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, sending him
into battle against Republican John McCain.
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AFP - Democrat Barack Obama Wednesday made history as Democrats formally nominated him by acclamation as the first black presidential nominee of a major political party.
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AP - On the eve of Hurricane Katrina’s third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos.
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AP - Barack Obama, claiming a prize never held by a black American, swept to the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday as thousands of national convention delegates stood and cheered his improbable triumph.
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Reuters - A panel of federal appeals court
judges pushed a U.S. government lawyer on Wednesday to answer
why FBI letters sent out to Internet service providers seeking
information should remain secret.
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AP - Barack Obama, standing where no black has ever stood before, swept to the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday as thousands of national convention delegates cheered his improbable triumph.
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Reuters - U.S. Sen. Barack Obama won the
Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday, making history
as the first black candidate picked to lead a major American
political party.
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AP - Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions.
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Reuters - Tropical Storm Gustav pulled
away from Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after
killing 23 people and threatened to become a major hurricane
aimed at New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico oil fields.
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AP - Jelena Jankovic’s leg cramped so badly, she couldn’t take another step. Luckily for the No. 2 seed in the U.S. Open, the agony occurred during her post-match run on the treadmill. Anyone who watched could clearly see she left about everything she had out on the court.
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