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Tuesday’s recall election in Wisconsin has been imbued with national consequence, with many political watchers declaring the outcome could have significant implications for November’s presidential race. So how has President Obama weighed in? On Twitter. “It's Election Day in Wisconsin tomorrow, and I'm standing by Tom Barrett. He'd make an outstanding governor,” Obama wrote Monday night, capping the Tweet with the “-bo” signature that denotes a “personal” tweet from the president himself. It was the only time the president personally has voiced support for Barrett, the former Milwaukee mayor seeking to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker, since Barrett won the...

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) — Just listening to the crowd, you would have sworn it was Manchester United playing at Old Trafford. Instead, it was Manchester's Ricky Hatton drawing cheers in a song-filled weigh-in for the ages here Friday ahead of the undefeated Englishman's welterweight showdown Saturday with unbeaten US champion Floyd Mayweather. The boisterous atmosphere came from a rowdy crowd of 5,930 that jammed the MGM Grand Arena for hours to watch a weigh-in, nearly all of them cheering for Hatton and booing Mayweather, the defending World Boxing Council champion. "Fatty's going to get you," the British fans roared...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Governors worried about damage to the economy and complained about years of neglect on energy policy after an Alaska oil field shutdown, but offered far different solutions on Monday. Energy independence and alternative fuels had already been part of the weekend's summer meeting of the National Governors Association. News of the oil field shutdown and the spike in oil prices, spurred by corrosion of a key oil pipeline, put a sharper edge to the topic. Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana, whose state is at the center of the nation's fuel production and distribution, criticized the federal...

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2006 – President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today hailed yesterday's seating of Iraq's unity government as an important milestone for the Iraqi people and the Middle East. President Bush, joined by first lady Laura Bush, prepares to provide statement on Iraq's new unity government formation to waiting news media in the White House's Diplomatic Reception Room May 21. Photo by Kimberlee Hewitt   "The formation of a unity government in Iraq is a new day for the millions of Iraqis who want to live in freedom," Bush said at the White House this morning....