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CHARLOTTE, N.C. People buying event tickets and hotel rooms for next week’s Democratic National Convention could be targeted by scammers, officials say. Better Business Bureau of Southern Piedmont President Tom Bartholomy said credentials to see President Barack Obama deliver his acceptance speech at Bank of America Stadium, which were handed out recently, will likely go on sale on Craigslist and eBay. But the BBB warns that some credentials sold by third parties could be counterfeit. Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/09/01/3493868/officials-warn-dnc-visitors-of.html#storylink=cpy

Everyone has priorities. During the past week Barack Obama has found no time to condemn the attacks that Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has launched on the Libyan people. But he did find time to be interviewed by a Wisconsin television station and weigh in on the dispute between Republican Gov. Scott Walker and the state's public employee unions. Walker was staging "an assault on unions," he said, and added that "public employee unions make enormous contributions to our states and our citizens." Enormous contributions, yes -- to the Democratic Party and the Obama campaign. Unions, most of whose members are...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 25, 2002 Desperate McBride Forgets He Once Called Bush a Bold Leader who "Cares for People" and "Knows How to do the Right Thing" --Does Bill McBride Believe His Own Ads Attacking Bush? You be the Judge-- TALLAHASSEE – Despite his latest round of attack ads, corporate lawyer Bill McBride once compared being around Gov. Jeb Bush to being "in the company of a rock star," and called Bush a bold leader who "cares for people" and "knows how to do the right thing." McBride elaborated saying, "Bush’s style is friendly, and he is high-tech; but...