AP - A man who wrote hundreds of hateful letters to black and mixed race men — including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter — was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in prison. -- read full article
AP - The number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. -- read full article
AP - A federal judge who ruled last month that top White House advisers must comply with congressional subpoenas refused to put that ruling on hold Tuesday while the Bush administration appeals. -- read full article
AP - Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden thanked Delaware delegates Tuesday for standing by their home-state senator and served up a mea culpa for his foibles and imperfections.
AP - The second act in the Democrats' four-act convention play may be titled "Renewing America's Promise," but the subplot Tuesday is all about Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Politico - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told convention-goers Tuesday morning that polls are underestimating the strength of Barack Obama, contending he will win with the support of new or intermittent voters, who are not generally polled.
AP - Democrats bickered among themselves Tuesday about how hard to attack John McCain as the party's former dominant couple — Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton — took center stage at Barack Obama's political coronation.
AP - Former President Clinton said Tuesday that the presidential campaign had been "endlessly fascinating," and predicted that it still has a few twists and turns ahead.
AP - Republican candidate John McCain is defending his staunch backing for the war in Iraq as well as an aggressive role for the U.S. around the world.
AP - Democrats were on edge Tuesday as they waited to hear Hillary Rodham Clinton's prime-time speech on party unity, with some of her supporters saying they don't know what to do and others provoking confrontations.
Reuters - Floods in southern Chad have forced
10,000 people from their homes and killed three, the United
Nations said on Saturday, adding to the toll from seasonal
rains spreading destruction and disease across Africa's Sahel
region. -- read full article
AFP - Four Britons released from Guantanamo in 2004 after two years' detention, requested the US Supreme Court to rule on the right of prisoners "to worship and ... not to be tortured."
AP - The government on Monday recommended a speed limit for commercial ships along the Atlantic coast, where collisions with the endangered right whale threaten its existence.
AP - Sen. Ted Stevens accused the Justice Department of trying to smear his character Monday as he prepared to defend his seat in a crowded Republican primary election.
AP - Republicans are debating an election platform that differs in at least one striking way from the past — it's purged of the dear-leader tributes that turned statements of party principles into an incessant hailing of the chief.
