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Obama proposed $50 billion to rebuild road, rails and runways (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Monday proposes a quick $50 billion boost in federal spending to rebuild roads, railways and runways — a move he says will create jobs and which Democrats hope will improve their election prospects in November.

Republicans fear echoes of Alaska in Delaware primary

Is Mike Castle the next Lisa Murkowski? Nearly two weeks removed from Murkowski's stunning defeat by little-known attorney Joe Miller in the Republican Senate primary in Alaska, establishment GOPers are nervous of a repeat in Delaware, where Castle faces 2008 Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell in...

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Obama campaign blazes to victory

Barack Obama's historic campaign comes to a spectacular close with his victory rally in Chicago, the BBC's Kevin Connolly writes.

The National Guard... Still MIA

Rep. Frank faces town hall foe in Mass. primary (AP)

FILE - In this Monday, April 6, 2009 file photo, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, addresses an audience at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Frank faces opposition in the Sept. 14, 2010 primary. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

AP - Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank's retort was an Internet sensation.

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Why John McCain lost

The BBC's Richard Lister looks at what cost Republican John McCain the White House in 2008.

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Obama unveils new 50-billion-dollar infrastructure plan (AFP)

US President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on September 5, after arriving on Marine One. Obama unveiled plans Monday to spend at least 50 billion dollars to expand and renew US roads, railways and airports, in a fresh bid to fire up sluggish economic growth.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)

AFP - US President Barack Obama unveiled plans Monday to spend at least 50 billion dollars to expand and renew US roads, railways and airports, in a fresh bid to fire up sluggish economic growth.

Obama to call for $100 billion business tax credit

Under mounting pressure to intensify his focus on the economy ahead of the midterm elections, President Obama will call for a $100 billion business tax credit this week, using a speech in Cleveland on Wednesday to launch what administration officials said was a new policy push.