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AP - Sen. Joe Biden’s financial report as of June 2007.

AFP - John McCain’s Republican attack machine quickly turned its fire on Democratic vice presidential pick Joseph Biden, billing his selection as a failed bid to mask Barack Obama’s inexperience.

Rocky Mountain News - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware on Saturday as “a leader ready to step in and be president,” and the newly named running mate quickly converted his debut on the Democratic ticket into a slashing attack on Republican John McCain.

AP - Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while accompanying his wife as she was getting a root canal.

AFP - Barack Obama unveiled veteran Senate colleague Joseph Biden as his White House running mate, calling him an all-American leader as Biden lost no time in furiously baiting their Republican adversary John McCain.

AP - Barack Obama says Joe Biden is ready to step in as president. He’s not bad in the role of attack dog, either, wasting no time gnawing at GOP rival John McCain.

AP - To find the last time a presidential ticket consisted of two senators, you have to go all the way back to … 2004.

Politico - SPRINGFIELD, Il. - Barack Obama arrived about 30 minutes ago at site of presidential campaign announcement 19 months ago. This time, he came to introduce Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate.

AP - Democrats open their four-day convention Monday with political winds at their back, but with a nagging, all-important question before them.

AP - In August 2007, three men who later became entangled in a Mississippi bribery scheme raised money for Sen. Joe Biden’s run for president.

AP - Joe Biden has lived a life of second chances, a cycle that’s been cruel and redemptive by turns. Now he’s starting over once again.

AP - Longtime political rivals but personal friends, John McCain and Joe Biden are reprising those roles that they have mastered for decades in the most exclusive circles of power in Washington.

AP - Barack Obama told everyone he wanted a running mate who will challenge his thinking, and now he’s got one. Joe Biden’s tendency to speak his own mind — and speak and speak — is entwined in his DNA.

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Samba de Amigo is barreling towards the Wii, and we all understand that it’ll be a lot less exciting without the Wii Maracas. Thanks to Amazon’s quick trigger finger, we now know that Sega’s Wiimote accessories will go for $14.99 per pair, and if all goes to plan, they’ll be shipping out on September 23rd. Of course, we’d suggest you pocket that and just craft your own wildly colored (and slightly gourd-shaped) Wiimote covers, but we understand not everyone was blessed with those DIY genes.

[Via Nintendo Wii Fanboy]

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AP - Reaction to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s selection of Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate.

AP - Democrats coalesced around Barack Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as his running mate on Saturday while Republicans quickly seized on the Delaware senator’s past criticism of the presidential candidate’s inexperience.

AP - A timeline of U.S. Sen. Joe Biden’s life and career:

AP - The city manager of Golden, Colo., has decided to withdraw his invitation to let the Al-Jazeera news network broadcast from a barbecue in his backyard on the final night of the Democratic National Convention.

Bloomberg - Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama chose Senator Joseph
Biden, a Delaware Democrat, to be his vice presidential running
mate, selecting one of the party’s leading foreign-policy
figures and harshest critics of Republican John McCain’s
national security views.

Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama has chosen veteran Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, a
leading voice on international affairs, as his vice
presidential running mate, his campaign said on Saturday.