2008 Presidential Election

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., waves to supporters as she arrives at a campaign stop at the University of Puget Sound Campus in Tacoma, Wash., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a campaign stop at the University of Puget Sound Campus in Tacoma, Wash., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a campaign stop at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Debora Ough, of Seattle, cheers for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., at a campaign stop at the University of Puget Sound Campus in Tacoma, Wash., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks on the campus of the University of Puget Sound, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Democratic presidential candidate US Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at a town hall meeting at West Central Community Center in Spokane, Washington, February 8, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)
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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., makes remarks during a news conference following a tour of the McKinstry Company, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., makes remarks during a news conference following a tour of the McKinstry Company, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks on his cell phone prior to boarding his campaign plane in Norfolk, Va., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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** FILE ** President Clinton, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter Chelsea wave before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington after a four-day vacation on the island of St. Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998. Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton proves her fashion sense is not nearly as sharp as her political instincts in the latest issue of Us Weekly. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Pictures of the Week

Men play with snow in Amman Jan. 31. A heavy overnight snowstorm blanketed Jordan Wednesday, closing schools and stores and grounding public transportation.
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Muhammad Hamed, Reuters
Parliament, Westminster Bridge and the River Thames are enveloped in fog Jan. 28 in London.
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A crowd gathers near the body of a man who was reportedly shot by police in the central Kenyan town of Nakuru Jan. 26. What started as post-election riots rapidly descended into settling of tribal vendettas, with marauding gangs armed with machetes, metal bars, and bows and arrows stalking parts of the west of the country, which until the crisis was seen as a beacon of democracy and stability in the troubled east African region. The death toll from weeks of violence has topped 800 and is rising. Vote for best photo
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Hostages held in a branch of the Banco Provincial in Altagracia de Orituco, in the Venezuelan state of Guarico, plead for help from the window of the bank Jan. 29. Four would-be bank robbers armed with rifles and grenades have been holding up to 50 people hostage for almost 24 hours. Authorities allowed the captors to leave the bank with five hostages being used as human shields. The other hostages were unharmed and the five being used as shields were later released unharmed. Vote for best photo
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A couple check out their reflections on the underside of the 110-ton stainless steel Anish Kapoor sculpture called 'Cloud Gate' and nicknamed 'The Bean' at Millennium Park, Jan. 31, in Chicago.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Sen. Edward Kennedy as her Democrat rival, Sen. Barack Obama, turns away in the moments leading up to President Bush's the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress Jan. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vote for best photo
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South Korean Marines blast their way through snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 1. Vote for best photo
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A jet passes above a balloon during the 7th Kaiserwinkel Alpine Ballooning Week in Koessen in the western Austrian province of Tyrol Jan. 29. Balloons from Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, England, Belgium, Luxemburg and Austria participate at the competition.
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Competitors make their way through an obstacle course during the Tough Guy Challenge at South Perton Farm Jan. 27 near Wolverhampton, England.
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A rainbow is visible looking West from Palm Springs, Calif., Jan. 28, next to an array of wind turbines. Southern California has been hit with heavy rainstorms totaling more than 4 inches in some areas over a 24-hour period which has some experts on edge about the possibility of mudslides. Scattered showers remained in the forecast.
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Tornadoes Rip Through South

Jeremy McElyea removes debris from a tree he is cutting up on Felix Daniels' property in the Aldridge Grove community of Lawrence County, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. The property was damaged in Wednesday's F3 tornado that ripped through the county, claiming four lives. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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Alabama Governor Bob Riley speaks at a news conference in Lawrence County, Ala., near the town of Moulton Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, after touring tornado damage. Wednesday's F3 tornado claimed four lives in Lawrence County. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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Robin Thompson and her husband Todd along with Stacie Givens remove frozen foods from the freezer at the Olcie Thrasher home Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, which was destroyed along in Lawrence County, Ala., by an F3 tornado. The home may have been the first destroyed by Wednesday's twister. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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Tornado damage litters the campus of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee February 7, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will visit Tennessee on Friday to view the damage and lend his support to victims of the tornados which tore through the state killing at least 54 people throughout the south in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES)
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People view tornado damage at a destroyed dormitory building on the campus of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee February 7, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will visit Tennessee on Friday to view the damage and lend his support to victims of the tornados which tore through the state killing at least 54 people throughout the south in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES)
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A student stands in front of a dormitory building damaged by a tornado at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee February 7, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will visit Tennessee on Friday to view the damage and lend his support to victims of the tornados which tore through the state killing at least 54 people throughout the south in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES)
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A door with a Union University Bulldogs banner stands by itself in front of a Union University dormitory building which was ravaged by a tornado in Jackson, Tennessee February 7, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush will visit Tennessee on Friday to view the damage and lend his support to victims of the tornados which tore through the state killing at least 54 people throughout the south in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES)
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April Bustamante and Angel Griswell, of Henderson, Tenn., volunteer their time, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, to help Stacy Dalton and her family, of Jackson, clean up after Dalton's home was destroyed by a tornado. As they mourn those killed in the nation's worst tornadoes in more than a decade, people across a devastated swath of the South are also coming to grips with a deeply shaken sense of home. (AP Photo/The Jackson Sun, Amanda Herron)
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Jeff Smith carries objects from his grandmother's home in Clinton, Ark., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. A tornado struck the town late Tuesday. As they mourn those killed in the nation's worst tornadoes in more than a decade, people across a devastated swath of the South are also coming to grips with a deeply shaken sense of home. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Jeff Smith reads an old note from his grandmother's recipe box recovered from the Smith's family home in Clinton, Ark., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, after a tornado struck the town late Tuesday. As they mourn those killed in the nation's worst tornadoes in more than a decade, people across a devastated swath of the South are also coming to grips with a deeply shaken sense of home. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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