CEDARBURG, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail after their party conventions, clashed over the ailing U.S. economy on Friday as unemployment hit its highest monthly rate in nearly five years.

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Trudy Tucker doesn’t know if the back-to-back U.S. political conventions addressed the financial worries she has raising four children — she was too busy to watch.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain beat Democratic rival Barack Obama in the crucial battle to attract U.S. television viewers during their race to the White House, according to figures released on Friday.

ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Police arrested 250 anti-war protesters on Thursday shortly before John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s convention a short distance away.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, should benefit from consumers’ dissatisfaction with the weak national economy, according to Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.