Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, left front, Sen. Ken Salazar, right, D-Colo., and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, back, arrive for a news conference at Invesco Field in Denver on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. Workers can be seen constructing the stage for Barack Obama's speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Democrats fear political risks of Obama's Invesco speech

Politico - Wed Aug 27, 10:37 PM ET

DENVER - Senior Democratic officials are expressing serious concerns about the political risks posed by Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium Thursday evening.

Should Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain win, he would be 72 when he takes the oath of office, the oldest first-term president in U.S. history. He has survived three bouts of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, and acknowledges his choice of a vice presidential running mate will be of 'enhanced importance.' McCain is believed to be mulling over, from left: Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, former Ohio Rep. Rob Portman, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. (AP Photo)

McCain says no vice presidential decision yet

AP - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago

DENVER - Looking toward his turn in the spotlight, Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain sought to siphon attention from Democrat Barack Obama's show in Denver by playing coy about his pick for vice president.

Workers secure the wing of a small plane in an area where aircraft were being moved from a nearby airport to a safer location, in preparation for Tropical storm Gustav, in George Town, Grand Cayman Island, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Gustav surged toward renewed hurricane force on Thursday as it drove toward Jamaica, while many miles away, New Orleans watched it with a nervous eye. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Tourists flee as Gustav churns toward Jamaica

AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Tourists and oil workers fled Thursday as Gustav churned toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands with winds near hurricane force. Louisiana called a state of emergency and put the National Guard on standby, hoping to avoid the chaos of Hurricane Katrina three years ago.

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