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Published 10/23/2008 at Reuters: Politics
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Barack Obama takes a break from the presidential race on Thursday for a personal journey to see his ailing grandmother in Hawaii, ceding a day of campaigning to rival John McCain less than two weeks before the election.
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