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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves with his family and his running mate's family after his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver. (Photo by Alex Brandon / AP)

Alaska Gov. is McCain's VP shocker

In a move that surprised the political world, Sen. John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate, CBS News confirms.

CBS News

Gov. Sarah Palin

Yahoo! News

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Toronto Star

Dalai Lama healthy after hospital tests

The 73-year-old Dalai Lama’s doctors said there was “absolutely no cause for concern” and “all that he needs is a good rest”, according to a statement released by his officials.

Daily Telegraph

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

Analysis: Obama takes on McCain, GOP critics

CNN

Obama full speech

MSNBC

Effort to boost New Orleans' levees won't be done till 2011

The levees that ring New Orleans have been substantially fortified since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but the Crescent City is still far from protected if any large storm were to hit before 2011.

McClatchy

Gustav threatens Caymans after swamping Jamaica

Yahoo! News

Hundreds stranded as airline shuts down

NPR

In Europe, driving is a hard habit to break, even with gas at $10 a gallon

Ten dollars a gallon may seem unthinkable to American drivers still smarting from the spike in gas prices to around $4 a gallon. But that's what some Europeans are currently paying to fill up their gas tanks.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

More holiday travelers will bypass gas pumps, high airfares

More Labor Day travelers will hop on trains and buses this holiday weekend to avoid high gas prices and hefty airfares, travel experts say.

USA Today

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

US GDP exceeds initial estimate on export surge

The U.S. economy expanded faster than previously estimated in the second quarter, helped by a surge in exports that will probably wane as Europe and Japan head toward recessions.

Bloomberg

POLITICS

Gore hailed as he warns against McCain, climate change

Al Gore, who lost the 2000 election but has become a leader on the environment, was embraced at the Democratic Party's convention as a comeback hero - with a warning against John McCain.

Reuters

How Obama writes his speeches

TIME

President Clinton's full speech

YouTube

Liquoring up the Democrats

Corporations with business pending in Washington spared no expense on parties at the Democratic National Convention.

Salon.com

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

Oil-rig insurers brace for test as tropical storm bears down

Tropical Storm Gustav, projected to reach the Gulf of Mexico by Sunday, may reveal whether insurers took adequate steps to limit risk related to offshore oil rigs in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Bloomberg

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

A blogger takes office in Malaysia

Christian Science Monitor

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

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

Emotional pain hurts more than physical pain, researchers say

Pain caused by emotional distress is more deeply felt and longer lasting than that caused by physical injuries, according to a new study.

Daily Telegraph

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GOOD NEWS

New Orleans pastors get help from churches across country

A post-Katrina initiative teams up churches nationwide to help rebuild displaced congregations.

Christian Science Monitor

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

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