AP - The party conventions and the Sarah Palin surge behind them, Barack Obama and John McCain are neck and neck again in their race for the White House — with the momentum and the political environment tilting toward the Democrats.

AP - Dutch detectives have recovered five 17th-century paintings, including a Jan Steen, more six years after they were snatched from the Frans Hals Museum, the museum and police said Tuesday.

AP - John McCain thanked Floridians on Monday for looking after his first wife and children when he was in a Hanoi prison, acknowledging a woman rarely mentioned in his Republican presidential campaign.

AP - The question of whether Sarah Palin has ever been to Iraq pushed Obama aides Saturday to accuse the McCain campaign of outright lies, distortions and distractions to the American people.

AP - A company run by an ex-Bush administration official and hired by the government to provide medical care to Sept. 11 recovery workers has been slow to take up the job, workers and advocates say.