Obama Wins:First Black to Gain Presidency

WASHINGTON-Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hardfought battleground states-Ohio, Florida,Virginia and Iowa.A huge crowd thronged Grant Park in Chicago to cheer his improbable triumph...

By DAVID ESPO

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