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Sen. Barack Obama took a decisive victory in North Carolina's Democratic primary Tuesday. In Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton won with a narrow lead. With a total of 187 delegates, the two states were the biggest prizes left in the nomination fight.
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Barack Obama defied polls and expectations in both the North Carolina and Indiana primaries.
May 7, 2008 · Myanmar is struggling to cope with the devastating cyclone that killed at least 22,000 people over the weekend. Souheil Reich, head of a Doctors Without Borders mission in Yangon, says the government is slowly bringing in supplies but is wary about letting foreign workers into the country.
May 7, 2008 · The way judges are appointed to the Board of Patent Appeals almost definitely violates the Constitution, says John Duffy, a professor at George Washington University Law School. Duffy wrote a paper suggesting that the problem could invalidate scores of decisions.
May 6, 2008 · Barack Obama has won the Democratic primary in North Carolina, NPR projects based on early returns and exit polls. It's the first large-state primary that Obama has won in nearly three months.
May 7, 2008 · As Russia swears in a new president, observers question whether the leader, Vladimir Putin's successor, will have real power to chart his own course for the country. He takes over a nation with a booming oil economy, and many serious problems.
May 7, 2008 · The House takes up several bills Wednesday aimed at easing the mortgage foreclosure crisis. The main proposal would authorize billions of dollars in new loan guarantees to help struggling homeowners refinance their mortgages. The legislation has bipartisan support, but GOP leaders call it a bailout.
May 7, 2008 · Chrysler has come up with a promotion it hopes will revive sales of trucks and SUVs. It is offering car buyers a chance to lock in a relatively cheap price for gasoline for three years.
May 7, 2008 · FBI agents raided a federal agency, the Office of the Special Counsel, amid allegations that the office has been misused for political purposes. Agents investigating possible obstruction of justice confiscated computers and also searched the home of Scott Bloch, the head of the OSC.
May 7, 2008 · U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in San Diego are seeing an increase in smuggling by sea. Improvements in border security on land have pushed immigrant and drug smugglers offshore. During the past few months, dozens of small boats have been found on the beaches near the border. Now federal agents are responding.
May 6, 2008 · Civilians are fleeing Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, home to more than 2 million people, amid continued fighting between American-backed Iraqi forces and Shiite militiamen. U.S. aircraft launched four more rockets overnight into the slum.
May 6, 2008 · Aid groups and donor countries are mobilizing to get assistance to the survivors of a devastating cyclone in Myanmar. The United Nations says hundreds of thousand people are in need of help. Getting visas and travel permission from the government of Myanmar is still a problem. The U.S. is among those trying to get in.
May 6, 2008 · Conventional wisdom says Barack Obama will win Tuesday's primary in North Carolina. However, Hillary Clinton leads in the polls in Indiana. If that's how it pans out, not much changes in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, which is good news for Obama.
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