AP - Clinton disavows supporters call for Obama to make her vice presidential pick ... Obama revels in newfound status as presumed Democratic nominee ... McCain defends opposition to Everglades, hurricane insurance plans ... Dean stays as DNC chair; bans lobbyist, PAC money consistent with Obama's position ... McCain reports best month of presidential fundraising at $21.5 million

AP - Barack Obama, now cast as the Democrats' standard-bearer, moved quickly to put his imprint on the national party Thursday, eager to reinforce its fundraising operation and pursue an aggressive general election campaign.

AP - Clinton to end historic candidacy and announce she is supporting Obama for president ... Dean stays as DNC chair; bans lobbyist, PAC money consistent with Obama's position ... McCain reports his best month of presidential fundraising at $21.5 million ... Virginia an example of possible larger electoral map with Obama, McCain running

AP - Acting swiftly as his party's presumed presidential nominee, Barack Obama is keeping Howard Dean at the helm of the Democratic National Committee, while bringing in one of his top strategists to oversee the party's operations.

AP - While much of the political world waits for Hillary Rodham Clinton to concede defeat, most superdelegates are done waiting.

AP - The war in Iraq has made Iran stronger and the United States and Israel less secure, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday in a speech to Jewish political activists.

AP - Barack Obama has some urgent making up to do among a lot of angry white women — lifetime Democrats who spurned him for Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries and now are threatening to stay home or even vote for Republican John McCain in November.

AP - The war in Iraq has made Iran stronger and the United States and Israel less secure, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday in a speech to Jewish political activists.

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton told colleagues Tuesday she would consider joining Barack Obama as his running mate, and advisers said she was withholding a formal departure from the race partly to use her remaining leverage to press for a spot on the ticket.

AP - Sen. Barack Obama moved well beyond the goal line Tuesday night by picking up delegates in the last two Democratic primaries, hours after he clinched the party's nomination for president.

AP - Results from exit polls and telephone surveys conducted for The Associated Press and television networks in presidential primaries Tuesday in Montana and South Dakota, the final contests in the Democrats' five-month battle for the presidential nomination, which Barack Obama clinched during the day.