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Obama, Clinton woo Hoosiers :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama (U.S., 48 articles)
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With all districts reporting, Obama collected 2,264 votes to 2,257 for Clinton in an election that sparked wide interest even though Guamanians, like other citizens in US territories, have no vote in the November presidential election. At the same time, her campaign is pushing back against those who want Clinton to quit the race, maintaining that the contest with Obama is still incredibly tight. Broadening his attack, Barack Obama said Saturday that Hillary Rodham Clinton's support for a summertime break from the federal gasoline tax symbolizes a candidacy consisting of " phony ideas, calculated to win elections instead of actually solving problems. In CNN's "poll of polls" released Friday, Obama is leading Clinton in North Carolina by 10 points: 50 percent to 40 percent, with 10 percent unsure. Neither candidate campaigned in the U.S. island territory in person, but both did long-distance media interviews and bought campaign ads for the caucuses. During that period, the numbers viewing Clinton and Republican candidate John McCain negatively have stayed about even. INDIANAPOLIS - Have Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's chances of winning the Democratic presidential nomination improved? The answer is yes, based in part on new polls, her advisers said Thursday.
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Labour loses London in local election rout (U.S., 27 articles)
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Islwyn MP Don Touhig said the party had to learn lessons after losing control of six Welsh councils. Nick Clegg on Friday hailed the Liberal Democrats as a party that could "win everywhere" after defying sceptics to pass narrowly his first electoral test as party leader. Against expectations, the Lib Dems clinched second place in vote share, broadly consolidating seats gained in the wake of the Iraq war and making advances in Labour strongholds such as Sheffield, Hull and Burnley.
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Olympic torch arrives on less-hostile terrain in mainland China (World, 17 articles)
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The torch's five-continent journey was dogged by demonstrations, mostly over China's crackdown against protests in Tibet, which deeply embarrassed Beijing and provoked retaliatory rallies at home and abroad by patriotic Chinese. " Go China people lining the streets chanted, waving Chinese flags as the flame made its way from a man-made island just off the tropical resort city of Sanya, on the southern tip of the island province of Hainan. In this photo released by the Government Information Service, Hong Kong actor Andy Lau runs with the Olympic torch surrounded by security personnel and police officers during the torch relay in Hong Kong Friday.
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US missile hits near Baghdad hospital (World, 11 articles)
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The U.S. military fired guided missiles into the heart of Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slum on Saturday, leveling a building 55 yards away from a hospital and wounding nearly two dozen people. The U.S. military said late Saturday that four Marines were killed on Thursday by a roadside bomb in Anbar province. The military also said that a U.S. soldier died of wounds suffered in a roadside bomb that struck the soldier's vehicle during a combat patrol in eastern Baghdad Friday.
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Microsoft withdraws Yahoo bid: Blame it on Google (Finance, 22 articles)
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Microsoft on Saturday withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo as the internet company continued to reject the terms of the proposed deal, despite a higher offer worth $33 a share, or $46.5bn. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp withdrew its offer for Yahoo Inc on Saturday as negotiations fell through on price, even after the software giant raised its bid by about $5 billion to $47.5 billion. Microsoft withdrew its proposal to acquire Yahoo on Saturday, after more than three months of posturing and negotiations and a last-ditch effort to close the deal by raising its offering price.
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