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--> U.S. : Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico endorsed Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic race for president today. "Barack Obama will make a great and historic president," Richardson told a rally in Portland, Oregon, with Obama standing at his side. --> Washington, D.C. : The State Department said Friday that all three presidential candidates' passport files were breached . The admission comes after it was revealed Sen. Barack Obama's files had been viewed three times by contractors. One of the contractors also viewed the files of Republican Sen. John McCain, said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. Earlier Friday, Sen. Hillary Clinton's office said that the State Department had notified it that her file had been breached in 2007. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she had apologized to Obama for the unauthorized viewing of his passport file by State Department contractors. Two contractors were fired and a third was disciplined after t...
School Bans Hugs Over 2 Seconds
A school in Mesa, Arizona's policy banning student hugging prompted dozens of east Valley students to protest with a giant group hug across the street from campus. "I think it's ridiculous," said Chelsea Branham, a 14-year-old student at Shepherd Junior High School in east Mesa. Branham said she got detention this week for hugging her friend after school. "It's not like it's supposed to mean anything," she said. "It's not like I was making out with him or something." Branham joined her classmates on Friday for a 20-minute, public hug-a-thon. "She's taking a stand and I'm standing behind her to do it," said Stephanie Wiegold, her mother. The "no-hugging" rule had previously been in the student handbook. After many students began expressing concern about public hugging and kissing in the hallways, the school began reinforcing the guideline by punishing huggers, which led to Friday's protest. Prior to the de...