Highlighting his strong support among young voters and calling for a new kind of politics, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will announce his vice presidential nominee via text and email. "Barack Obama is about to make one of the most important decisions of this campaign -- choosing a running mate," Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said in an email to supporters on Sunday. "You have helped build this movement from the bottom up, and Barack wants you to be the first to know his choice. "

Paris Hilton has released a new video in response to Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) controversial TV ad mocking her celebrity status. Lounging in a chair in a swimsuit, the hotel-heiress says in the video, "Hey America, I'm Paris Hilton and I'm a celebrity too. Only I'm not from the olden days and I'm not promising change like that other guy. I'm just hot. "

A teacher and a teenager are both dead after a shoot-out in which the two exchanged gun fire. According to reports, Titus Hill, 19, and an accomplice attempted to rob Sean Ellenberger, 39, outside of his friend's home where he and the friend had just installed a new stereo system in Ellenberger's jeep Cherokee around midnight Saturday.

Two women in their 70s were sentenced to life imprisonment in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday for killing two homeless men to collect the victims' $2. 8 million life insurance money. Helen Golay, 77, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, received the sentence from Judge David Wesley. A jury convicted the septuagenarians dubbed the "Black Widows" in April for running over Paul Vados, 73, in 1999 and Kenneth McDavid, 50, in 2005.

One person died and dozens of spectators were injured during Sunday's opening ceremony and Monday's running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Although six bulls were turned loose to rampage down Pamplona's narrow streets, most spectators were injured due to falls. The death of an Irish spectator was attributed to falling from where he was sitting on a wall.