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PARIS, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- America's allies in Europe welcomed the choice of Sen. Joe Biden as Democratic running mate; they could be wrong.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Likely Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as running mate partly because of his appeal to white Midwestern voters, sources say.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Sen. Richard Lugar, the senior Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, congratulated Barack Obama for his choice of running mate Saturday.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama introduced Joe Biden as his running mate Saturday, calling Biden a man of integrity.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Secret Service has deployed a detail of agents to provide protection for Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., ABC News reported Friday.

LENEXA, Kan., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A printing company in Lenexa, Kan., refused to confirm or deny a report Friday it was printing campaign material for an Obama-Bayh presidential ticket.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Beware of text messages with the name of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential choice, his campaign warns -- they're fake.

CHICAGO, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama has called people on the short list of U.S. vice presidential candidates to tell them they weren't selected, a Democratic Party source said.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Ralph Nader says he thinks Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton would be Democrat Barack Obama's best choice for a vice presidential running mate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Who did presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois choose as his running mate? Was it Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware or Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius? Or will it be some surprise dark horse?