It looks like the old Dead are gettin' on. Surviving members of the Grateful Dead say they'll regroup for a 19-city tour, their first since 2004, beginning April 12 in Greensboro, N.C. ...more

January 4, 2009

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Republicans are disavowing an e-mail sent to Jewish voters that likens a vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to events that led up to the Holocaust. ...more

October 25, 2008

Republican Sen. John McCain told crowds in this battleground state Friday to "hold onto your wallet" because his Democratic presidential rival, Barack Obama, has talked of spreading the wealth around. ...more

October 18, 2008

A sign hanging inside John McCain's campaign office in Pompano Beach juxtaposed a series of headshots: Fidel Castro, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx - and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. ...more

October 17, 2008

Major League Baseball has agreed to postpone the first pitch of Game 6 of the World Series by about 15 minutes in order to enable Fox to join CBS and NBC in running Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's 30-minute infomercial Oct. 29. ...more

October 16, 2008

The economy was the central theme Sunday in appearances by Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, above, and presidential candidate Barack Obama, and their Republican challengers, Sarah Palin and John McCain. In Scranton, Pa., Biden said that the Democratic ticket was better on the economy and health care. In St. Clairsville, Ohio, Palin promised voters she and McCain will bring jobs to the economically depressed region. Obama walked a Holland, Ohio, neighborhood, where questions from middle-class Americans focused on helping families. Advisers to McCain said Sunday he is considering proposals to help the nation weather the crisis. ...more

October 13, 2008

For the second day in a row, rock star Bruce Springsteen sang a few songs and urged thousands of potential voters in a battleground state to register and support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. ...more

October 6, 2008

Billy Joe Shannon, a local Democratic activist campaigning for his party's local candidates and presidential ticket, got up about 5:30 a.m. Friday and let "Romeo," his poodle, out into his front yard on Mackerel Drive. ...more

September 28, 2008

The city is basking in the glow of publicity garnered during Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama's Wednesday campaign stop here. ...more

September 27, 2008

The quality of "Saturday Night Live" season premieres is almost always on the shaky side, and the 34th season debut was no exception. It took off, however, like a skyrocket. ...more

September 15, 2008