NORFOLK The blue "Obama-Biden" yard signs are hidden in the garage. The Obama bumper stickers are magnets, easy to remove when the husband drives the family SUV to the base. When politics comes up at barbecues and other work-related events, they measure

The controversial billboard in West Plains of a Barack Obama caricature wearing a turban and putting his middle name in quotes to imply it's a nickname has caused a stir on news Web sites and blogs across the country.

President-elect Barack Obama has been compared to Abraham Lincoln for his politics and to John F. Kennedy for his youth, but Friday he showed himself similar to Franklin D. Roosevelt in terms of his communication skills.

Will a black American president shake hands one day with a gay president of France? Barack Obama has already taken strides towards reversing the conventional, racial wisdom of US politics. Bertrand Delanoë, the popular, successful, gruff, acerbic – and

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