AP - The voters of South Dakota look a lot like those who have favored Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries this year, but her rival, front-runner Barack Obama, has plenty of friends in high places in this rural state.

AP - Who is Barack Obama? John McCain will happily tell you — his version.

AP - Barack Obama's doctor said Thursday the candidate was in excellent health at the time of his last checkup 16 months ago but he has a family history of cancer and a smoking habit he's tried to break.

AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that some foreign aid workers have gone into Myanmar's cyclone-ravaged delta without problems, reflecting a "new spirit of cooperation" by the ruling junta.

AP - Call it the political version of how to win the West.

AP - Obama and Clinton battle in close June 3 South Dakota primary ... Virgin Islands superdelegate supports Clinton, Obama, then Clinton again ... Lieberman will speak to group headed by pastor whose endorsement was rejected by McCain

AP - Barack Obama is considering a visit to Iraq this summer, his first since becoming a presidential candidate.

AP - John McCain's nuclear proposals are largely in line with those of the unpopular President Bush, and even where the two disagree, the Republican presidential candidate has waffled.

AP - The voters of South Dakota look a lot like those who have favored Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries this year, but her rival, front-runner Barack Obama, has plenty of friends in high places in this rural state.

AP - With the nomination in sight, Barack Obama is willing to give rival Hillary Rodham Clinton the lion's share of the delegates from Florida and Michigan but is stopping short of her demand to fully recognize the two renegade states.

AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday the United Nations will investigate allegations by a leading children's charity that U.N. peacekeepers are involved in widespread sexual abuse of children.

AP - A federal courtroom may be the proper place to dispense justice in the terrorism case of confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, two former federal prosecutors said Wednesday.