In a deafening moment of history, Democrats made Barack Obama the first black major-party nominee for president, as they rode a delirious outpouring of unity, hope and tears. Obama took his stunning political rise to new heights as his primary foe Hillary Clinton dramatically halted a roll-call vote at the party convention , and called for the 47-year-old Illinois senator to be enshrined the nominee.

Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, who turned 67 on Wednesday, will resume her international concert tour after being forced to take a three-month break for health reasons, her producer said. By Monday, Evora will have left the west African island nation of Cape Verde for Paris, said her producer's company, Joao da Silva.

World number two Jelena Jankovic struggled but held on to beat Sofia Arvidsson 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5 in the second round of the 20.6 million dollar US Open on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Serbian has reached two semi-finals in Grand Slams this year (French Open and Australian Open) but has never made it to a final in 20 career major appearances.

A total of 23 teams will see action in the1st Metro Cebu Inter-School Basketball Challenge on August 9 at the newly-constructed Don Bosco Technology Center (DBTC) gymnasium. These are the USC-South and North campuses, USPF, USJ-R Basak campus, Bright Academy of Banilad, St. Scholastica of Lagtang, St. Anthony Learning Ceter of Cansojong, Asian College of Technology of Bulacao, St. Catherine School of Carcar City, Holy Rosary School of Pardo, Sacred Heart School-Jesuit of Canduman and Colegio de la Immaculada Concepcion-Mandaue, Cebu International School of Pit-os, PAREF-Springdale of Guadalupe, CEC, PCGS, St. Paul Learning Center of Bulacao, Immaculate Heart of Mary School and Mary Help of Christian School both of Minglanilla, Colegio del Sto. Niรฑo, and the Don Andres Soriano Memorial School of Lutopan, Toledo City.

NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software. A "worm type" virus was found on laptop computers that astronauts use to send and receive email from the station by relaying messages through a mission control center in Texas, according to NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries.