About 60,000 people from Colorado have tried to get tickets for the nomination acceptance speech by Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, the senator from Illinois. Obama will headline the Democratic convention in Denver later this month. Here, Obama is seen boarding a plane in Chicago for vacation in Hawaii. DENVER (AP) — In less than 24 hours, some 60,000 Coloradans requested tickets to Barack Obama's acceptance speech — more than the number available to state residents, campaign officials said Thursday. The campaign hasn't said how many people in other states have sought tickets. Democratic officials said this week that Coloradans will get roughly half the 75,000 seats for Obama's Aug. 28 speech at Invesco Field at Mile High, the stadium where the Denver Broncos play. They haven't said exactly how many seats that...
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