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Barack Obama supporters march through downtown Detroit to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech and the "Great March to Freedom". (Photo by Gary Malerba / AP)

McCain to appear with VP nominee

Aides to Sen. John McCain told NBC News that the candidate will appear with his vice presidential pick Friday in Dayton, Ohio.

MSNBC

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Obama Camp on Pawlenty: Bring It On

ABC News

Comcast sets monthly bandwidth limit for residential customers

Comcast, the largest provider of cable-based broadband service in the U.S., will limit residential customers to 250 gigabytes of bandwidth a month beginning Oct. 1, the company announced.

PC World

A blogger takes office in Malaysia

Jeff Ooi joins activists and NGO workers as opposition members of parliament demanding reform.

Christian Science Monitor

Obama speech launches historic campaign

Barack Obama promised an end to the "broken politics in Washington and the failed presidency of George W. Bush" as he embarked on the final lap of his bid to become the nation's first black president.

CBS News

Big stadium poses big risk for Democrats

International Herald Tribune

Speech:

Transcript: Barack Obama's acceptance speech

NPR

Is New Orleans ready for Gustav?

Just three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans confronts a new threat from Gustav and a stark question: Will the partially rebuilt levees hold?

MSNBC

Strengthening Gustav hits Jamaica

BBC

Three years after Katrina, Gulf ports at risk

Reuters

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Gustav's path

CNN

Dalai Lama admitted to hospital

The office of the 73-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader said he was suffering from exhaustion and had cancelled two planned international trips.

Guardian

NATION

1 in 10 Native American deaths related to alcohol use

Almost 12 percent of the deaths among Native Americans and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population.

MSNBC

Upbeat US census data mask increasing economic plight

Experts caution that the new upbeat census data doesn't capture the effects of the economic slump, which has caused massive job losses, high inflation and falling wages.

McClatchy

US GDP exceeds initial estimate on export surge

Bloomberg

POLITICS

Michelle Obama: Many 'didn't think they'd live to see the day'

When Sen. Barack Obama formally accepts the Democratic nomination at Invesco Field stadium in front of 80,000 people, Michelle Obama will be in the crowd, listening to her husband's speech for the first time.

ABC News

How Obama writes his speeches

TIME

President Clinton's full speech

YouTube

Biden begins to shore up Obama’s defensive line

In his speech, Sen. Joseph Biden showed the credentials that prompted his choice as No. 2 on the ticket: a compelling personal story, foreign policy gravitas, and a hard-edged political attack.

Christian Science Monitor

Today's convention schedule

demconvention.com

Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) addresses the DNC

YouTube

BUSINESS

Hydrogen powered cars put to test

Automakers such as GM, Honda Motor Co. and BMW AG are putting several hundred vehicles into suburban garages, in cities and on the highway to see how they fare in day-to-day driving.

MSNBC

Boeing final offer raises machinist compensation 38%

Boeing Co. gave its largest union a final contract offer that would increase pay and benefits by $34,000, or 38 percent, on average over three years in an effort to avoid a strike.

BusinessWeek

US stocks rally as economic growth tops estimates; banks gain

U.S. stocks climbed for a third day, led by manufacturers and financial companies, after growth in exports helped the economy expand faster than estimated in the second quarter.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Veoh decision setback for Viacom, but Google not off hook

The unprecedented decision to dismiss a copyright infringement case against video-sharing site Veoh is favorable to Google, YouTube, and all user-generated sites.

CNET News

New PC's will wake up when they get phone call

Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet.

LiveScience

Democrats: Twitter, text, or telephone?

CNET News

EDUCATION

The mistrusted male teacher

Advocates like the National Education Association have called for efforts to support young men interested in teaching, but sometimes it's the parents who carry on mistrust and sexual stereotypes.

ABC News

Phila. sees surge in 'persistently dangerous' schools

A surging number of Philadelphia schools have been labeled "persistently dangerous" — so unsafe that parents have a right to send their children elsewhere.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Columns And Op-Ed

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Reflections of 1963 march veterans

International Herald Tribune

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Russia trifles with genocide

Christian Science Monitor

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McCain's prickly interview

TIME

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The key to Obama's mystique

Newsweek

Editorial:

The torch passes. Really.

International Herald Tribune

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West unwise to inflame Russian paranoia

Plain Dealer

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Credit crisis: government role?

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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The GOP smear machine revs up

Boston Globe

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Welcome to the Terrordome

Newsweek

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China no better after the Olympics

Economist

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Biden finally changes the subject

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Continuing Promise 2008 brings smiles to children in Nicaragua and Colombia

Operation Smile, a worldwide children's medical charity provides free surgery to children in developing countries born with facial deformities.

HappyNews.com

More aortic chest aneurysms being treated with less-invasive stents

At Loyola University Hospital, an increasing number of patients are being treated with a device called a stent graft, which is inserted without opening the chest.

Science Daily

WORLD

Putin accuses US of orchestrating Georgian war

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the conflict in Georgia to benefit one of its presidential election candidates.

Moscow Times

Cheney to give Georgia more US reassurances

Reuters

More than 2 million affected by monsoon flooding in India

More than two million people have been displaced or stranded by huge floods.

CBC

5.8 quake off Vancouver Island

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake off Vancouver Island is the latest in a series, but a Canadian scientist says it's normal activity for the region.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Coen brothers' spy comedy divides Venice critics

The Coen brothers' latest film, the madcap comedy 'Burn After Reading,' has sharply divided the critics, unlike last year's acclaimed 'No Country For Old Men' which won four Oscars including best picture.

Reuters

Phelps to host 'SNL' premiere

Olympic phenom Michael Phelps will host the 34th season premiere of "Saturday Night Live."

Variety

Michael Phelps childhood photo

eBaum's World

SPORTS

Roddick leads US men's advance to second Open round

Only three American men are ranked among the world's tennis top 50. And the questions keep coming: Where is the next Pete Sampras? Andre Agassi? Jim Currier? Michael Chang?

Newsday

LPGA working out details of evaluating English proficiency

The LPGA tour will use the next four months to create evaluation procedures for its new policy requiring its golfers to speak English or face suspension.

USA Today

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

How to pray when you're depressed

Ten techniques to help Christians find your prayer voice even in your darkest hours.

Beliefnet

African-American Pentecostals leading Democrats’ faith outreach

As the Democratic National Convention unfolds in Denver, the prominence of African-American Pentecostals within the party is gaining a national spotlight.

Religion News Service

ENVIRONMENT

The weekends are more rainy — and it may be our fault

Evidence has been mounting over the years that the weather in certain parts of the world, including the U.S., Japan and China, can be driven by the weekly cycle of human activity.

Environmental News Network

Changes to Endangered Species Act called bad science

Changes that the Bush administration is proposing to make to the Endangered Species Act just aren't sound science, scientists and conservation groups say.

LiveScience

HEALTH

New obesity gene clue discovered

The list of obesity genes is expanding with the discovery that a gene called BDNF may be linked to obesity in some people.

WebMD

Flying’s a big, literal headache for many

Headaches associated with air travel appear to be a 'huge and painful problem,' Israeli researchers report.

MSNBC

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