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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.

Only after time passed did John Kerry's 2004 Democratic acceptance speech, in which he saluted and said he was "reporting for duty," become one of the most painful moments in political history. The media were mixed on Obama's speech, but how will it play out later? Only time will tell.

DENVER, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Barack Obama, the first African american to lead a major-party ticket, accepted the Democratic nomination for president Thursday night, sharply criticizing republican john mccain and casting the election as "our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise...

DENVER, Aug. 28 -- Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night was what many nervous Democrats were hoping for: a forceful challenge to john mccain and the Republicans, and a restatement of the message to change Washington and the nation that propelled him...

DENVER, Aug. 28 -- They sat in the top rows of Invesco Field at Mile High, so far from the stage they could barely see a thin outline of Barack Obama walking toward the lectern. But up here, they could feel it.

CHALMETTE, La., Aug. 28 -- Determined to avoid the mistakes made when Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, federal and state officials began preparations for massive evacuations if it becomes clear that Tropical Storm Gustav will sweep over the region with the same force as Katrina.

MOSCOW, Aug. 29 -- Russian Prime minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he had reason to think U.S. personnel were in the combat zone during the recent war in Georgia, adding that if confirmed, their presence suggested "someone in the United States" provoked the conflict to help one of the...

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has been checking up on the attendance records of federal employees. And he doesn't like what he's found.

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, declaring that his republican opponent is not up to the task of resolving America's economic and foreign policy problems.

Gustav, which could turn into a hurricane as it lumbers toward the Gulf Coast, has republican officials worried.