AP - Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent, hurt in part by PC price cuts. Both earnings and margins fell short of Wall Street estimates, and Dell shares plunged.
AP - More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech, city officials say.
AP - A federal judge ruled that Qualcomm Inc. violated a ban on wireless technology owned by rival chip maker Broadcom Corp., the companies said Thursday.
AP - Barack Obama transcended politics on Thursday in accepting his party’s nomination for president during an event that played out on television like a combination of a rock concert and Super Bowl.
AP - A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday.
Reuters - Videogamers, your glasses
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AP - Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination Thursday night with a lofty vision for the nation’s future that is far easier to articulate than to accomplish.
AP - A generation after Ronald Reagan famously mistook Bruce Springsteen’s music for uncritical patriotism, Democrats claimed “Born in the USA” on Thursday for the theme it was meant to project to describe a splintered country they say desperately needs new policies and new dreams.
AP - Prepared remarks of Sen. Barack Obama for his address to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night in Denver, as released by the campaign:
AP - Forgive some of the 84,000 people amassed at Invesco Field Thursday if their thumbs are a bit weary by the time Barack Obama takes the stage for a triumphant acceptance of his presidential nomination.