1. US Troops on US Streets
(Opinions/Daily)

...ound about the Posse Comitatus Act. So, I think these are real concerns. AMY GOODMAN: Matt Rothschild, the Democratic and Republican conventions were quite amazing displays of force at every level, fr...

2. From those who brought you the Olympics.....
(Opinions/Politic)

Now its onward to the Political Conventions! As the Beijing Olympic spectacle wraps up, Americans' thoughts are going to the National Presidential Conventions, the first of which begins today.  T

3. Clinton calls for Democratic unity
(Archived/News/Global)

Hillary Clinton has called on US Democrats to unite behind Barack Obama as the party's presidential nominee, saying that despite a bruising primary battle, they were on the "same team".