Sen. John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice-presidential candidate on the Republican ticket for the White House, CNN has learned. The 44-year-old Palin, now in her first term as governor, is a pioneering figure in Alaska, the first woman and the youngest person to hold the state's top political job.

Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination in a packed stadium Thursday night and laid out his credentials to take on and beat Republican candidate John McCain in the fall election. "We are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look just like the last eight. On November 4, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough," he said.

Charlie Dominguez is spending his 47th birthday standing in line at Invesco Field, hoping he will be able to count a ticket to Sen. Barack Obama's Thursday night acceptance speech among his birthday gifts.

Despite a stadium packed far past capacity, with nearly 90,000 supporters wildly applauding nominee Barack Obama as he spoke Thursday, Republicans responded with one hand gesture: thumbs down.

You knew Barack Obama would deliver a magnificent speech in accepting the Democratic nomination for president. And he did.

Tropical Storm Gustav's winds and rain blasted Jamaica early Friday and the storm's path was expected to take it to Grand Cayman later in the day, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Personal income fell in July by the biggest drop in 3 years after surging the prior two months because of $90 billion in economic stimulus payments.

A chemical plant explosion in West Virginia prompted authorities to tell thousands of residents in nearby areas to stay in their homes.

A bounty hunter said Thursday that he will revoke the bond of a Florida woman suspected in the disappearance of her toddler daughter and that the woman would be returned to jail Saturday.

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