AFP - White House hopeful Barack Obama said Friday a tentative US-Iraqi deal to get American troops home by 2011 exposed his rival John McCain's war plan as mere "bluster" and divorced from reality.

AFP - An emerging deal to get US troops out of Iraq by 2011 will reverberate through the White House race, shaping the endgame of the testy duel over the unpopular war between John McCain and Barack Obama.

AP - Obama says he's chosen his running mate, but won't say who ... Obama pounces on McCain for not knowing how many houses he and multimillionaire wife own ... Election panel rules McCain not bound by spending limits in primaries, doesn't rule on loan ... Conservative group places ad questioning Obama relationship to 60s radical ... Obama spends $55 million to McCain's $32 million in July ... McCain, Obama agree to three presidential debates

AP - Asked how many houses he and his wealthy wife own, McCain not really sure ... Obama outspends McCain in July $55 million to $32 million; most of money pays for advertising ... After years of Democratic dominance, McCain sees opportunity in the upper Midwest ... McCain, Obama agree to 3 presidential debates, 1 vice presidential

AFP - Democrat Barack Obama ripped into John McCain Thursday saying he was out of touch with economic reality after the Republican confessed to being in the dark about how many properties he owns.