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News Bits: Obama Becomes First Black Candidate on Major Party Ticket
- Obama clinches the Democratic nomination; Clinton hasn't conceded yet
- United Airlines cuts planes, jobs to offset costs
- Ed McMahon fighting foreclosure on his Beverly Hills mansion
- Actress Gina Gershon: I did not have sex with that man, Bill Clinton
- Those disinfecting wipes you have may spread, not kill, germs
- The Milky Way loses two arms
- The Texas polygamist sect case will cost the state $7 million
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