RENO, Nevada — Democrat Barack Obama met Sunday with Texas oil baron and longtime conservative activist T. Boone Pickens to discuss strategies for developing alternative energy.

The presidential hopeful praised Pickens as a “legendary entrepreneur” and deflected a question about the billionaire’s role in helping to fund a television ad campaign that undermined John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee.

The following is a look at some of the more notable fumbles by Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Tuesday night’s program at the Republican National Convention will feature speeches by independent Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman and former presidential candidate and Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson. Their remarks will reflect the convention’s overall theme, “Country First,” and Tuesday’s them, which is “service.”

Republican National Convention Sept. 2, 2008 list of speakers:

– Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio)

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– Robert Duvall, voice over for a “Country First” video

Bill Clinton's former deputy attorney general faces a mostly receptive Senate, but one that will likely revisit the pardon of a fugitive billionaire.

An adviser to the former first lady says she is reluctant to accept the secretary of state position in President-elect Obama's administration.