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Barack Obama made an impassioned break from his former pastor in a speech Tuesday in North Carolina. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright had made several public appearances over the past few days, none of which pleased the Obama campaign.

House Democratic leaders have a plan to add unemployment benefits and education funding for veterans to President Bush's war funding bill.

Three New York City police officers charged in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell are acquitted of all charges Friday. The undercover police officers fired 50 shots at Bell and two of his friends as they left a club on the morning of what was to be Bell's wedding day. The victims were all unarmed.

Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama head into the Indiana and North Carolina primaries next month. Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of The Hotline daily political brief, talks with John Ydstie about which voters might give a boost to either Democratic presidential candidate.

For San Francisco motorists, four dollars for a gallon of unleaded self-service regular is about to become the norm.

A judge's ruling that three New York City Police detectives are not guilty in the multiple shooting of Sean Bell, the 23-year-old killed on his wedding day, sets off protests in the city.

A successful landing by the spacecraft would make India the fourth country — after the U.S., the Soviet Union, and China — to achieve the feat.

The president says Congress is blocking his proposals to deal with high gas prices. He also called on lawmakers to pass legislation to combat the housing crisis.

Democrats are aiming to make gains in North Carolina in 2024. And that path to victory in the state runs through its small towns and youngest voters. Here's where some of them stand.

In Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe's grip on power seems to be weakening. Election results show his party has lost control of parliament and his only course of action may be to accept a run-off vote to save his seat as president. Journalist Martin Meredith discusses the situation in the southern African nation.