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View from cheap seats doesn't dampen enthusiasm
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The air was thin, the sun was strong and the view of the stage was horrible. But that didn't dampen the enthusiasm of Democrats who sat in the cheap seats all the way at the top of Invesco Field at Mile High. |
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Obama, McCain on the issues
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A look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on a selection of issues as the national party conventions affirm their presidential nominations and launch the fall campaign: |
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Thousands of war protesters march in Denver
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Thousands of anti-war demonstrators converged near security gates outside the Democratic National Convention hall on Wednesday, chanting slogans and asking to talk to party officials about getting U.S. troops out of Iraq. |
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Fewer Marines needed in Iraq's western province
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Conditions in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where a brutal insurgency once ruled, have improved so dramatically that the United States is handing over responsibility for security in the Sunni stronghold to Iraq within days. Troops freed up in Iraq could shift to Afghanistan. |
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McCain makes decision on running mate
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided on a running mate early Thursday, and one top prospect, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, abruptly canceled numerous public appearances. |
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Cells change identity in promising breakthrough
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Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases. |
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Factory had tension between union, immigrants
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Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions. |
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State Dept. issues warning on Caribbean travel
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The State Department urged Americans on Wednesday to be aware of the risks caused by Tropical Storm Gustav to people traveling to Haiti, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. |
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Arrest reopens mystery of missing Calif. couple
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Linda Sohus was a towering blonde fantasy buff who liked to paint unicorns. Her husband, Jonathan, was a diminutive computer programmer working at a NASA lab who shared his wife's passion for science fiction. |
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As Gustav nears, Gulf Coast puts faith in planning
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With Gustav approaching hurricane strength and showing no signs of veering off a track to slam into the Gulf Coast, authorities across the region began laying the groundwork Thursday to get the sick, elderly and poor away from the shoreline. |
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4 inmates accused of helping with NM jailbreak
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Four jail inmates who authorities say helped eight others make a brazen escape were charged Wednesday, as officials kept up the search for the five prisoners who remain on the loose, including a convicted murderer. |
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Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record
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More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second lowest level in about 30 years. |
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One small hitch for FAA, one giant mess for fliers
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When a computer system that distributes flight plans nationwide came rolling to a halt this week because of a software glitch, so did airplanes on tarmacs from Orlando to Chicago. The ensuing delays drove home just how easily an apparently isolated problem can trigger network-wide disarray in the country's aging air traffic control system. |
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Husband gets guardianship in Schiavo-like case
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A judge on Wednesday granted temporary guardianship to the husband of a woman on a feeding tube in a case similar to the lengthy legal dispute over whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive. |
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Tourists, residents flee as Gustav swamps Jamaica
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Residents, tourists and oil workers fled as Gustav swamped Jamaica on Thursday, leaving 59 people dead in its wake. Louisiana and Texas put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary. |
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Putin: US orchestrated conflict in Georgia
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of pushing Georgia toward war and said he suspects a connection to the U.S. presidential campaign -- a contention the White House dismissed as "patently false." |
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Friends: Abramoff a changed man, deserves leniency
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It used to be, when Jack Abramoff needed something, he had an address book full of powerful Capitol Hill contacts to call on, people he plied with expensive meals, campaign contributions and golf junkets. |
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Thai protesters push police off premier's compound
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Thai anti-government protesters occupying the grounds of the prime minister's office forced several hundred policemen off the compound early Friday and promised more action in their bid to oust the leader. |
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Bombing of Pakistani government bus kills 8
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A surge of violence continued unabated in Pakistan's tribal border region Thursday, with a car bomb blasting a bus filled with Pakistani police and government workers off a bridge and killing eight people aboard. |
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
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Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's tribal belt. |
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Canada requires ship registration in Arctic
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Canada's prime minister moved to firm up control of disputed Arctic waters Wednesday by announcing stricter registration requirements for ships sailing in the Northwest Passage. |
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Liberian ex-warlord dodges questions at hearing
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A former Liberian warlord whose drugged fighters once appeared on camera holding up a human heart dodged questions Wednesday and refused to accept any wrongdoing during an appearance before a public commission. |
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Judge fears secret hearings over Guantanamo Bay
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A federal judge overseeing cases against dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainees said Wednesday that he fears the public -- and the detainees themselves -- will be locked out of the courtroom when evidence in the case is scrutinized for the first time. |
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Israeli peace pioneer Abie Nathan dies at 81
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Abie Nathan, the peace activist who made a dramatic solo flight to Egypt in a rattletrap single-engine plane and later founded the groundbreaking "Voice of Peace" radio station, died Wednesday. He was 81. |
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Iraq's holy city of Najaf witnessing a boom
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The city's first airport is weeks away from opening, but already a bigger one is talked about. Land prices are soaring. Merchants say they don't remember business ever being so good. |
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Chinese defend accused police killer
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The murder case was supposed to be simple: A jobless man accused of killing six police officers in a rare stabbing rampage in China's largest city. |
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Obama sketches promise of America
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Barack Obama is offering himself to Democrats and the nation as the embodiment of the promise of America. In excerpts of the speech that he will deliver later Thursday before a crowd of 75,000 at Invesco Field and to millions tuned in on television, Obama said that his story is part of the promise "that has always set this country apart." |
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Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug
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What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? |
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FDA OKs blood test for heart transplant rejection
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Government regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for broader use of a blood test that can spare heart transplant patients the ordeal of repeated biopsies to check if their bodies are rejecting the new organ. |
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Administration wants changes in workplace rules
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The Bush administration is proposing that workplace hazard standards be subject to more public and expert scrutiny before being adopted. Critics say the proposals could make it harder to limit worker exposure to carcinogens and other toxic materials. |
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Quotes from Barack Obama's nominating speeches
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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 talk to our enemies and consult with our allies. A president who has the judgment to use war as a last resort, not a first resort." -- Michael Wilson, an Iraq war veteran and lifelong Republican. |
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Reid: McCain lacks presidential temperament
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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 years in Congress and claimed his view was privately shared by some Senate Republicans. |
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