An Exeter homemaker is the lucky winner of a contest to determine which donors would have a private dinner with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

   The dinner is set for Monday night in Nashua according to a campaign spokesman.

   The International Association of Fire Fighters, a critical source of support in past, Democratic presidential nomination fights, apparently is getting ready to weigh in for a non-frontrunner, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd.

  Republican hopeful Rudy Giulini has attracted more than two dozen, small business owners to his presidential candidacy.

  Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani's love of his, hometown New York Yankees is legendary.

  Ames, IA was not the only far-flung place where organizers decided to host a straw poll to get attention.