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Senator Barack Obama officially became the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, capping a meteoric rise from a first-term senator to the first African-American to win a major-party nomination.
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Though the storm called Gustav is still days away from any landfall on the Gulf Coast, residents and officials are already on a nervous lookout for any uncomfortable resemblances to Katrina.
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The New York attorney general announced an agreement that would require Xcel Energy, a builder of coal-fired plants, to disclose to investors the financial risks of global warming.
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Major League Baseball reversed its long-standing opposition to instant replay and will allow umpires to check video on home run calls in series that start Thursday.
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s address will be closely watched to see what message she sends supporters who remain angry over her failure to win the nomination.
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President Robert Mugabe opened Zimbabwe’s Parliament on Tuesday to heckling from opposition lawmakers, hours after police arrested three of them, bringing the total in custody to five.