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Kerry, in Accepting Democrats’ Nomination, Singles Out Tuition Credit and Stem-Cell Research as Priorities

Sen. John Kerry officially accepted the Democratic nomination for president here Thursday night, promising to roll back tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans to pay for a bevy of domestic programs aimed at helping the middle class, including a new college-tuition tax credit, and saying that the time had come for the United States to again push the frontiers of science. (Subscription required.)