Obama picks up more superdelegates The campaign for Sen. Barack Obama today announced the support of four new superdelegates -- including a previous backer of Sen. Hillary Clinton. The latest announcements narrow Clinton's lead in superdelegates to single digits. At the year's start, she led by more than 100 superdelegates.
U.N. 'furious' as Myanmar seizes food The United Nations' top World Food Program official says he is "furious" over the Myanmar's government's refusal to allow the organization to distribute aid that was flown in for cyclone disaster victims. Future flights have been suspended.
Physics wonder boy to test Einstein theories Arkani-Hamed is only in his mid-30s, but he has already distinguished himself as one of the leading thinkers in the field of particle physics. His revolutionary ideas about the way the universe works will finally be put to the test at Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider.
Wounded vets ditch wheelchairs for Segways Thanks to a nonprofit group, amputees wounded in war are getting around not in wheelchairs but in Segways. The advantages, they say, are they can move about in an upright position and people no longer look down on them.
Your moms: Beautiful, fantastic, perpendicular We've sent the card, ordered the flowers for Mother's Day -- and we may even plan to call her. But if you had to describe everything your mom means to you in a single word -- what would it be? That's the assignment these iReporters accepted. Listen to what word they chose.
'I was gonna blow myself away' "We were a normal red-blooded American family," recalls Rudy Aguilar. "And ... it took [one day] to wipe us out."
House passes mortgage help despite veto threat A bill that would allow the government to guarantee new mortgages for homeowners facing foreclosure passed the House on Thursday, but it faces a veto threat from the White House and an uncertain fate in the Senate.
U.N. 'furious' as Myanmar aid 'seized' Aid agencies are furious over the Myanmar government's refusal to let them distribute food and supplies flown in for victims of the cyclone that is estimated to have killed up to 100,000 people.
Obama narrows Clinton lead in superdelegates Sen. Barack Obama on Friday closed in on Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead among superdelegates, the Democratic officials who hold the balance of power in determining the party's presidential nominee.
Wolfsburg in swoop for Italian Zaccardo German Bundesliga club Wolfsburg have announced the signing of Italian international defender Cristian Zaccardo from Serie A side Palermo on a three-year-contract.
Olympic call for queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, a member of the British royal family, has been selected to compete in the equestrian events at the Beijing Olympics.