Obama
Surging ahead
West Virginia's senior U.S. senator - in fact, the whole nation's senior U.S. senator - will cast his superdelegate vote for Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president.
Amtrak
Gas crisis shows value
The fight to preserve Amtrak is becoming more important as Americans face $4 gasoline prices, and desperately need choices in traveling. Recent months have seen an increase in people riding the rails.
Popular vote
Setting the record straight
Tireless campaigner Hillary Clinton has said she won't drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president because she is ahead in popular votes so far. However, that is not true.
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