Politico - Dennis Miller has been a force on the comedy scene ever since anchoring Weekend Update news segments during his Saturday Night Live stint from 1985 to 1991. -- read full article
AP - This frontier town turned modern city wants to put its best foot forward for the Democratic National Convention — just not necessarily one wearing a cowboy boot.
AP - The American Bar Association is calling on the next president and Senate to reduce partisan tensions in federal judicial nominations. -- read full article
AP - Republican John McCain on Saturday issued a scathing critique of Barack Obama's judgment and readiness to be commander in chief, telling a veterans' group his Democratic rival had tried to "legislate failure" in Iraq and placed his own ambition ahead of military success there.
AP - The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter.
Reuters - The U.N. Security Council voted
on Thursday to keep the United Nations mission in Iraq for
another year, as Baghdad urged the world body to do more to
help it transform into a functioning democracy.
AFP - As US media devote wall-to-wall coverage to the bitter race between Barack Obama and John McCain for the White House, it's easy to forget there are 11 other candidates running for president.
AP - Democrats shaped a set of principles Saturday that commits the party to guaranteed health care for all, heading off a potentially divisive debate and edging the party closer to the position of Barack Obama's defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Politico - Sen Barack Obama (D-Ill.) broke from his Hawaii vacation to discuss the clashes between Georgia and Russia with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Georgian president, his campaign reported. -- read full article
AP - Republican John McCain on Saturday issued a scathing critique of Barack Obama's judgment and readiness to be commander in chief, telling a veterans' group his Democratic rival had tried to "legislate failure" in Iraq and placed his own ambition ahead of military success there.
AP - John Edwards didn't ruin his reputation by admitting on television to an affair. By the time he sat down to come clean, the damage had already been done in private conversations by political insiders. -- read full article
AP - The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter.
AP - Backed by his friendly Southern drawl, the practiced charm of a courtroom warrior and a smile bright enough to blind the camera's eye, John Edwards never lacked the confidence to take the big risk.
Reuters - Two U.S. lawmakers have urged the
U.S. Justice Department to suspend its investigation of
European Internet gambling companies for possible criminal
violations that occurred before Congress passed a law in 2006
to crack down on online gambling. -- read full article
