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Obama tells huge Dem crowd he'll fix Washington
(AP)
 AP - Surrounded by an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed policies 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.
Obama uses speech for high-tech outreach
(AP)
 AP - Forgive some of the 84,000 people amassed at Invesco Field Thursday if their thumbs are a bit weary by the time Barack Obama takes the stage for a triumphant acceptance of his presidential nomination.
Analysis: 'Born in the USA' returns to politics
(AP)
 AP - A generation after Ronald Reagan famously mistook Bruce Springsteen's music for uncritical patriotism, Democrats claimed "Born in the USA" on Thursday for the theme it was meant to project to describe a splintered country they say desperately needs new policies and new dreams.
Obama sketches promise of America
(AP)
 AP - Barack Obama cast his presidential nomination as proof that no dreams are too high, savoring a historic moment for himself and the nation Thursday before setting out on a difficult struggle to break another barrier for a black American.
Obama masters his moment
(Politico)
Politico - DENVER — Barack Obama has a dream, a dream embodied in a speech, a speech he gave at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night to introduce himself to America.
McCain makes decision on running mate
(AP)
 AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided on a running mate early Thursday, and top prospects waited to hear from the nominee-in-waiting.
End to Middle East oil imports unlikely
(AP)
AP - Barack Obama's promise Thursday to work to "end our dependence" on Middle East oil within a decade may be good political rhetoric when Americans have been paying $4 a gallon at the gas pumps, but the goal likely would be difficult perhaps impossible to achieve and flies in the face of how global oil markets work.
Joey Biden's Big Night
(U.S. News & World Report)
 U.S. News & World Report - DENVER--Joseph Biden is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, widely respected for his knowledge of international affairs.
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)
 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.
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