The presidential candidates briefly shared a stage at a mega-church in California, and faced individual hour-long sessions with questions posed by the Rev. Rick Warren.
To his admirers, Senator John McCain’s tough response to Sept. 11 — advocating retaliation against Al Qaeda far beyond Afghanistan — is at the heart of his appeal.
Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, signed a revised framework for a deal to halt the fighting in Georgia, but the Kremlin said it would not pull the troops out immediately.
AP - Russian forces built ramparts around tanks and posted sentries on a hill in central Georgia on Saturday, digging in despite Western pressure for Moscow to withdraw its forces under a cease-fire deal signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
AP - Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain differed on abortion Saturday, with McCain saying a baby's human rights begin "at conception," while Obama restated his support for legalized abortion.
AP - Pure speed. It emanated from those loping, waist-high strides 6-foot-5 Usain Bolt churned with his golden spikes untied lace and all to win the 100-meter Olympic gold medal and break his own world record Saturday night.
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