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McCain Sees Fellow Reformer in Running Mate Pick Palin
GOP Sen. John McCain named little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate Friday. Writers who have followed Palin's career discuss her rise to national politics.
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Shields and Brooks Mull Road Ahead for McCain-Palin Ticket
David BrooksSen. John McCain's unexpected choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stirred a flurry of speculation over the evolving dynamics of the 2008 presidential race. Analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks assess the move.

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Obama's Speech Grabs 38 Million Viewers, Earns Mixed Reviews
Sen. Barack Obama and Michelle Obama; AP photoSen. Barack Obama's speech to some 80,000 people at a Denver stadium capped off a week of unity calls and surprise appearances at the Democratic National Convention. A panel of columnists assesses how the event was received across the country.

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Republican Party Leaders Take Your Questions on '08 Election
Republican National Convention; Online NewsHourThe GOP convention begins on Monday. In a series of video Insider Forums, Ray Suarez will be asking GOP leaders and analysts your questions on the economy, foreign policy and party politics. Submit your questions now and check back next week for a full list of guests.
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Gustav Returns to Hurricane Strength, Heads Toward Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm GustavThe storm Gustav strengthened back into a hurricane Friday as it left Jamaica and headed for the Cayman Islands, still on track to reach the U.S. gulf coast by Tuesday, the National Hurricane center said Friday.
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Democrats Aim to Increase Obama's Support at Convention
Democrats hold their national convention in Denver the week as the party rallies behind the Obama-Biden ticket in hopes of building momentum for the final three months of the 2008 presidential campaign.
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China's Road to the 2008 Olympic Games
Massive construction, pollution and public image were all factors in China's preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games. View NewsHour coverage leading up the Beijing games and analysis of what the event means for China.
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Paul Solman Takes Your Questions in 'Business Desk' Feature
From explaining the subprime market to making sense of the Fed, economics correspondent Paul Solman covers the business stories that are making news on Wall Street and at the water cooler. In a Web feature, he takes your questions.
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Environmental Movement Finds New Supporters Among Evangelicals
With gas prices and global warming playing an ever-increasing role in the national discourse, some evangelical churches have begun to focus their faith in a new direction -- on environmentalism.
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Filmmakers Answered Your Questions on 'The Judge and the General'
The documentary "The Judge and the General" follows the investigation into the brutal murders of thousands of Chileans during the 1970s and 1980s. Filmmakers Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco Leverton answered your questions.
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Missed your weekly dose of political analysis from syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks? Find the full archive here.
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Countries Map Arctic Boundaries to Build Cases for Resource Rights
As a scramble builds to establish rights over the natural resources hidden under the Arctic sea floor, U.S. researchers embarked from Barrow, Alaska, in mid-August on a three-week mission to map regions of the vast underwater landscape.
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Photographers captured images of HIV positive people in countries around the world before and after they began antiretroviral treatment.
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Picking Sarah Palin
A look at the career of GOP Sen. John McCain's newly named running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

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Palin's Rise
A panel of writers describe Gov. Sarah Palin's road from a little-known female governor to vice presidential nominee.

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McCain's Choice
Analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks assess John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate and the road ahead for the presidential race.

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Beyond the Rockies
With the Democratic convention complete, a panel of media analysts discusses how the DNC event was received around the country.

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Mark Shields and David Brooks offer closing thoughts on the week in politics and preview next week's GOP convention.

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