In this April 23, 2008 file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, and her husband, Todd Palin, hold their baby boy Trig in Anchorage, Alaska. The Palin's fifth child was born with Down syndrome, a genetic abnormality that impedes physical, intellectual and language development. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - John McCain’s running mate was raised in a Pentecostal church, has called herself “as pro-life as any candidate can be” and already has energized conservative religious leaders who worried the Arizona senator would choose an abortion rights supporter.

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain (L) stands with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin at a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio. McCain unveiled a major surprise in the White House race Friday by picking a little known governor from the oil-rich state of Alaska as his running-mate.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)AFP - Barack Obama and John McCain were to hold rival rallies in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania Saturday as the race for the White House intensified with McCain’s surprise pick of Alaska’s little-known governor, Sarah Palin, as his running mate.

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Residents of Ormond Nursing and Care Center line the hall with belongings in paper sacks as they wait to evacuate in preparation for Hurricane Gustav, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, in Destrehan Friday, La.  (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)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.

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Rain clouds form off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island seen from Westin Casuarina Resort and Spa at sunset as the Gustav storm system approaches, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.  Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)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.

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AP - He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer.

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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks after being chosen the Republican vice presidential running mate for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio August 29, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)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.

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Maj. Larry Dillard of the U.S Army, right, and chief marketing officer Edward Walters of the U.S. Army, far right, talks to the Associated Press about the Army Experience Center, while sitting in the Black Hawk simulator, which is a model helicopter that takes particpants on a virtual flight through of a remote mountain village, allowing them to shoot at enemies as they protect a U.S. convoy headed to a medical facility, in Philadelphia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Staffed by soldiers eager to share their experiences and stocked with high-tech simulators, video gaming stations and interactive exhibits, the Army Experience Center is a new frontier in marketing for Army officials who hope to give the public a better understanding of today's military.  (AP Photo/Justin Maxon)AP - “Heads up! Enemy helicopter inbound!”

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Artist Robert Indiana poses Thursday, Aug. 29, 2008 at his studio in Vinalhaven, Maine. Indiana, who in the 1960s created the pop icon LOVE, now has created a similar image with HOPE, with proceeds going to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Joel Page)AP - The Maine artist who brought LOVE to the world is doing the same with HOPE.

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BANGKOK, Aug. 29 — Thai police fired tear gas at thousands of protesters who besieged police headquarters Friday, while demonstrators outside the capital disrupted air and rail service in a growing campaign to unseat the prime minister.

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A Tibetan exile prays during a 12-hour fast in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. The Dalai Lama was to lead nearly 2,000 Tibetan exiles in a 12-hour fast for peace in Tibet in Dharmsala, the northern Indian headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile, but participated instead from his hospital bed in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)AP - The Dalai Lama participated in a 12-hour fast for peace in Tibet on Saturday from his hospital bed in western India, his spokesman said.

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