city overnight, paving the way for agreement
to end four months of sectarian tensions, politicians said on
Sunday.
