Ailing Kennedy attends Democratic convention (AP)

Kennedy rallies Dems for Obama as convention opens (AP)

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., waves before speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Ailing and aging, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy summoned fellow Democrats to rally behind Barack Obama’s pioneering quest for the White House Monday night in an emotional opening to a party convention struggling for unity essential in the fall campaign.


Sen. Ted Stevens: Prosecutors out to smear my name (AP)

Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) arrives at the U.S. District Court, to face seven federal charges of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms from 2001 to 2006, in Washington, July 31, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)AP - Sen. Ted Stevens accused the Justice Department of trying to smear his character Monday as he prepared to defend his seat in a crowded Republican primary election.


Ex-Guantanamo detainees appeal to US Supreme Court (AFP)

British Muslims Ruhal Ahmed (L) and Shafiq Rasul (R), who are former detainees of Guantanamo Bay US detention camp speak to reporters during a press conference in Tokyo in 2007. Four Britons released from Guantanamo in 2004 after two years' detention, requested the US Supreme Court to rule on the right of prisoners AFP - Four Britons released from Guantanamo in 2004 after two years’ detention, requested the US Supreme Court to rule on the right of prisoners “to worship and . not to be tortured.”


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Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety, doctors say (AP)

Hillary gets stiffed (Politico)

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) campaigns for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) at Green Valley High School August 8, 2008 in Henderson, Nevada. Obama and Hillary Clinton said Thursday they had agreed to submit her name to a symbolic vote by convention delegates who will decide the Democrats' White House nominee this month.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)Politico - There’s one Democrat who would seem to have little or no chance of being picked by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to be his running mate – his former opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).


Obama: From unknown to nominee, a meteoric rise (AP)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles as he speaks at a town hall meeting at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - When Barack Obama arrived at the Democratic National Convention eight years ago, he was a politician in need of clout.


Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety, doctors say (AP)AP - Top doctors at the helm of one of the nation’s most influential medical journals are giving the Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case.

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US: Quds, Hezbollah training hit squads in Iran (AP)

U.N. envoy Gambari to return to Myanmar Monday (Reuters)

United Nations special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari speaks during an interview at the United Nations information center in Tokyo February 28, 2008. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)Reuters - U.N. Myanmar envoy Ibrahim Gambari will visit the Asian country on Monday to renew pressure on its ruling junta to democratize and improve its human rights record.


No more hugs as Obama tears into McCain (AP)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks with Anna Dimino left, and her sister Josephine Firicano both of Everett, Mass., during a stop at PJ and Company Restaurant Saloon in Reno, Nev., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - So much for hugging in church.


Pelosi receptive to considering more drilling (AP)

Lowering gas prices posted at 7-11 gas station in Antioch, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. 'Oh thank heaven,' is one of 7-11's slogans. At the pump, retail gas prices slid further. A gallon of regular fell about a penny overnight to a new national average of $3.778, according to auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Democrats’ stance against offshore drilling has shifted more, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaling on Saturday her willingness to consider opening up more coastal areas to oil and gas exploration.


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Elizabeth Edwards was in anguish after affair, report says (AP)

Home in Chicago, Obama can be regular guy, sort of (AP)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, talks before a round golf at Luana Hills Country Club in Kailua, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, while on vacation. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Even a guy running for president has to take his wife out on a date.


U.N. concerned about crisis in Philippines’ south (Reuters)

Residents of Takipan village in Pikit, North Cotabato, southern Philippines, hurry into a truck as they leave their homes due to fighting between government soldiers and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), August 11, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - The United Nations said on Wednesday it was concerned about a humanitarian crisis in the southern Philippines where a ferocious battle between government forces and Muslim rebels has displaced about 160,000 people.


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Incumbent Tenn. congressman loses primary (AP)

Pilots’ reports on low fuel (AP)AP - The Aviation Safety Reporting System a database maintained by NASA has reports from pilots expressing safety concerns about airline directives pressuring them to fly with uncomfortably low fuel levels. NASA deletes names and other identifying information to encourage pilots, flight crews, dispatchers and others to identify safety problems, including their own mistakes.

U.N. Iraq mandate renewed; Baghdad wants more U.N. help (Reuters)

A U.S. soldier directs people outside of the United Nation headquarters in Baghdad August 19, 2003. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)Reuters - The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to keep the United Nations mission in Iraq for another year, as Baghdad urged the world body to do more to help it transform into a functioning democracy.


Texas executes Honduran man convicted of murder (AFP)

This undated photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville shows death row inmate Heliberto Chi. Texas Thursday put to death the Honduran national after the US Supreme Court rejected a final attempt to halt his execution on grounds it violated a bilateral treaty.(AFP/TDCJ-HO)AFP - Texas Thursday put to death a Honduran national after the US Supreme Court rejected a final attempt to halt his execution on grounds it violated a bilateral treaty.


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Some answers, but not all, likely in anthrax case (AP)

Cheney’s role at GOP convention a question (AP)

In this July 11, 2008 file photo, Vice President Dick Cheney looks on as President Bush makes a statement on energy at the Energy Department in Washington. Will he or won't he? Cheney is one of the nation's most prominent Republicans, but there are doubts about whether he will attend the GOP convention.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - Will he or won’t he? Vice President Dick Cheney is one of the nation’s most prominent Republicans, but there are doubts about whether he will attend the GOP convention.


Race-card flap reopens Clinton camp wounds (Politico)

Former US President Bill Clinton waves during the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference in Mexico City. Bill Clinton delivered a rousing speech to thousands of delegates at a world AIDS conference in Mexico City Monday, but warned that the battle against the disease was far from over.(AFP/Luis Acosta)Politico - The Clintons and their allies may forgive Barack Obama for beating Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primary, but there’s one sore point they’re not quite ready to absolve: leaving the impression that Bill and Hillary Clinton have a race problem.


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Turkish party insists it’s not anti-secular (AP)

Anthrax attacks changed mail handling (AP)

Military personnel in hazmat suits searching for possible anthrax contamination handle a biohazard bag on Capitol Hill, October 24, 2001. A senior U.S. government scientist who helped investigate a series of deadly anthrax attacks in 2001 has died from an apparent suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to charge him with carrying out the attacks, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday. (William Philpott/Reuters)AP - Five lives and millions of dollars later, the anthrax-by-mail mystery may be solved, but the way the post office and many government agencies handle the mail has undergone major changes.


Turkish party insists it’s not anti-secular (AP)AP - The role of Turkey’s governing party in promoting European Union membership proves that it is not anti-secular, a party member said Thursday.

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GOP points to cost, helps kill bill to aid victims (AP)

Bush approves soldier’s execution (Politico)Politico - Citing “brutal crimes,” President Bush on Monday authorized the execution of an Army private convicted of a spree of rapes and murders in North Carolina in the 1980s.

McCain, Obama keep wardrobes remarkably consistent (AP)

This July 23, 2008 file photo shows Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as he speaks during a news conference at a police station in Sderot, Israel. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, FILE)AP - Barack Obama has his rolled-up sleeves and John McCain his sweaters under suit jackets, but absent from the 2008 presidential campaign are hunting shirts, windsurfing trunks and absolutely anything resembling Michael Dukakis’ helmet.


Children target of $1.6 billion in food ads, FTC finds (AP)

Max Robinson, 5, prepares to eat an Oreo cookie, which is made by Kraft Foods, in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, July 28, 2008. Kraft Foods Inc. reported growth in the second quarter Monday, as consumers, undeterred by price increases, abandon restaurants for less costly meals at home and the company benefits from its restructuring plan. The nation's largest food and beverage maker is also benefiting from price increases, saying it has raised its prices, on average, 7 percent in the most recent quarter. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Imagine Superman promoting fresh fruits and vegetables instead of a cereal.


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U.N. Security Council split on how to deal with Myanmar (Reuters)

Analysis: Bush’s policy shifts affect Obama (AP)

President Bush speaks about the USAID Freedom Agenda, Thursday, July 24, 2008, in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Barack Obama wants to sound like the voice of reason on U.S. foreign policy the guy who would abandon Bush administration policies he sees as shortsighted, self-defeating or just plain wrong. Problem is, George Bush keeps beating him to it.


Louisiana asks court to reopen child rape case (AP)AP - Louisiana prosecutors asked the Supreme Court on Monday to revisit its recent decision outlawing the death penalty for people convicted of raping children.

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Meet the seven super surrogates (Politico)

Barack Obama spends less in June, saves resources (AP)AP - Barack Obama cut back on his spending in June after securing the Democratic presidential nomination, building up his cash on hand as Republican rival John McCain outspent him with a heavy dose of television advertising.

Meet the seven super surrogates (Politico)Politico - A good surrogate is hard to find. Just recall Bill Clinton’s “fairy tale,” Samantha Power’s “monster” and Phil Gramm’s “nation of whiners.”

Reality trumps ideology in Fannie-Freddie rescue (AP)

From left, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson; Sen. Richard Shelby, D-Ala., the ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee; committee chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Christopher Cox gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, during the committee's hearing on the economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Odd alliances are at work as President Bush and congressional Democrats band together to save Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.


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