Obama's Missing Thesis  —  The latest report on Obama's missing thesis comes from MSNBC.  Written his senior year at Columbia University, Obama's thesis was about Soviet nuclear disarmament.  It's only natural to wonder what the budding socialist turned presidential candidate thought of nuclear proliferation in the early 1980s.

Pentagon tells Obama not to visit U.S. troops at German base because it would be too political  —  BERLIN—A scheduled visit by presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) with U.S. troops Friday at a military base in Rammstein, Germany was cancelled because the Pentagon told the campaign it would look too political.

Hey, Obama: There's Bratwurst in Ohio, Too (but No Cheering Masses)  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Senator John McCain's presidential campaign recovered from a near-death experience almost exactly a year ago, and political candidates stumble in and out of troughs all the time.