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Obama embarks on 67-day sprint to election (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:04 AM CDT AP - Fresh off his historic nominating convention, Democrat Barack Obama is embarking on what likely will be the most important 67 days of his campaign for the White House. Republican John McCain is looking to upstage his rival with the announcement of his running mate.

More than 84,000 attend Obama speech (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:28 AM CDT AP - More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech, city officials say.

As Gustav nears, Gulf Coast puts faith in planning (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:00 AM CDT AP - With Gustav approaching hurricane strength and showing no signs of veering off a track to slam into the Gulf Coast, authorities across the region began laying the groundwork Thursday to get the sick, elderly and poor away from the shoreline.

McCain makes decision on running mate (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:49 AM CDT AP - The focus of the presidential campaign shifts to Republicans on Friday as GOP candidate John McCain is set to introduce his running mate at a rally in Ohio.

Walkway collapses in San Diego, injuring 16 (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:03 PM CDT AP - A block-long covered walkway next to a construction scaffold collapsed on Thursday, trapping and injuring 16 pedestrians, three critically.

Jury acquits former Marine in killing of Iraqis (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:56 AM CDT AP - Jurors wept and embraced former Marine Jose Luis Nazario Jr. after acquitting him of voluntary manslaughter in the killings of unarmed Iraqi detainees during a fierce 2004 battle.

New Katrina death tally: Half of victims 75 and up (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 04:05 PM CDT AP - As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older, according to researchers.

Huge underground water plant takes shape under NYC (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 03:45 PM CDT AP - It requires enough concrete to build a sidewalk from New York to Miami and enough pipe to reach the top of the Empire State Building 140 times over. Workers carved out enough dirt from the ground to fill more than 100,000 dump trucks.

Small GPS devices help prosecutors win convictions (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 02:27 PM CDT AP - Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use it too — to help convict him of killing four family members.

Iowa college president steps down after beer photo (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 09:10 PM CDT AP - An Iowa community college president resigned less than a week after a photo was published appearing to show him pouring beer into a young woman's mouth.

Trying to stop removal hearing, Detroit mayor sues (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:53 PM CDT AP - Lawyers for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at scuttling a hearing that could lead to his ouster, saying the proceedings would be unfair and presided over by a governor who is biased against him.

Nevada Supreme Court won't delay Simpson trial (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 06:27 PM CDT AP - A request from O.J. Simpson's last remaining co-defendant to delay the Sept. 8 start of the pair's armed robbery and kidnapping trial was rejected Thursday by a divided Nevada Supreme Court panel.

Defense contractor accused of human trafficking (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 02:51 PM CDT AP - The families of 12 Nepali men killed by Iraqi insurgents have filed a federal lawsuit accusing defense contractor KBR Inc. and a Jordanian subcontractor of human trafficking, saying the men were sent to work in Iraq against their will after being promised jobs in a posh hotel in Jordan.

New Orleans asks: Will the rebuilt levees hold? (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 06:40 PM CDT AP - Just three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans confronts a new threat from Gustav and a stark question: Will the partially rebuilt levees hold?

Judges refuse to rehear W. Pa. ex-Nazi guard case (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 04:38 PM CDT AP - A federal appeals court has refused to rehear the deportation case of a retired western Pennsylvania steelworker who served as a Nazi concentration camp guard during World War II.

2 workers hurt when crane topples in Dallas (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 03:12 PM CDT AP - A crane lowering a heavy length of pipe toppled Thursday morning at a city water pumping station on the Trinity River in Dallas, injuring two city workers.

Tropical Storm Hanna forms in Atlantic (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 09:51 AM CDT AP - The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Hanna has formed northeast of the northern Leeward Islands in the Atlantic.

Disposable diaper breaks fall, saves child's life (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 03:27 PM CDT AP - A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday.

Prosecutor: Ohio mother put baby girl in microwave (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 06:19 PM CDT AP - A mother intentionally put her month-old daughter in a microwave oven and cooked the child to death after a fight with her boyfriend, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday.

Man accused in Obama threat uses crutches in court (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 04:28 PM CDT AP - A Colorado man suspected of making racist threats against Barack Obama limped into federal court on crutches Thursday and was formally advised of a methamphetamine-possession charge against him.

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