AP - Black conservatives conflicted on Obama campaign ... in battleground state, Obama touts economic plan ... McCain cancels fundraiser with controversial Texan

AP - Black conservative talk show host Armstrong Williams has never voted for a Democrat for president. That could change this year with Barack Obama as the Democratic Party's nominee.

AP - Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers.

AFP - Britain will continue its process of ratifying the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday, after Irish voters rejected it in a referendum.

AP - Reports of rising inflation and weak gains in wages kept the paycheck struggles of Americans at the center of the presidential campaign Friday.

AP - John McCain has long advocated letting workers divert some of their payroll taxes into private accounts. So when he says now that he won't privatize Social Security, that raises eyebrows.