Aug 28th, 2008 · A criminal is a criminal, but a con man is an artist. In a recent case, a stylish, ascot-wearing man using the name "Clark Rockefeller" fooled just about everyone: two wives, a New York art dealer, even a state senator. He's wanted for questioning about a two-decade-old disappearance and possible murder.
Aug 28th, 2008 · History was made Wednesday night in Denver at the Democratic National Convention. For the first time, a major political party nominated a black man to be president of the United States. Barack Obama will accept the nomination tonight. We retrace some of the steps that brought the 47-year-old senator from Illinois to this historic moment.
Aug 27th, 2008 · In an interview with All Things Considered, on Tuesday, U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Gov. Warner used the term "my value-add." Though it's a business term, he was referring to his ability to forge a bipartisan consensus.
Aug 27th, 2008 · Despite a federal indictment, Republican Sen. Ted Stevens won his primary race for Senate and immediately proclaimed the November election a "piece of cake." He'll now move on to the general election, while facing charges that he failed to report gifts from an oil company.
Aug 26th, 2008 · Sen. Bob Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania will speak Tuesday at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, where his dad was denied a speaking role at Bill Clinton's 1992 convention for opposing abortion rights. The senator says he won't talk about abortion, which he opposes, but rather about why he thinks Barack Obama is better suited to fix the broken economy than John McCain.
Aug 25th, 2008 · The keynote address for the opening night of the Democratic National Convention will come from a woman who might become the country's next first lady, Michelle Obama. Chicago businesswoman Valerie Jarrett, a longtime friend of the Obamas and a senior advisor to the Illinois senator's presidential campaign, describes what few may know about Michelle Obama and why she's a leader in her own right.
Aug 24th, 2008 · At the 2004 Democratic Convention, John Kerry was the presidential nominee and the keynote address was given by Barack Obama — who was then an Illinois state senator running for the U.S. Senate.
Aug 23rd, 2008 · Over the last 35 years, Joe Biden has held some of the most powerful positions in the Senate. He started life as a stuttering child in Scranton, Pa.