Outside the Stadium, Giddy Chaos

Attendees stood in lines miles long to see Barack Obama — some frustrated, others buying all the merchandise they could

Indecision '08 for McCain's Veep?

The candidate says he still hasn't made his choice. Surprise names are surfacing. Is it just head-faking to build suspense?

The iTunes Primary: No Contest

In the electoral college of rock, Joel Stein reports from Denver, the Democrats hold a commanding lead

Forgetting New Orleans

Viewpoint: Three years after the Katrina disaster, the fate of the ravaged city has been strangely absent from the campaign

Summer Box Office: Just Good Enough

Movie grosses just about matched last year's big numbers. But it wouldn't have happened without Batman

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The title explains itself. I have long believed that there is a Simpsons quote appropriate to pretty much every situation in life, and life has yet to prove me wrong.

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Instant Houses

By Richard Lacayo

Prefabricated housing is an idea whose time is always coming but never quite comes.

Nerd World

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By Lev Grossman

I'm starting to feel like the video game ad is an underrated medium. Yeah, most of them are forgettable. What do you want, they're ads. But sometimes you see one that just rips off your head and thrusts its awesomeness down your neck.

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THE PAGE

Obama Accepts the Nomination

The Land of Lincolner lashes out at McCain while speaking to 76,000 at Invesco Field in Denver. Get details and read the full text on The Page

The Democratic Convention

The Five Faces of Barack Obama

By DAVID VON DREHLE

Black man. Healer. Novice. Radical. The future. The candidate is different things to different people. One is his key to victory

Obama's Risky Stadium Gig

By David Von Drehle / Denver

Tonight the convention moves from the Pepsi Center to a football field. It's a gamble straight out of the Obama playbook

COLUMNS

What Bush Taught McCain

By JOE KLEIN

The GOP candidate's negative turn is straight out of the Bush campaign handbook

BUSINESS & TECH

Toyota Lowers 2009 Global Sales Target

Toyota lowered its global sales target for 2009 to 9.7 million vehicles on Thursday, down from an earlier 10.4 million vehicles, blaming "tough times," caused by rising material costs, a slowing U.S. market and soaring gas prices

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