Obama takes North Carolina, Clinton squeaks by in Indiana

by Cash Michaels, Special to the NNPA from the Carolinian
Raleigh (NNPA)--Despite narrowing pre-primary polls, withering negative national headlines and a relentless assault by his fierce Democratic opponent, North Carolina put Senator Barack Obama’s historic bid for the presidency firmly back in the driver’s seat Tuesday with a commanding 56-42 primary victory over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York. ... Read more

Deeper trouble

For Detroit Mayor: More text messages revealed

by Corey Williams, The Associated Press
Detroit--A series of often explicit text messages from Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s former chief of staff appear to show she had a long-term romantic relationship with the mayor and that he played a role in the firing of a police officer ... Read more