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Canadian citizen Shona Holmes, right, with members of the House Republican leadership Rep. Roy Blunt, left, Minority Leader John Boehner, Rep. Judy Biggert, and Minority Whip Eric Cantor about Holmes's travel to the Mayo Clinic in Arizona for surgery to remove a cyst in her brain that was causing her to go blind.

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Canadian citizen Shona Holmes, right, with members of the House Republican leadership Rep. Roy Blunt, left, Minority Leader John Boehner, Rep. Judy Biggert, and Minority Whip Eric Cantor about Holmes's travel to the Mayo Clinic in Arizona for surgery to remove a cyst in her brain that was causing her to go blind.

Koch Group Brings Canadian to Charlotte to Attack Obama

Blocks from where Democrats are holding their convention this week in Charlotte, a Canadian resident is warning of the dangers of President Barack Obama’s health-care law. Shona Holmes is in town to promote an Americans for Prosperity ad. The nonprofit...

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Barack Obama delivers the keynote speech during the DNC in Boston in this 2004 file photo.

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Barack Obama delivers the keynote speech during the DNC in Boston in this 2004 file photo.

Obama’s Keynote: Standard for Measure of Promises and Progress

A certain keynote speech at a Democratic National Convention once proved to be historic. “I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before...

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Protesters march through Uptown, the Charlotte business district, before the start of the Democratic National Convention.

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Protesters march through Uptown, the Charlotte business district, before the start of the Democratic National Convention.

Priebus: Hope and Disappointment

The Republican National Committee started an “Obama Isn’t Working” rapid-response center in Charlotte today as a counterpoint to the Democratic National Convention with a Web site and daily press conference “highlighting how America is not better off under President Obama.”...

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Mississippi delegate Kelly Jacobs participates in the "Charlotte Labor Day Parade" on September 3, 2012 in Charlotte.

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Mississippi delegate Kelly Jacobs participates in the "Charlotte Labor Day Parade" on September 3, 2012 in Charlotte.

Romney Leads Obama 47- 43 pct in `Must-Win’ North Carolina: Poll

President Barack Obama has an uphill battle to win North Carolina again, though he’s keeping the race close enough to make Republican nominee Mitt Romney spend money in a state that Romney must carry to win the Nov. 6 election....

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Ann Romney drives Mitt on a jet ski on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., in this July 2, 2012 file photo.

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Ann Romney drives Mitt on a jet ski on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., in this July 2, 2012 file photo.

Romney Refuels Jet-Ski, Ann Drives

It’s Labor Day somewhere — time to refuel the jet-ski. Republican Mitt Romney took a break from campaigning today. He was spending the holiday at his home on Lake Winnipesauke in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where he and his wife, Ann,...

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AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Lee A. Saunders speaks in Albany, N.Y., in this file photo.

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AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Lee A. Saunders speaks in Albany, N.Y., in this file photo.

Eastwood `Nothing to Say’ This Time — Union Leader Says in Charlotte

Lee Saunders channeled Clint Eastwood this morning to fire up the Ohio delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, brought an empty chair on stage with him...

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Mitt Romney at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport before departing the Tampa Bay area for New Orleans after the Republican National Convention.

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Mitt Romney at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport before departing the Tampa Bay area for New Orleans after the Republican National Convention.

Gallup Poll: No Gallop for Romney

Last week’s Republican National Convention was pretty much a wash in terms of helping Mitt Romney’s presidential hopes, and his speech impress either, according to a  Gallup poll released today. The hoopla in Tampa “had a minimal impact on Americans’ self-reported voting intentions,”...

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A sign for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

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A sign for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Obama: `Rain or Shine’ at Stadium — James Taylor: `Fire and Rain?’

President Barack Obama will deliver his nomination acceptance speech at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte despite a weather forecast that calls for a 50 percent chance of rain, according to his campaign spokesman. “It will be there rain...

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Lenora Sorola-Pohlman of Houston with an Obama pin during preparations for the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 3, 2012 in Charlotte.

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Lenora Sorola-Pohlman of Houston with an Obama pin during preparations for the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 3, 2012 in Charlotte.

Democratic Convention: Half Women

Calling the Democratic National Convention “diverse in every respect,” Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says the difference between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney will “crystalize” as a choice of one candidate who wants “to build the economy...

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Heather Knox, a Democratic delegate from South Dakota, with Obama buttons.

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Heather Knox, a Democratic delegate from South Dakota, with Obama buttons.

First Black President: The Buttons?

Jean Hervey stared at rows and rows of Obama campaign buttons at the Charlotte Convention Center and couldn’t find the one she wanted — a button that would signal the support of black voters for the first African-American president. “You...

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