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By Dennis Cauchon ExxonMobil earned after-tax profits of $41 billion and paid $14.5 billion in worldwide income taxes in 2007 -- the highest in corporate history in both categories. The world's largest oil company is on track to smash both records in 2008, despite a recent decline in oil prices. Should it pay higher taxes? Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama wants to impose a "windfall profits tax" on oil companies and use the money to provide tax rebates of $500 for most...

By David Jackson WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain pitched new tax breaks and other incentives Tuesday to help investors and senior citizens. Democratic rival Barack Obama said he is still reviewing all of McCain's plans, but he believes some of them do not go far enough. McCain, adding to previously announced economic plans, proposed to cut the capital gains tax in half, suspend rules that force seniors to sell stocks from 401(k)s or Individual Retirement Accounts...

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said Tuesday that Democrat Brack Obama's association with a 1960s radical will come up in their debate Wednesday. Politico reports McCain said Obama is "probably ensured" that his association with former Weather Underground leader William Ayers will come up when they meet in New York for their third and final presidential debate. "I was astonished to hear him say that he was surprised that I didn't have the guts" to bring up...

More than 90 Florida doctors are seeking the health records of Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain to guarantee he is in good health. The physicians have signed a national petition calling on McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, to fully disclose his medical records, saying they're concerned about his bouts with skin cancer and that voters have a right to know more, The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Tuesday. "If you still want to vote for the guy, that's fine. But you...

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY If there's one feature that defines the presidential debate on education, it's this: near silence. The USA's teetering economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have all but squeezed out education, a topic important to previous elections. Sen. John McCain focused on it in two speeches to civil rights groups last summer. Sen. Barack Obama, meanwhile, has spoken in detail about schools more often than his rival -- his campaign lists 12 education speeches in the past...

By David Jackson A feisty John McCain rallied the Republican faithful on Monday, unveiling an edgier stump speech for the final three weeks of the presidential campaign and vowing to fight aggressively through Nov. 4. Before a Virginia Beach crowd in a state usually in the Republican column, McCain shifted from attacking Democratic rival Barack Obama for ties to 1960s radical Bill Ayers and instead bristled that "the national media has written us off.""We've got them just where...

By Kathy Kiely and Matt Kelley Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday proposed additional measures he says will jump-start the economy and protect investors, including tax credits for businesses that hire new workers and penalty-free withdrawals from retirement funds. "Right now we face an immediate economic emergency that requires urgent action," the Illinois senator told an audience in Toledo, Ohio. "Congress should pass this emergency rescue plan as soon as...

By Jackie Calmes, Jeff Zeleny and Brian Knowlton 21 days to the vote * With his presidential campaign gaining momentum on a tide of economic worries, Senator Barack Obama is adding emergency planks to an economic platform that he says is designed to help average Americans, and not just Wall Street, through the downturn. The Democratic nominee proposed steps to spur new jobs, give Americans penalty-free access to retirement savings during the downturn, declare a 90-day moratorium on home...

By The Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday accused the McCain campaign of trying to distract Americans from their economic woes by launching "unbecoming personal attacks" at Barack Obama. Appearing at a boisterous rally near his childhood home, Biden said John McCain's campaign is desperate to change the subject from the financial crisis that has wiped out many Americans'college and retirement savings. He said McCain has resorted...

Both major-party U.S. presidential candidates favor expansion of nuclear power generation and it's just a question of how much, industry observers say. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican nominee, has called for the building of 45 nuclear power plants by 2030. His Democratic counterpart, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, is much more skeptical, though he also sees nuclear power as part of a future energy mix, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Monday. "Both candidates are...