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CNN: Biden goes on attack in acceptance speech
Sen. Joe Biden hammered Republican presidential candidate John McCain as he accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday.

CNN Sources: McCain to reveal VP Friday in Ohio
John McCain has decided on his running mate and will officially reveal his pick on Friday in Ohio, multiple sources tell CNN.

Boston Globe: McCain attack on Obama foreign policy heats up
Republican John McCain intensified his foreign policy assault on Barack Obama yesterday, launching a TV ad that uses a remark his Democratic rival made about Iran to call him "dangerously unprepared" for the White House.

NY Times: The Speeches They Write Often Go Unspoken
While all presidential nominees try to put their own stamp on the convention, Democrats say Mr. Obama’s vetting team has been especially aggressive. And there is concern among many gathered here that the four-day production the Obama campaign is putting on lacks the partisan sharpness and fire that they expect the Republican convention will have.

CNN Analysis: Biden provides 'ham and cheese' to Obama's 'arugula'
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CNN Radio: Democrats make history-officially
It was a historic day at the Democratic National Convention as the first African American was nominated as a major party's presidential candidate. Steve Kastenbaum has the latest in today's CNN Radio Political Ticker.

LA Times: Executive privilege showdown looms for Congress, White House
House Democrats schedule a hearing that would put former White House counsel Harriet Miers under oath. The Justice Department prepares a last-ditch court appeal.

Politico: McCain plans 3-state VP rollout
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.

NY Times: 45 Years Later, Witnesses to Dr. King’s Dream See a New Hope
She figured this dream for dead so many decades ago. Dezie Woods-Jones plans to stand Thursday night with her California delegation in a stadium here and listen to Barack Obama, the first black major-party presidential nominee in the nation’s history, give his acceptance speech.

CNNMoney.com: Bankruptcy filings surge to 1 million – up 29%
As things in the economy have gotten worse, the number of people and businesses heading to bankruptcy court has spiked.

Washington Post: Obama Team Works With Hill Democrats
Eager to avoid the missteps that plagued the first months of the Clinton administration, aides to Barack Obama have begun working in concert with top Democrats in Congress to craft a preliminary legislative agenda that would guide the senator from Illinois should he capture the White House in November.

Indianapolis Star: Clinton supporters for McCain?
In the wake of Sen. Hillary Clinton's well-received speech Tuesday night, Republicans are airing a flurry of TV commercials featuring her. On Denver TV this morning, at least three such ads could be seen.

CNN: Obama surprises delegates after Biden speech
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrats' presidential nominee, took the stage at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, marking his first appearance at the event.

USA Today: Parties continue as lobbyists find loopholes
First-term Democrats, who were swept into Congress in the 2006 elections on a campaign against Republican lobbying-related scandals, were among the most vocal supporters of the new ethics law passed last year.

CNN: Behind the Scenes: Women pass Clinton's torch to Obama
The TV is blasting, there's guacamole and chicken wings, red wine and beer, five TV monitors and a lot of cheering. Sen. Hillary Clinton is speaking at the convention and these women, most in their 20s and several who proudly describe themselves as feminists, are listening.

Washington Post: Democrats Press Battle For 60 Seats In Senate
Their moments came outside prime time, but the candidates Senate Democratic leaders hope will propel them to their biggest majority in decades also had their time in the spotlight at the Democratic convention.

WSJ: McCain Seems To Have Obama Beat in One Arena
So-called ambush ads are typically reserved for Web-savvy marketers such as General Motors and AT&T. The newest believer: a 71-year-old presidential candidate.

CNN: Obama makes history as Democratic nominee
On a historic night for America, Barack Obama secured the Democratic Party's nomination for president and emerged for the first time on stage in Denver with running mate Sen. Joe Biden.

CNN: GOP cheers Obama's historic stride, but doubts his experience
Republicans briefly stopped attacking Sen. Barack Obama for what they call his lack of foreign policy experience to note the historic significance of the United States nominating the first African-American for president.

WSJ: Obama Plans to Use Young Voters To Attract (More) Young Voters
Barack Obama's chances of winning the presidency could rest on the votes of 20-to-30-year-olds - and, to an unprecedented degree, he is letting his young supporters decide how to win those votes.

NY Times: New Words and Tools for Covering the Conventions
The musician will.i.am, who produced the hit video “Yes We Can” about Senator Barack Obama, calls the Democratic gathering here the first “batonical” convention.

CNN poll: Obama trails McCain on national security
A new national poll suggests that there's a reason why Wednesday evening's theme of the Democratic convention is "Securing America's Future."

Washington Post: Delegates With a Broken Pledge
Think the Hillary Clinton delegates feel miserable and dejected? Spend a moment with Deb Nelson.

Washington Post: D.C. Voting Rights Plight Drowned Out by Din in Denver
The day did not start well for the activists from the District.Armed with buttons, bumper stickers and postcards, they took to the downtown streets here to sign up compatriots in their fight to win the District a seat in Congress.

Washington Post: Giuliani Swoops In to Join the Republican Attack Squad in Denver
Another former Republican presidential candidate has descended on this city to cast Barack Obama as unready for the White House.

USA Today: Obama outdoor speech echoes JFK's 1960 move
Barack Obama's decision to move his nomination acceptance speech from an indoor arena to an outdoor stadium may be a smart effort to tap the Kennedy mystique, open up the convention and generally stir things up.

WSJ: Meet Obama's Media 'Enforcer'
Robert Gibbs leans into presidential candidate Barack Obama at an airplane-maintenance hangar scheduled for more layoffs and whips out an index card where he has scrawled the latest data on how many Americans have lost health-care insurance in the workplace.

USA Today: Kerry defends Obama's patriotism
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who lost the 2004 presidential contest, forcefully defended Barack Obama's patriotism in a speech Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention and assured the party faithful that "this time we're going to win."

NY Times: For a New Political Age, a Self-Made Man
From the earliest days of his presidential campaign, those around Senator Barack Obama have heard the same mantra. He repeated it after he announced his candidacy and after debates, after victories and defeats. “I need to get better,” he would say.

Washington Post: Black Delegates Also Bask in Obama's Big Moment
Lena Taylor, a Wisconsin state senator from Milwaukee, is "overwhelmed" by the history that will be made Thursday night, when Sen. Barack Obama will become the first African American to accept a major-party presidential nomination.

WSJ: Tiptoeing to the Right on Abortion
At an opening interfaith prayer ceremony at the Democratic convention Sunday, an evangelical minister spoke about saving unborn children. During another official convention event, a "faith caucus" on Tuesday, a former congressman urged the elimination of 95% of all abortions in the next decade.

Washington Post: For Veteran Speaker, the Challenge of a Lifetime
Sen. Barack Obama will step onto a stage bordered by Greek columns and walk down a runway that dead-ends at a lectern on an island. There, alone at the center of Colorado's biggest stadium, he will stare out at 2,000 lawn chairs pressed toward the stage, 80,000 people crammed into three levels of seats and 450 stadium spotlights pointed directly at him.

NY Times: Democrats Work to Minimize Stadium Setting’s Political Risks
When Senator Barack Obama announced in early July that he would give his nomination address in an outdoor stadium in front of 75,000 people, he wowed members of both parties who saw it as an inspired stroke of campaign image making.

Washington Post: ABC's Attempt To Film Donors Ends in Arrest
An ABC News producer was arrested outside a downtown hotel here Wednesday while he and a camera crew tried to shoot footage of corporate donors leaving a meeting with a group of Democratic senators.

CNN: Indicted senator wins Alaska GOP primary
Indicted U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens easily turned back challengers in Alaska's Republican primary, but the state's longtime representative, Don Young, was locked in a neck-and-neck battle with a GOP rival Wednesday.

WSJ: Green Businesses Jump On Opportunity in Denver
The Democratic National Committee promised to make this the greenest convention ever. And that is making some entrepreneurs see green. Viewing the convention as a launching pad for sales, small entrepreneurs and international companies alike have set up shop around town, trying to capitalize on their environmental credentials.

AP: Prosecutors seek to slash Abramoff prison term
The Justice Department on Wednesday recommended a dramatic reduction in the prison sentence of imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who became the key witness against lawmakers and congressional aides he spent years corrupting.