This is a quote from the Associated Press:

Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.

This on the heels of an announcement from the Hillary Clinton camp that she would not concede the race to Obama today, reiterating her contention that the race is not over, there are still voters that haven’t voted, and that she is still considering challenging the way the Michigan and Florida delegates were resolved.

The AP says its tally is based on comments from the so called super delegates in addition to more than a dozen private commitments. If in deed this is the case, Barack Obama will face off against Senator John McCain of Arizona in November to become the next president of the United States.

Still, Obama's house purchase refuses to fade into the background. The Obama loan was unusually large, known in banker lingo as a "super super jumbo". But yesterday, The Washington Post revealed that, shortly after joining the US Senate and

A McCain campaign staffer offered Dobson a meeting with McCain recently in Denver, Minnery said. "That included "the critical role that the separation of church and state has played in preserving not only our democracy, but the robustness of

Disillusioned with corporate America, she left after three years to work for the mayor''s office - but not before she had met her future husband there. She took me to one or two parties, tactfully overlooking my limited wardrobe, and

The League of Conservation Voters who created a National Environmental Scorecard gives McCain a lifetime rating of 24 percent for his previous voting record regarding the environment. In recent days, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate has campaigned in

There is a creature slowly stalking and hunting her. Terror strikes a young woman and her boyfriend when archeology students unwittingly unleash a demon from a cave. Watching a horror movie gives an opening into that scary

O'Neil said most employees will be moved to nearby stores, but she did not know exactly how many jobs will be lost. In total, the company forecast up to $348 million in charges related to the closures, $200 million to

"Our dependence on imported oil is killing our economy," Pickens said in a statement. Texas oilman T. The Pickens Plan will move us one step farther away from foreign oil. The country currently gets about 22% of its

Bravo’s "Flipping Out" star Jeff Lewis has come full circle in two seasons of the show that chronicles the life of the type A OCD perfectionist, and his entourage who comprise his professional and personal home life team. This

Without it we would be nothing more than a warlord band. My rating in the military was Hospital Corpsman. ) present did nothing to stop this or, if he could not stop it, at least take immediate action to

The squash bugs suck sap from the leaves and stems of squash and pumpkins and will damage the fruit if given a chance. " Place the funnel underneath the clusters of beetles and brush them into the funnel. This