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Obama says he'll 'fix broken politics'
(AP)<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080828/i/r1329053122.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=_FAHHLNpT5rijPD.whAEXQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Convention-goers hold placards illustrating U.S. Senator Barack Obama, at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 28, 2008. Democratic presidential nominee Obama (D-IL) will give the biggest speech in a career filled with big speeches later on Thursday in Denver's open-air football stadium before 75,000 supporters on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech -- a landmark in the U.S. civil rights movement. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed presidency of George W. Bush" Thursday night as he embarked on the final lap of his audacious bid to become the nation's first black president.</p><br clear="all"/>
Obama sketches promise of America
(AP)<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080829/i/r4162103799.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=dCg6OoW8eC61TzrK1hfKlA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Democratic vice presidential nominee, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) sits with his wife Jill before
Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) makes a speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 28, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama is using his nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic convention to make the case for electing a man whom he admits doesn't fit the "typical pedigree."</p><br clear="all"/>
McCain makes decision on running mate
(AP)<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_veepstakes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080828/i/ra3761594034.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=4tHvlQcwn.Ug9JazMHNbQQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain waves to the veterans gathered at the 109th Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando, Florida, August 18, 2008. REUTERS/Scott Audette" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided on a running mate early Thursday, and top prospects waited to hear from the nominee-in-waiting.</p><br clear="all"/>
Obama uses speech for high-tech outreach
(AP)<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_obama_get_out_the_vote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080829/i/r4162103799.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=dCg6OoW8eC61TzrK1hfKlA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Democratic vice presidential nominee, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) sits with his wife Jill before
Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) makes a speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 28, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Forgive some of the 75,000 people amassed at Invesco Field Thursday if their thumbs are bit weary by the time Barack Obama takes the stage for a triumphant acceptance of his presidential nomination.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sen. Joe Biden (D-Scranton)
(Politico)Politico - DENVER — Joe Biden lived in Scranton, Pa., only until he was 10 years old, but you wouldn’t know it lately from listening to him, his running mate Barack Obama and their surrogates.
Democrat's vision will collide with reality
(AP)AP - Barack Obama is accepting the Democratic nomination Thursday night with a lofty vision for the nation's future that is far easier to articulate than to accomplish.
More than 84,000 attend Obama speech
(AP)AP - More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech, city officials say.
Joey Biden's Big Night
(U.S. News & World Report)<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20080828/ts_usnews/joeybidensbignight"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080829/capt.801d97d3be784ae2bfe3b728113262c8.democratic_convention___cows127.jpg?x=121&y=130&q=85&sig=xgvTE9Sfsse_DXq6qYLvHw--" align="left" height="130" width="121" alt="Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., waves to the crowd on the last day of the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>U.S. News & World Report - DENVER--Joseph Biden is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, widely respected for his knowledge of international affairs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Retailers pull Simplicity bassinets off shelves
(AP)AP - Six major retailers are pulling from their shelves Simplicity bassinets linked to the deaths of two babies after a company refused to recall the infant beds.
Ohio man sentenced for writing racial hate letters
(AP)AP - A man who wrote hundreds of threatening letters over 20 years to black and mixed-race men — including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter — was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in prison.
Yugoslav war crimes court issues contempt summons
(AP)<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_re_eu/war_crimes_spokeswoman_contempt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080827/capt.cps.nkm15.270808192153.photo00.photo.default-351x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=E1NlADVNDpZb.878GyIi6A--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="French journalist and former spokesperson for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Florence Hartmann poses in April 2008. The UN war crimes court said Wednesday it has charged Hartmann with divulging confidential information over the trial of late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, set up by the United Nations to prosecute those responsible for atrocities in the Balkan wars, on Wednesday summoned a former prosecution spokeswoman on contempt-of-court charges.</p><br clear="all"/>
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