President Obama to Accept Nomination Tonight at Democratic National Convention

It won't be the grandiose backdrop that he had envisioned, but maybe it's just as well. President Obama tonight will accept the Democratic nomination for a second presidential term inside the Time Warner Cable Arena here facing a wave of discouraging economic data, a potential bombshell of an August jobs report expected Friday, and a lingering longing for the spirit of the 2008 convention and the promise it represented. The number of Americans receiving food-stamps hit record highs in June,...Full Story