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Alaska primary result won't be known for 2 more weeks

U.S. Rep. Don Young, Alaska's only U.S. House member, had a razor-thin lead over Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in the state's GOP primary — 152 votes out of nearly 85,000 cast. But the results of the election must wait until Sept. 8, when the state election review board will look at sample ballots that had to be used when officials ran out of regular ballots. » read more

Obama faces big challenges for his big speech

A triumphant Barack Obama will claim his piece of American history Thursday night, becoming the first African-American to win a major-party presidential nomination. As he celebrates that milestone, he must begin his more challenging courtship of the rest of America beyond the Democratic Party. » read more

Clinton released her delegates at afternoon gathering

Clinton spoke to more than 2,000 people, mostly delegates, at the Colorado Convention Center Wednesday afternoon. She urged them to vote for their party in November, but rarely invoked the name Barack Obama. She told delegates she'd signed her ballot for Obama that morning. Most delegates voted at their state delegation breakfasts. » read more

White House

• · N. Carolina congressman finds Obama's triumph hard to believe
• · Denver police arrest ABC producer photographing contributors
• · Florida Obama devotee relishes backstage time with her man

Congress

• · Pa. Congressional candidates clash on warming, Iraq war
• · Rival Kentucky Dems bury hatchet in bid to unseat McConnell
• · Dole camp admits outside ads hurt; poll says she's behind

State & Local

• · All delegates are equal, except N. Carolina state officials
• · Democratic excitement catches on in red state Kansas
• · Alaskans rejecting controversial clean-water measure

Commentary

• · Dave Barry: Daryl Hannah, the Boy Scouts and 'bird porn'
• · Pitts: Obama requires reappraisal of America's promise
• · Dave Barry: Convention moments to remember