McCain shakes up race with Palin for VP

Sarah Palin, with less than two years experience as governor of Alaska, offers both political risk and opportunity for the McCain campaign.

Fireworks in Denver: Obama blasts McCain on national security

“We are the party of Roosevelt,” said Barack Obama in accepting the Democratic nomination for president. “We are the party of Kennedy. So don’t tell me that Democrats won’t defend this country. Don’t tell me that Democrats won’t keep us safe.”

Iced: Starbucks execs take pay freeze

Who knew that $5 coffees would ever go out of style?

Putin accuses U.S. of political meddling

“To suggest that the United States orchestrated this on behalf of a political candidate just sounds not rational,” said White House Press Secretary Dana Perino.

Hillary takes Democrats mile high in Denver

Hillary Clinton is back. And, yet again, she’s fired up and ready to go…this time in support of former opponent Barack Obama. Using her Tuesday night prime time slot at the Democratic National Convention as a launching pad, the New York senator delivered what will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the single greatest speeches [...]

“Change meets experience”

It’s official. Barack Obama has announced his selection of Joseph Biden as his running mate. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and a practicing Catholic, Sen. Biden is expected to reinvigorate Obama’s foreign policy credentials against an increasingly aggressive McCain campaign, and force McCain to reevaluate his strategy on working-class swing voters.

Swiftboaters begin

Independent anti-Obama ad strikes the Senator’s relationship with former radical activist Bill Ayers

And the Emmy for Most Outrageous Political Moment Yet of 2008 goes to…

John McCain says he doesn’t know how many houses he owns.

Phelps on target as France falls to U.S. in 4 X 100m relay

The highly anticipated event was preceded by dramatic controversy, as French swimmer Alain Bernard promised to “smash” the Americans. “The Americans?” Bernard said. “We’re going to smash them. That’s what we came for.”

Not quite.

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