AP - John McCain embarks on his final drive for the White House Thursday night, accepting the Republican presidential nomination and addressing the party's national convention from a stage that workers were hastily rebuilding to fit his "town hall" approach.

AP - Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was at federal court Thursday for sentencing in a public corruption case that upended Washington politics and contributed to the Republican loss of Congress in 2006.

AP - Democrats shot back at GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Thursday, saying her convention speech was laden with partisan attacks but devoid of substantive answers about where the Republican ticket would take the nation.

AFP - White House candidate John McCain will Thursday crown an unlikely political comeback when he formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination after a fabled American journey.

Reuters - Republican John McCain takes his turn at center stage of his big St. Paul party on Thursday to lay out why he should be elected U.S. president, after his No. 2, Sarah Palin, excited Republican loyalists.

AP - Protesters calling for an end to the Iraq war urged others to join their march Thursday night outside the Republican National Convention as John McCain accepts his party's presidential nomination.

AP - Feeling mounting scrutiny since becoming John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin enjoyed a respite with Republican delegates who showered her with love and cheered her status as a working mother and her experience running Alaska's government.

AP - Several leading women in the business community, addressing the GOP presidential convention Wednesday, said John McCain's plan for lower taxes, less government and a push to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil will do more to help revive the struggling economy than the Democratic agenda.

AP - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has harshly criticized media coverage of Republican presidential politics.

AP - Vanquished Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney got an enthusiastic greeting when he appeared to speak Wednesday night to delegates at the Republican National Convention.