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Louisiana eyes Gustav, activates Guard troops
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos....
Factory had tension between union, immigrants
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) -- 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....
Poll: California voters oppose ban on gay marriage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A majority of California voters oppose a ballot initiative to ban gay marriage, though they are evenly split on the practice itself, according to a poll released Wednesday....
Democrats choose Obama in historic acclamation
DENVER (AP) -- Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention hall into a joyful, shouting celebration....
Obama makes unscripted appearance at the DNC
DENVER (AP) -- Sen. Barack Obama dropped in on his own party at the Democratic convention a day early Wednesday to praise his wife, his former rival, and former President Bill Clinton for going to bat for him....
Biden says nation needs more than a good soldier
DENVER (AP) -- Joe Biden accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination Wednesday night and declared that the challenges America faces require "more than a good soldier" in the White House, hailing Barack Obama as a wise leader who can deliver the change the nation needs....
Bill Clinton forcefully endorses Obama at DNC
DENVER (AP) -- Former President Clinton gave his full-throated endorsement to Barack Obama's bid for the White House on Wednesday, telling delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama is "ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world."...
Obama: History in the making, first black nominee
DENVER (AP) -- When this campaign ends, after future presidents have come and gone, and when today's young people are grown old, history will remember Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, as the day a black man became the presidential nominee of a major party....
FactCheck: The fuller story in Denver
DENVER (AP) -- Sen. Barack Obama's formal nomination Wednesday as the Democratic candidate for president brought with it praise for Obama and a barrage of renewed attacks on his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain. Some were on point, others missed the mark....
The Democrats' convention floor is ... democratic
DENVER (AP) -- We supposedly live in a classless society, but the velvet ropes have been spreading like weeds in recent years. How odd, then, that the power-saturated floor of the Democratic National Convention is, in fact, one of the most democratic places on Earth - providing, that is, you have the proper credentials....
Potential Obama veeps get turn on stage
DENVER (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't the only also-ran on the loose in Denver. Three officials who were mentioned as possible running mates for Barack Obama but didn't make it onto the ticket got a chance to address the Democratic convention Wednesday night....
Clinton releases delegates
DENVER (AP) -- In an emotional meeting leading up to the Democratic roll call of the states, Hillary Rodham Clinton released her convention delegates Wednesday to vote for certain presidential nominee Barack Obama....
6 more senators seek end to oil drilling impasse
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Six more senators on Tuesday joined a bipartisan group of 10 senators backing a bill they say will break the stalemate over offshore drilling in Congress....
Sen. Ted Stevens: Prosecutors out to smear my name
WASHINGTON (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....
Missile defense backers now cite Russia threat
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. outrage over Russia's invasion of Georgia could prompt Congress to speed up plans for a missile defense system in eastern Europe....
Bush aides would recommend veto on media shield
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's top advisers would recommend he veto a Senate bill to protect reporters from having to reveal their sources, Attorney General Michael Mukasey and National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell said Friday....
House colleague berates military pork king Murtha
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rep. Terry Everett of Alabama unleashed an unusually harsh attack on a House colleague, calling decorated Vietnam War veteran John Murtha, D-Pa., a cut-and-run idiot....
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