AP - Barack Obama picks up a superdelegate in Utah, bringing him within half a delegate of erasing Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-substantial lead among the elected officials and party leaders who will determine the Democratic presidential nominee.

AP - The amazement was on their faces. Hundreds waited for Barack Obama on that evening in South Carolina, 15 weeks ago, to claim victory ? a surprising victory, surprisingly large.

AP - No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America's feminists, yet ? despite Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic candidacy ? the women's movement finds itself wrenchingly divided over the Democratic race as it heads toward the finish.

AP - Embattled and embarrassed by the confession he fathered a child from an extramarital affair, New York Rep. Vito Fossella is facing public calls for his resignation. Secluded with his family, he must decide if he wants to keep his job badly enough to grapple with the lingering questions and fallout from the scandal.

AP - Campaigning a few miles from each other Friday, Barack Obama trained his eye on November and the GOP, while Hillary Rodham Clinton battled for her political life, trying to hang on a bit longer in hopes of denying him the Democratic presidential nomination.

AP - With the racially tinged Democratic race drawing to an awkward close, Barack Obama and John McCain face the challenge of winning over "Hillary Democrats" ? the white, working-class voters who favored the former first lady over Obama's historic candidacy.

AP - The public must pressure Republicans in the White House and Congress to change directions in the country's energy policies, which have pushed oil and gas prices to record highs, a Democratic lawmaker said Saturday.

AP - This could be the Supreme Court term, one court watcher joked recently, that Justice John Paul Stevens remembers he is a Republican.

AP - Top U.N. officials criticized Myanmar's response to a devastating cyclone, calling on its ruling junta Thursday to postpone a constitutional referendum and to ease restrictions slowing the delivery of international aid.