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McCain Chooses Ala. Governor Palin as Running Mate
DAYTON, Ohio -- Republican presumptive presidential nominee John



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Obama, Accepting Nomination, Draws Sharp Contrast With Mc...
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Barack Obama, the first African American to lead a major-party ticket, accepted the Democratic nomination for president Thursday night, sharply criticizing Republican John McCain and casting the election as "our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise ali...



The Message That the Party Wanted to Hear
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night was what many nervous Democrats were hoping for: a forceful challenge to John McCain and the Republicans, and a restatement of the message to change Washington and the nation that propelled him...



For the Descendants of King's Dream, a New Day Dawns
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- No one said this exactly, but imagination was the quiet star of this day, that thing that leaps over walls and moves the fences of our limitations.



At the Very Top of Invesco Field, Feeling More Than a Mil...
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- They sat in the top rows of Invesco Field at Mile High, so far from the stage they could barely see a thin outline of Barack Obama walking toward the lectern. But up here, they could feel it.



Preparing for Mass Exodus As Gustav Gathers Strength
CHALMETTE, La., Aug. 28 -- Determined to avoid the mistakes made when Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, federal and state officials began preparations for massive evacuations if it becomes clear that Tropical Storm Gustav will sweep over the region with the same force as Katrina.



Putin Asserts Link Between U.S. Election and Georgia War
MOSCOW, Aug. 29 -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he had reason to think U.S. personnel were in the combat zone during the recent war in Georgia, adding that if confirmed, their presence suggested "someone in the United States" provoked the conflict to help one of the ca...



Absenteeism Report Irks Federal Employees
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has been checking up on the attendance records of federal employees. And he doesn't like what he's found.



Gore Delivers a Boost -- To Obama and a Pet Cause
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- In the past three decades, Al Gore has come to the Democratic National Convention in many roles -- as an ambitious young senator, a vice presidential candidate, a vice president and a presidential nominee. On the last night of the 2008 convention, he came as a Nobel Prize-winni...



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