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Super delegate Donna Brazile from Washington, D.C., addresses the Women's Caucus. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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Super delegate Donna Brazile from Washington, D.C., addresses the Women's Caucus. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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Citizens United - David Bossie, president of Citizens United, will premiere his documentary "Hype: The Obama Effect" at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., takes the stage as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (above, center) congratulates the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, Vice President Hubert J. Humphrey, at the 1968 convention. At right, Chicago police use nightsticks and tear gas to break up protests at the '68 convention.

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Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (above, center) congratulates the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, Vice President Hubert J. Humphrey, at the 1968 convention. At right, Chicago Police use nightsticks and tear gas to break up protests at the '68 convention.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani will give the keynote address on Sept. 2, the second night of the four-day Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn.

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In this Aug. 19, 2005, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in the cockpit of a supersonic strategic bomber leaving for a training mission, in Moscow.

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Heather Donahue turns the camera on herself in her confession scene in "The Blair Witch Project."

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A horse driven cart moves past a Russian soldier at a checkpoint in Khurvaleti, near Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Russian troops and tanks control a wide swath of Georgia, including the country's main east-west highway. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has promised the withdrawal under terms of an EU-backed cease-fire agreement, but how quickly the troops will leave is unclear, as is exactly where they will redeploy. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Rembrandt Peale's portrait of George Washington (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is on vacation this week in Honolulu. But his campaign has not taken a break; 16 of the 18 states it deems as battlegrounds will see the new ad. (Associated Press)

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Police gather in front of the Democratic Party of Arkansas headquarters, right, near the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., after responding to reports of shots being fired inside the building Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Police said a gunman shot party chairman Bill Gwatney, who was critically injured. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)