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CBS Poll: Support For Obama Rebounds

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:54:08 GMT

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Democrat Barack Obama appears to have rebounded from some of the damage caused by the controversy surrounding his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll.

On one key measure, Obama has seen a big reversal since his denunciation of Wright’s remarks on Tuesday. He now leads presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in the hypothetical fall contest by eleven points, 51 percent to 40 percent. That compares to a tied match-up in a CBS News/New York Times poll that was released last Wednesday.

Among Democratic primary voters (those who have voted or plan to vote in a Democratic primary) Obama’s lead over Clinton has increased -- he now leads Clinton by twelve points, 50 percent to 38 percent. That’s up from his eight point lead in the poll released just a few days ago.

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Poll: Obama handled Wright controversy well

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:51:48 GMT

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A new poll suggests the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy isn't entirely crushing Barack Obama's White House hopes.

In the CBS News/New York Times poll, 60 percent of voters surveyed say they approved of the way the Illinois Democrat has handled the situation. The approval is even higher among Democratic primary voters.

Three out of four respondents to the poll said Wright's statements hadn't changed their opinion of the candidate. And more than half say the media is spending too much time dissecting the story.

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Church recognizes apparitions of Virgin Mary

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:44:53 GMT

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A Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday that the church has officially recognized that the Virgin Mary appeared to a teenage shepherd girl in the French Alps starting in the mid-1600s.

The announcement marks the first time the church has recognized apparitions of the Virgin Mary in France since those in southwestern Lourdes 150 years ago, the diocese of Gap and Embrun said.

Speaking at Mass in Laus in remarks broadcast nationally on France-2 television, Monsignor Jean-Michel di Falco Leandri said he recognized the "supernatural origin" of the apparitions to 17-year-old shepherd girl Benoite Rencurel starting in 1664 and running through 1718.

Officials at Notre-Dame-du-Laus church say that after four months of daily apparitions starting in May 1664, the Virgin Mary asked Rencurel to build a church and a house to receive priests.

The recognition Sunday makes Laus an official pilgrimage site for the church

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The Empire Strikes Barack

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:15:38 GMT

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