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  • GOP raises McCain

    After years of filling the role of political maverick, John McCain became the face of the Republican Party Thursday night. He accepted the nomination as his party's presidential candidate, one that he started pursuing eight years ago.
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  • Analysis: McCain's change chant oddly familiar

    The nominee's friend described him as a "restless reformer who will clean up Washington." His defeated rival described him going to the capital to "drain that swamp." His running mate described their mission as "change, the goal we share." And that was at the incumbent party's convention.
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  • Drug use is booming among baby boomers

    The generation that once celebrated sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll as a rite of passage is carrying substance abuse into retirement, says a U.S. government survey released Thursday.
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  • U.S., Russia on collision course

    Vice President Dick Cheney insisted that Georgia will join NATO and backed its attempts to rebuild from its war with Russia on Thursday, using a trip to former Soviet republics as a show of U.S. support for their pro-Western leaders.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain responds to the crowd after his acceptance speech Thursday at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. (Paul Sancya, Associated Press)
Paul Sancya, Associated Press
GOP raises McCain
Republican presidential candidate John McCain responds to the crowd after his acceptance speech Thursday at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
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