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DENVER - Prepared remarks of former President Bill Clinton for his address to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night in Denver, as released by the Obama campaign:

DENVER - John McCain is airing a one-evening-only ad with a simple message for Barack Obama: "Job well done." The ad coincides with Obama's nomination acceptance speech.

Politics can be treacherous. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walked on even riskier ground in a recent TV interview when she attempted a theological defense of her support for abortion rights.

DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - Democratic vice presidential pick Joseph Biden declared war on the Republicans, warning America did not need a "good soldier" but a wise leader to guide it through troubled times.

DENVER - Cindy McCain's half sister says she will not vote for Republican John McCain and plans to cast her ballot for his Democratic rival, Barack Obama.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning parents and caregivers to immediately stop using a popular brand of bassinet after the death of a second baby attributed to the product.

DENVER (Reuters) - To shouts of "Yes we can," Democrats nominated Barack Obama on Wednesday as their presidential candidate in a historic first for a black American, backed by his ex-rivals Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Address by Sen. Joe Biden, Barack Obama's running mate, at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday in Denver, as released by the Obama campaign:

DENVER - In a brief break from a fierce advertising war, Republican presidential candidate John McCain will air a one-evening-only ad with a simple message for Barack Obama: "Job well done."

DENVER — It is natural to describe Barack Obama’s flight from obscure state senator to presidential nominee, from a head-turning 2004 speech in Boston to the pinnacle of American politics in Denver in 2008, as a success story beyond imagination.

A look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on a selection of issues as the national party conventions affirm their presidential nominations and launch the fall campaign:

DENVER (Reuters) - Veteran Sen. Joe Biden accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination on Wednesday and hailed running mate Barack Obama as a wise leader who will take the United States in a new direction and out of the Iraq war.

Karl Rove has yet to respond to my request for comment, but he did oblige Fox News for a few questions about my report last night that he contacted Joe Lieberman last week to urge him to contact McCain and take himself out of the veepstakes.

DENVER — Joe Biden used his speech accepting the Democratic vice presidential nomination Wednesday night to signal the roles he’ll likely play until Election Day: loyal messenger for running mate Barack Obama, liaison to the working class and aggressive attacker of the Republican rival.

DENVER - Barack Obama achieved a historic breakthrough with his nomination for president, but you wouldn't know it by tracking the official events of the Democratic convention's first three days.

Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Oman's ambassador to the U.S., Hunaina bint Sultan bin Ahmad al-Mughairi, was doing some serious mingling among the Democratic foreign policy elite at the Denver Art Museum.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he suspected unnamed persons in the United States had provoked the conflict in Georgia in an attempt to help a candidate in the U.S. presidential election.

DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - Barack Obama will Thursday tell Americans their country faces a "defining moment" at home and vow to keep them safe from foreign threats in a dazzling finale to the Democratic convention.

DENVER - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has told Democratic National Convention delegates that Barack Obama and Joe Biden have the right policy on terrorism — focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan, not Iraq.

DENVER - A vanquished guest at another's coronation, Hillary Rodham Clinton proved this week she is still a political force — in the short term and for the future.