DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack
Obama returns to Iowa today for an evening rally in Des Moines.

It's his first trip back since winning the Iowa caucuses in
January. The rally will be held in downtown, near the Capitol.

Obama's visit marks his latest effort to shift attention away
from the primary season and toward the November election.

He's reaching for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and
Kentucky primaries today -- a majority of pledged delegates offered
in the Democratic race.

Rival Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to win Kentucky. Obama
is favored in Oregon.
     
     
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