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Excitment, tears and Kumar on convention floor - Added 2 minutes ago

You never know who'll youll run into on the floor of the Democratic National Convention. It might be a football immortal, or a 1980s TV actress, or the former secretary of state. Even the star of the "Harold and Kumar"...

McCain says no vice presidential decision yet - Added 14 minutes ago

Looking toward his turn in the spotlight, Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain said Thursday he had yet to decide on a running mate. McCain was expected to name his vice presidential pick this week,...

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Forecasters: Tropical Storm Hanna forms northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. ...

Obama seeks a personal touch within a huge stadium - Added 42 minutes ago

!!-- AUDIO:363,362,361 -->Barack Obama aims to weave the personal with the political Thursday as he explains to 75,000 supporters in a football stadium _ and millions more at home _ how as president he would make a...

Some Clinton fundraisers squeezing money for Obama - Added 2 hours ago

Alexander Heckler is working hard to dispel The Rift. Here at the Democratic National Convention, the youthful and energetic former Florida finance chairman for Hillary Rodham Clinton is handing out party tickets and...

Obama makes unscripted appearance at the DNC - Added 3 hours ago

Sen. Barack Obama dropped in on his own party at the Democratic convention a day early Wednesday to praise his wife, his former rival, and former President Bill Clinton for going to bat for him. "I think Michelle Obama...

Pa. legislative candidate discloses arrest record - Added 4 hours ago

A candidate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is bringing up his arrest for domestic assault _ in his own campaign materials. Democrat Jim Prendergast says telling voters about his 1996 misdemeanor assault...

Former 'Real World' member running for Congress - Added 6 hours ago

A longtime Brooklyn congressman who has gone most of his career without ever facing much of a re-election challenge is facing an aggressive fight this year from a former "Real World" cast member. Community activist...

ABC News staffer jailed in Denver amid convention - Added 7 hours ago

An ABC News producer covering the Democratic convention was pushed into traffic by a sheriff's deputy on Wednesday and then arrested, the network said. Asa Eslocker was arrested on charges of interference, trespass and...

Today on the presidential campaign trail - Added 7 hours ago

!!-- pobj:CODEN312-0827082229 -->IN THE HEADLINES Barack Obama to woo nation 45 years after Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech ... Biden tells Democratic convention needs more than a good soldier, reference...

DNC '08: Reviewing the big show - Added 8 hours ago

A pivotal moment in the 1998 movie "Pleasantville" comes when an unusual remote control pulls a brother and sister into their television set. They emerge on the other side, inside the world of the show they are...

Analysis: Denver seems like the Clinton Convention - Added 8 hours ago

Rarely in the history of American political conventions has the losing side received so much time and attention as this week in Denver. Barack Obama has been forced, by the clout Hillary Rodham Clinton showed in their...

Analysis: A racial milestone, but don't mention it - Added 8 hours ago

Barack Obama achieved a historic breakthrough with his nomination for president, but you wouldn't know it by tracking the official events of the Democratic convention's first three days. In becoming the first black...

Pelosi gets unwanted lesson in Catholic theology - Added 8 hours ago

Politics can be treacherous. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walked on even riskier ground in a recent TV interview when she attempted a theological defense of her support for abortion rights. Roman Catholic bishops...

Obama to stress hope and change in speech - Added 8 hours ago

In the final act of its four-act play, the Democratic convention finally turns its undivided attention to Barack Obama. In a session themed "Change You Can Believe In," a top Obama campaign staple, the Democratic...

Some Dem delegates saw King's 'Dream' speech - Added 8 hours ago

Seventy-seven-year-old Josie Johnson vividly remembers being part of the crowd when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech 45 years ago. Her group stayed inside a church until it was time to...

Big speeches a new political tool for Obama - Added 8 hours ago

In April 2003, Barack Obama rose in the Illinois Senate to discuss a delicate issue: legislation calling for a study of whether police discriminate against black drivers by making up excuses to pull them over. It was...

Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic convention - Added 10 hours ago

Address by Sen. Joe Biden, Barack Obama's running mate, at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday in Denver, as released by the Obama campaign: ___ You know, folks, my dad used to have an expression. He'd...

Biden says nation needs more than a good soldier - Added 10 hours ago

Joe Biden accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination Wednesday night and declared that the challenges America faces require "more than a good soldier" in the White House, hailing Barack Obama as a wise leader...

Obama nomination a key moment in TV coverage - Added 11 hours ago

A carefully timed roll call and a sudden recognition of history may prove to be a turning point for Democrats at a convention that hadn't been going well for them as a television event. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's...

FactCheck: The fuller story in Denver - Added 11 hours ago

Sen. Barack Obama's formal nomination Wednesday as the Democratic candidate for president brought with it praise for Obama and a barrage of renewed attacks on his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain. Some were on...

Bill Clinton forcefully endorses Obama at DNC - Added 12 hours ago

Former President Clinton gave his full-throated endorsement to Barack Obama's bid for the White House on Wednesday, telling delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama is "ready to lead America and restore...

Potential Obama veeps get turn on stage - Added 12 hours ago

Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't the only also-ran on the loose in Denver. Three officials who were mentioned as possible running mates for Barack Obama but didn't make it onto the ticket got a chance to address the...

Biden hasn't always had kind words for runningmate - Added 12 hours ago

Sen. Joe Biden went before the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday to make the case for Barack Obama's presidential bid. Biden, selected as Obama's running mate, has offered different messages in the past. "I...

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Sen. Joseph Biden nominated to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate. ...

GOP platform backs off pet issues to help McCain - Added 13 hours ago

Republicans are putting John McCain's campaign priorities above some of their pet issues, including drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and denying citizenship to the U.S.-born children of...

Clinton helps seal Obama nomination amid cheers - Added 13 hours ago

It was a closing of sorts, but whether closure was there is another matter. There stood Hillary Rodham Clinton, embraced on the floor of the Democratic National Convention by her fellow New York delegates, urging the...

Bill Clinton's convention address - Added 13 hours ago

Prepared remarks of former President Bill Clinton for his address to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night in Denver, as released by the Obama campaign: I am honored to be here tonight to support Barack...

Iraq veterans endorse Obama - Added 13 hours ago

Iraq war veterans brought their military credibility to the podium on Wednesday and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama as the best candidate to lead the military and help veterans. Obama is challenged by GOP Sen. John McCain,...

Kerry: I don't recognize my former friend, McCain - Added 13 hours ago

Sen. John Kerry, the one-time presidential nominee whose campaign crumbled under attacks on his military service and consistency, told fellow Democrats on Wednesday that he doesn't recognize Republican John McCain, a...

Analysis: Clinton loses but remains a force - Added 14 hours ago

A vanquished guest at another's coronation, Hillary Rodham Clinton proved this week she is still a political force _ in the short term and for the future. She will return to the Senate with vastly enhanced stature....

Olympian Johnson to lead pledge at DNC convention - Added 14 hours ago

Barack Obama's presidential campaign says Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson will lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday. Obama is expected to give his acceptance speech Thursday...

Incumbents show vulnerability in Alaska primary - Added 14 hours ago

Alaska's Republican old guard talked tough Wednesday after a bruising primary, sounding confident they can prevail in the November general election despite criminal probes. U.S. Rep. Don Young, under federal...

The Democrats' convention floor is ... democratic - Added 15 hours ago

We supposedly live in a classless society, but the velvet ropes have been spreading like weeds in recent years. How odd, then, that the power-saturated floor of the Democratic National Convention is, in fact, one of the...

Ohio governor sets special congressional election - Added 15 hours ago

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has ordered a special election Nov. 18 to replace the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. If more than one candidate from each party files for the seat, a primary election will be held Oct....

Reid: McCain lacks presidential temperament - Added 15 hours ago

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that Republican John McCain "doesn't have the temperament to be president." The Nevada Democrat said his opinion of the Arizona senator is based serving with him for 26...

Speakers at the Democratic Convention on Thursday - Added 16 hours ago

Speakers for the Thursday night session of the Democratic National Convention. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is set to accept the party's nomination. ___ THURSDAY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN HOWARD DEAN: The former...

Obama: History in the making, first black nominee - Added 16 hours ago

When this campaign ends, after future presidents have come and gone, and when today's young people are grown old, history will remember Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, as the day a black man became the presidential nominee of...

Waiting game for McCain veep - Added 16 hours ago

John McCain's potential running mates were in what amounted to a high-stakes waiting game Wednesday as the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting prepared to announce his running mate in the coming days. The two...

Obama inspires hugs among feuding Illinois pols - Added 16 hours ago

Determined to elect favorite son Barack Obama, feuding Illinois Democrats shook hands and hugged Wednesday in a display of campaign unity that left U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. overcome with tears. Jackson, the...

Analysis: Clinton loses but remains a force - Added 17 hours ago

A vanquished guest at another's coronation, Hillary Rodham Clinton proved this week she is still a political force _ in the short term and for the future. She will return to the Senate with vastly enhanced stature....

Quotes from Barack Obama's nominating speeches - Added 17 hours ago

Quotes from the nominating speeches for Barack Obama on Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention in Denver: "I support Barack Obama because America needs a president who has the strength, wisdom and courage to...

Obama and Biden on board for post-Denver bus tour - Added 17 hours ago

When Barack Obama and Joe Biden campaign by bus in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio after wrapping up the Democratic National Convention, they'll be following a familiar route. Republicans George Bush and Dick Cheney...

Republicans push for later primary season in 2012 - Added 17 hours ago

A Republican Party rules committee is recommending a later presidential primary season that would hold back all but two 2012 nominating contests until early March. The plan would still let New Hampshire and South...

Schedule for Democratic National Convention - Added 17 hours ago

Schedule for the Democratic National Convention: ___ WEDNESDAY Theme: "Securing America's Future." Headline prime-time speaker: Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, Obama's selection as running mate. Featured speakers...

Clinton releases delegates - Added 18 hours ago

In an emotional meeting leading up to the Democratic roll call of the states, Hillary Rodham Clinton released her convention delegates Wednesday to vote for certain presidential nominee Barack Obama. Many in the...

THE EDGE: Obama's to-don't list - Added 19 hours ago

There's no shortage of items on Barack Obama's to-do list for the fall campaign. How about a to-don't list? Five AP reporters offer suggestions. ___ STAY GRAY No matter what, Barack Obama should never lose sight of...

Republican veteran to nominate Obama - Added 19 hours ago

Barack Obama's presidential nominating speech will be coming from a Republican veteran of the Iraq war. Michael Wilson of Florida, who was an Air Force medic in the war, is scheduled to formally nominate Obama...

Analysis: Democrats hit Bush to nick McCain - Added 19 hours ago

A two-headed creature is stalking the Democratic convention, getting kicked and pummeled at every turn. "Bush-McCain" is not a political ticket, but a hyphenated target that Democrats have invented from necessity. It's...

Schwarzenegger could be no-show at GOP convention - Added 20 hours ago

When the Republican convention opens Monday night, its prime-time lineup could be missing one of its biggest draws: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Shackled by the mundane business of state government,...