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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., wave at the crowed at the Democratic National Convention. (Photo by Stephan Savoia / AP)

Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears

With forecasters warning that Gustav could strengthen and slam into the Gulf Coast as a major hurricane, a New Orleans still recovering from Hurricane Katrina's devastating hit drew up evacuation plans.

ABC News

Gustav batters Carribean

CNN

US military sending foreign fighters to home nations

More than 200 militants captured in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past two years have been handed over to their countries to be jailed and questioned, according to U.S. officials.

International Herald Tribune

Russia faces diplomatic isolation over Georgia crisis

Russia faced diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia and accused the West of heightening tension with a naval buildup in the Black Sea.

International Herald Tribune

Obama makes unscripted appearance at the DNC

Sen. Barack Obama dropped in on his own party at the Democratic convention to praise his wife, his former rival, and former President Bill Clinton for going to bat for him.

Yahoo! News

Today's DNC schedule

demconvention.com

Lewis sees new racial era with Obama's success

NPR

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

YouTube

Clinton: Obama is ready to be president

Former President Bill Clinton declared he was "here to support Barack Obama" in a full-throated endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama following his historic nomination at the Democratic National Convention.

MSNBC

Pres. Bill Clinton address at Democratic National Convention

YouTube

US officials describe Afghan airstrike

American military officials sought to refute claims that as many as 90 civilians — among them 60 children — were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan.

International Herald Tribune

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

NATION

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

New York's HIV rate 3 times higher than national rate

New York City's rate of HIV infection is about three times the national rate, according to estimates released by the New York City Department of Health.

CNN

Public school education in New Orleans watched by other city schools

Other cities are watching closely as a new superintendent strives to rebuild New Orleans' school system with added funding and greater administrative power.

USA Today

POLITICS

McCain selects his VP

John McCain is planning to roll out his vice presidential nominee in three battleground states this weekend, with large-scale rallies planned for Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri, according to aides and advisers.

Politico

Clinton speech moves Democrats toward unity, but hasn’t clinched it

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said virtually all the right things in her speech at the Democratic National Convention. But were her words enough to heal a divided party?

Christian Science Monitor

Sen. Hillary Clinton suspends roll call vote

YouTube

Alaska's Stevens survives Republican primary election

U.S. Senator Ted Stevens won his Alaska Republican primary race less than a month after his indictment on corruption charges, while Representative Don Young's bid for a 19th term is too close to call.

Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Fannie replaces top managers amid capital concern

Fannie Mae replaced three top managers at the beleaguered mortgage-finance provider as the company struggles to convince investors it has enough capital to weather the housing slump.

Bloomberg

Oracle recruits Jeff Epstein for CFO post

Jeff Epstein has joined Oracle Corp. (ORCL) as chief financial officer after holding the same job at Oberon Media, a private Internet game technology provider and publisher.

CNNMoney

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

General Motors uses 'green' car to buff its image

General Motors, the "official vehicle provider" to the Democratic National Convention, has something to showcase to the nation: beer-powered cars.

International Herald Tribune

HEALTH

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

Harvard's cell 'makeover' may spur diabetes therapy

Using a kind of biological alchemy, Harvard University researchers have turned one type of cell found in the pancreas of mice into the variety that secretes the hormone insulin.

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

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

Army opens prep school for dropouts

The U.S. Army, eager to fill its ranks amid wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, formally opens its first prep school for recruits who has not completed their high school education.

My Way News

SAT scores hold steady for class of '08

The recent crop of high school graduates tied their predecessors' scores on the standardized test.

U.S. News & World Report

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GOOD NEWS

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

Early labor treatment to cut cerebral palsy risk in babies

A drug given to women whose labor is starting too early can reduce the chances of the baby having cerebral palsy by almost half, a study has found.

Telegraph.co.uk

WORLD

9 killed as violence spreads along Pakistan border

Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan, killing at least nine people, as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's tribal belt.

Associated Press

Pakistan