Exactly how did all the papers and pundits agree that Clinton had to win by 10 points to survive? Despite her victory, Clinton's chances of catching Obama among pledged delegates have disappeared. Video: Obama "hopes up" various phrases, e.g., "Are you happy with your
In Pennsylvania, voter turnout nearly triples, handing Clinton a victory and keeping the race alive. Exit polls: Race, Catholicism, and bitterness made a big difference in who voters chose. Monthly donation program allows Roy Scheider to keep on donating to Obama. South Carolina church removes the marquee message that intimated
Boston Marathon waives qualifying factors for those with deep pockets for charity. The New York governor's office adjusts to its new, blind occupant--from the lack of a teleprompter to Paterson's Batphone. France dispatches smiling officials to mollify China post-Olympic parade disaster. With more arms
F.D.A. finds link between contaminated blood thinner from China and 81 deaths in the U.S. The life expectancy for U.S. women has reversed for the first time since 1918--smoking, obesity are the likely culprits. The voters who will decide the 2008 election: working-class males,
Cheruiyot of Kenya wins fourth Boston Marathon; Ethiopian Tune wins for women in marathon's closest finish. Street view shows Zimbabwe preserving patience for getting around to rigging the election. Study says American gun owners are educated, wealthy, and very happy. Financial analysts offer to talk about recession for
Some claim Democratic leaders are working to end their race before it reaches the convention floor. Condoleezza Rice visits Iraq, ridicules al-Sadr, who on Saturday threatened open war. In Sadr City, civilian casualties increase as fighting between militias and U.S.-Iraqi forces intensifies. Our morning plateful is honest
Mugabe blames his likely defeat on the British, those who "deliberately engage in reversing the gains of our liberation." Europeans say China's a bigger threat to global stability than the U.S. Op: Four ways to deal with rogue states going nuclear: preemption, deterrence, missile defense,
The coming recession: Workers working fewer hours, earning less, spending less. The food crisis is...eroding the gains of the working and middle classes, sowing volatile levels of discontent, and putting new pressures on fragile governments. Op: The food crisis should come as no surprise, what with inflation, globalization, and
Study estimates 320,000 veterans suffer brain injuries, 300,000 depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. Ratio of the estimated number of fake doctors practicing in Delhi, India, to the number of real ones: 1:1. Since Clinton had her humanity surgically removed, she seems less exhausted. Andrew Sullivan'
With the Supreme Court's upholding of lethal injection, expect renewed executions, new avenues of litigation. Suicide bomber attacks Sunni funeral in northern Iraq, killing at least 49 people. Upstaged, but also in town: Gordon Brown; he's saying it: "No one thinks...Mugabe has won this
