Michelle Obama Delivers Keynote Address on Opening Day of Democratic Convention; Jeremy Scahill Grills Democratic Lawmakers on the War, Obama’s Foreign Policy Team and the Corporate Money Behind the Big Show; Denver Police Arrest 91, Fire Pepper Spray & Pepper Balls at Protesters; As Democratic Convention Kicks Off, Massive Security Presence Clamps Down on Dissent in Denver; Former US Senator Jean Carnahan and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan on the 2008 Race, Their Role as Convention Delegates & Voter Registration ; Iraq Veterans Against the War Descends on Denver to Call on Democrats to Endorse True Antiwar Platform.
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* Report: Four Arrested in Connection to Plot to Kill Obama
* Michelle Obama & Ted Kennedy Help Open Democratic National Convention
* Denver Police Arrests 91 Protesters
* Minnesota Police Arrest NYC Video Activists
* McCain Adviser Lobbied to Allow People on Terror Watch Lists Buy Gun
* Russia Formally Recognizes Independence of Breakaway Georgian Regions
* 350 Workers Detained in Mississippi Immigration Raid
* Ex-Pakistan PM Pulls Out of Coalition Gov’t
* Pentagon Considers Expanding Operations in Pakistan
* Oxfam: Black Evacuees from New Orleans Continue to Face Weak Job Prospects
* 12 States Sue EPA Over Oil Refineries Emissions
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