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Arrests mark last anti-war march of convention - Added 15 minutes ago

Percussion grenades, tear gas and nearly 400 arrests marked the final anti-war march during the Republican National Convention. More than 800 arrests were reported during a week of sometimes peaceful, sometimes violent...

McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for 'change' - Added 20 minutes ago

Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the...

McCain can't match week's best speeches - Added 52 minutes ago

!!-- pobj:TXDAM202-0904080043 -->After back-to-back convention weeks with some soaring oratory and flawless television productions, John McCain's crowning night had neither. His acceptance speech Thursday was marred by...

Cindy McCain sets tone for GOP fashion - Added 3 hours ago

Not since Jacqueline Kennedy first donned her signature pillbox hats have fashionistas paid such close attention to what the women of politics are wearing. Friday may be the start of New York's Fashion Week, but...

Palin's lawyer has already questioned 2 witnesses - Added 3 hours ago

The lawyer for Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, is moving swiftly to head off the controversy known as "Troopergate." With the country's attention focused on Palin the...

Drilling for oil a hot topic at GOP - Added 5 hours ago

It may have been in vogue in Alaska forever, but drilling for oil has never been so hot with Republicans as it was on the floor during the final night of the Republican National Convention. Stickers advocating "Drill...

Obama sends supporters to blunt Palin's impact - Added 5 hours ago

Barack Obama's campaign plans to employ high-profile female supporters in an effort to blunt GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's potential to persuade women to vote Republican. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of...

NJ's Rep. Rob Andrews planning return to ballot - Added 5 hours ago

U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews said Thursday he intends to seek re-election after all, replacing his wife on the ballot for his congressional seat. Andrews had his name removed from the ballot in the spring as he launched an...

Analysis: McCain talks unity while allies attack - Added 5 hours ago

John McCain preached bipartisanship and unity from a stage retooled to carry him out to the Republican faithful. He didn't have to be biting: On the previous night, his attack dogs had paved the way. For every McCain...

McCain campaign courts critical Catholic vote - Added 6 hours ago

Shortly after a priest's opening prayer and a screening of a short film on John McCain's faith, Sen. Sam Brownback stepped to the microphone and didn't waste words. "Just to get to the whole meat of the matter, the...

It's GOP's world; elitists just live in it - Added 7 hours ago

!!-- pobj:TXDAM203-0904080048 -->Snowmobiles are good. NASCAR is very good. Football metaphors about God are better. "Sam's Club Republicans" are the salt of the American earth. Hollywood, the media and academics are...

Today on the presidential campaign trail - Added 8 hours ago

IN THE HEADLINES Echoing his Democratic opponent, McCain promises 'change is coming' ... Police arrest anti-war protesters trying to march to GOP convention site in St. Paul, Minn. ... Obama campaign says it raised $10...

THE EDGE: GOP's good, bad, ugly - Added 9 hours ago

Four days, hundreds of speakers, thousands of delegates, endless pontificating and one hurricane looming large from afar. So much that is memorable from the Republican National Convention, so much that is forgettable....

Obama says GOP avoiding issues on voters' minds - Added 9 hours ago

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republicans at their national convention are attacking him to avoid talking about the sagging economy and housing problems. "You're hearing an awfully...

McCain makes bipartisan pitch as leader for all - Added 10 hours ago

Not merely a Republican. Not merely a candidate. John McCain cast himself as a leader for all Americans, regardless of party or status. After several days of Democratic bashing by his supporters, the Arizona senator...

Alaska's 'first dude' digs into job creation - Added 10 hours ago

Todd Palin _ oil worker, champion snowmobiler, hunter and commercial fisherman _ also has been boning up on mining lately in his role as Alaska's first spouse. On two separate occasions last fall, the husband of the...

Protesters interrupt McCain speech - Added 10 hours ago

Anti-war protesters briefly interrupted John McCain's acceptance speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. The nominee told supporters "don't be diverted by the ground noise and the static." One male...

McCain's service time captured in film at RNC - Added 10 hours ago

The Republican National Convention's dominant theme of John McCain as war hero was reinforced with a documentary-style film shown to convention delegates before the senator came to the stage to accept his party's...

Fact Check: The fuller story in St. Paul - Added 11 hours ago

John McCain set a new tone for the Republican National Convention Thursday, with speakers abandoning many of the tough words aimed at Barack Obama that had characterized the previous night. But the picture they painted...

McCain's words not always in synch with GOP - Added 11 hours ago

John McCain claimed the Republican nomination Thursday before a surprisingly united Republican convention. But McCain has often been out of sync with many in his party. His prior statements help explain why. But on...

Prepared remarks of Cindy McCain's address - Added 12 hours ago

Prepared remarks of Cindy McCain, wife of presidential candidate John McCain, to the Republican National Convention on Thursday: ___ Thank you everyone. John and I are so proud of them and so happy to have them here...

Cindy McCain praises husband as leader, father - Added 12 hours ago

Cindy McCain praised her husband at the Republican National Convention in an speech that hailed him as a straight talker and a father who by example has passed on his love of country and values to his children. "He has...

Palin: Democrats spreading misinformation and lies - Added 13 hours ago

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Thursday blamed supporters of the Democratic presidential ticket for spreading "misinformation and flat-out lies" about her and her family. But her spokeswoman said...

Obama raises $10 million after Palin speech - Added 14 hours ago

Barack Obama's presidential campaign said it raised $10 million Thursday following the Republican National Convention speech by rival John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin. Obama spokesman Bill Burton said Palin's...

Palin switched colleges 6 times in 6 years - Added 15 hours ago

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin seems to have switched colleges at least six times in six years, including two stints at the University of Idaho before graduating from there in 1987. Federal privacy...

GOP criticism angers some community organizers - Added 15 hours ago

Angry community organizers defended their work, and that of former organizer Barack Obama, as they fought back Thursday against a series of insulting remarks by speakers at the Republican National Convention. ...

Iraqi surge exceeded expectations, Obama says - Added 15 hours ago

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Thursday that the escalation of U.S. troops in Iraq, which he had opposed, has succeeded in reducing violence "beyond our wildest dreams." But Iraq still has failed to...

Obama, McCain on the issues - Added 15 hours ago

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: ABORTION McCain:...

Michelle Obama says she's done having kids - Added 15 hours ago

Michelle Obama says she and Democrat Barack Obama probably won't have any more children because the presidential race is enough additional responsibility. "I think I'm done," she told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview....

Americans get to know once-obscure Alaska governor - Added 16 hours ago

Doug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized. "I was flipping channels and stuff and when she finally came on I'm like, 'I'm not...

McCain's hero aura inoculates him against critics - Added 16 hours ago

How dare you say that about John McCain, war hero? That, in so many words, is the line of counterattack coming from Republicans who only four years ago dismissed the war service of another decorated Vietnam veteran...

No public events for Edwards until after election - Added 16 hours ago

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards says in a statement that he will not have any public events until after the November election. A statement released Thursday by an agency that books speeches for...

Analysis: Palin more than her resume _ much more - Added 17 hours ago

Being a mayor of 9,780 is nothing like leading 305 million. Living next to Russia does not make you a foreign policy whiz. And presidential competence is rarely measured in square miles. But listen closely. Such...

Obama gets first intel brief as candidate - Added 17 hours ago

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama received his first intelligence briefing as a candidate Tuesday, and Republican John McCain has not yet requested one, says the government's top intelligence analyst. The...

McCain campaign calls Palin affair 'vicious lie.' - Added 17 hours ago

John McCain's campaign is denying a tabloid report that vice president candidate Sarah Palin had an extramarital affair. "It's a vicious lie," spokesman Steve Schmidt said. The campaign is considering legal action, the...

McCain campaign calls Palin affair 'vicious lie.' - Added 17 hours ago

John McCain's campaign is denying a tabloid report that vice president candidate Sarah Palin had an extramarital affair. "It's a vicious lie," spokesman Steve Schmidt said. The campaign is considering legal action, the...

Biden to vigorously challenge Palin on issues - Added 17 hours ago

Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden said Thursday that he will vigorously challenge his Republican counterpart Sarah Palin on the issues, but will refrain from personal attacks. Biden made the remarks...

Lieberman risks payback from Senate Democrats - Added 17 hours ago

Senate Democrats hinted at payback Thursday for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called Barack Obama an untested candidate beholden to Democratic interest groups in a prime-time Republican National Convention address. ...

A look at speakers for Thursday's GOP convention - Added 18 hours ago

Major speakers scheduled for Thursday's final session of the Republican National Convention. The GOP nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, is set deliver his acceptance speech. ___ REP. TOM COLE OF OKLAHOMA: Cole...

THE EDGE: GOP's good, bad, ugly - Added 19 hours ago

Four days, hundreds of speakers, thousands of delegates, endless pontificating and one hurricane looming large from afar. So much that is memorable from the Republican National Convention, so much that is forgettable....

THE EDGE: GOP's good, bad, ugly - Added 19 hours ago

Four days, hundreds of speakers, thousands of delegates, endless pontificating and one hurricane looming large from afar. So much that is memorable from the Republican National Convention, so much that is forgettable....

GOP convention schedule for Thursday - Added 19 hours ago

A schedule of speeches and program activities for Thursday's Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.: ___ 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. EDT _Speakers: Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma; Erik Paulsen; Jay Love; Charlie Summers;...

Biden, others hit the airwaves to counter Palin - Added 21 hours ago

!!-- pobj:FLMYR102-0903081136 -->Democrats shot back at GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Thursday, saying her convention speech was laden with partisan attacks but devoid of substantive answers about where...

Environmentalists can't corral Palin - Added 22 hours ago

At the National Governors Association conference where she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne against classifying the polar bear as a...

Kids in the public eye: Where does the line lie? - Added 22 hours ago

The review was scathing. "She cannot sing very well," it said. "She is flat a good deal of the time." So the singer's father did what any loyal dad might. He put pen to paper and dashed off a blistering nastygram. ...

Palin's national guard faces a crisis in personnel - Added 22 hours ago

The Alaska National Guard, which Republicans are pointing to as an important national-security credential for vice presidential choice Sarah Palin, has personnel shortages that make its aviation units the most poorly...

Few minorities on GOP podium - Added 1 day ago

The Republican National Convention showcased a Native American color guard, a black preacher and video footage of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, all part of its effort to present the GOP as a picture of diversity....

Cindy McCain parts with Palin on abortion, sex ed - Added 1 day ago

The wife of Republican presidential nominee John McCain doesn't agree with vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's opposition to abortion in cases of rape and incest. Cindy McCain also parts ways with her husband's...

Michigan man accused of planning anti-GOP attack - Added 1 day ago

Federal prosecutors have charged a Michigan man as part of what they say was a scheme to use Molotov cocktails to attack the main arena for the Republican National Convention. The U.S. attorney's office in Minneapolis...

Conservatives hyped over Palin - Added 1 day ago

Sarah Palin has done in five days what John McCain has never been able to do _ fire up the Republican Party's conservative base. The No. 2 on the GOP ticket clearly impressed the party faithful Wednesday as she...