John Kerry endorses Obama for president

Hello! I'm Kristin Volk with today's UPI news update on this Friday, January 11, 2008.

Senator John Kerry is endorsing Senator Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Kerry made the announcement yesterday, saying the Illinois senator will bring the country together. The endorsement may be seen as a blow to former Senator John Edwards who's running against Obama for the White House. Edwards was Kerry's running mate in the 2004 election when Kerry was the Democratic presidential candidate.

Democrat Dennis Kucinich is calling for a recount of the New Hampshire primary. The Ohio congressman says he's concerned about the integrity of Tuesday's results after reports and allegations have surfaced questioning its credibility. Kucinich won less than 2 percent of the vote. In a letter yesterday, he said he doesn't expect significant changes in his vote total but wants assurance that all of the voters had all of their votes counted.

The Israeli government says it endorses President Bush's call for a speedy peace agreement with Palestine. However, the government cautioned that it doesn't see the final establishment of a Palestinian state this year. Bush visited the region this week in an attempt to move the process ahead. A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says the country hopes for a historic agreement in 2008 that would outline the framework of a future Palestinian state.

And scientists say they've identified more than 200 proteins in the human body that help the AIDS virus multiply and spread. That discovery gives researchers many more possibilities for developing new drugs to combat the disease. Scientists say HIV, which is the virus that causes AIDS, depends on proteins in the body to fuel its growth.

That's all for now. Check out our weekly wrap-up from the White House on upi.com today. For all of us at UPI, have a nice weekend.

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[bubbazametti]

Congressman Kucinich stated today that the huge disparity which Hillary Clinton overturned to defeat Barack Obama in the New Hampshire primary was a "mystery that needs to be solved" as he leads the charge for a recount to ascertain exactly how the pollsters could have got it so wrong, or if vote fraud took place.Thankyou Mr. Kucinich

[frankatunda]

Thank you to Rep. Kucinich... I worked with voters in Manchester, Nashua and surrounding towns of Auburn and Goffstown... And I recall a big turn out with same enthusiam and feedbacks (translated by the latest polls).

I have ascertions, given the NH Exit Polls and my grassroots experience in NH, that something fishy had taken place in NH tallies. Even if my campaign had decided to move on, unchallenging,from NH, I do support Howard and Kucinich requests for a recount.

[BluntFella]

eddytheguy,

If I'm a racist, then what does that make you, dumbass?

[BluntFella]

geraboldy,

Bring what back to mama? More and larger welfare checks?

[eddytheguy]

sorry i mean racist to BluntFella

[eddytheguy]

racist

[antiTyph0n06]

fuck john kerry! and fuck bar-rack husSAIN osama!

[geraboldy]

no get educated this guy is a nazi

Loose change

EndGame

911 mysteries

Immortal technic

[BluntFella]

I believe osama, er I mean obama is a bad choice too.

[xtrasense]

are you some kind of psycho

[xtrasense]

no its doesnt matter about race just views and i just think that obama is a very bad choice

[geraboldy]

Bama bring it back to mama