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WASHINGTON (AP) - California's U.S. Senate race between Democrat Barbara Boxer and Republican Bill Jones cost a total of $19.1 million, according to final campaign finance reports made public this week. Spending by Boxer, the winner Nov. 2, accounted for fully three-quarters of that amount. Jones ended the race owing hundreds of thousands of dollars to consultants, airplane charters, lawyers, and even his own daughter, who did work for the campaign, the Federal Election Commission documents show. Jones' low spending made for one of the cheaper recent statewide contests. Boxer's 1998 victory over Republican Matt Fong cost more, as did...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- A recent poll released by Black America's PAC (BAMPAC) has found that President Bush's approval rating remains above average for a Republican among black Americans. The poll also uncovered a number of surprising realities about blacks' opinions on national issues that will likely be encouraging to conservatives. President Bush's approval rating has decreased from 41% last year to 33% this year, but BAMPAC cautioned that this change was due to the fact that Bush's approval ratings spiked in 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks and the beginning of the war on terror. Bush's...