AP - In two short years, Sarah Palin moved from small-town mayor with a taste for mooseburgers to the governor's office and now — making history — to John McCain's side as the first female running mate on a Republican presidential ticket.

AP - As city officials detailed plans for an evacuation that could be called over the weekend, some residents weren't waiting to be told to leave.

AP - Gustav rapidly gained power early Saturday and verged on becoming a fearsome Category 3 hurricane as it neared western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina.

AP - Barack Obama's audience for his acceptance speech likely topped 40 million people, and the Democratic gathering that nominated him was a more popular television event than any other political convention in history.

AP - In a return to the public stage, John Edwards has confirmed plans to talk politics a month after admitting to an extramarital affair. But his wife won't be at his side.

AP - Georgia severed diplomatic ties with Moscow on Friday to protest the presence of Russian troops on its territory. Russia said the move would only make things worse.

AP - The Maine artist who brought LOVE to the world is doing the same with HOPE.

AP - Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic made a defiant stand before a U.N. court preparing to try him on genocide charges, refusing to enter pleas Friday and branding the tribunal a NATO proxy out to "liquidate" him.

AP - Jennifer Aniston will return home to NBC, the TV network where she became a breakout star on the hit sitcom "Friends."

Reuters - Republican John McCain made a surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday, adding a political unknown to the presidential ticket who could help him appeal to women voters.

Reuters - Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a Category 2 storm on Saturday, as it churned across warm Caribbean waters toward western Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Reuters - Personal income tumbled unexpectedly in July and inflation-adjusted spending shrank as government economic stimulus waned, but consumer spirits rose this month, a hint the economy may muddle through its woes.

Reuters - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said on Saturday he will not quit in the face of growing street protests aimed at ousting his seven-month-old government. "I will never resign in response to these threats," Samak said to cheers from the crowd attending a royal event at a sports stadium in Bangkok.

Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez backed Russia's recognition of two breakaway regions of Georgia on Friday, making Venezuela only the second nation to support Moscow's stance.