Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle Poll: Too Close To Call!  Obama Barely Overtakes Clinton in Ohio and Retains Small Edge in Texas ...

Wash Post editor says controversial piece was ‘tongue-in-cheek’  —  On the front of Sunday's Outlook section, in the Washington Post, two articles were placed under the banner, “Women vs. Women.”  —  It's the second piece, titled “We Scream, We Swoon.  How Dumb Can We Get?” …

How did the Clinton campaign get here?  —  Just a few months ago, few imagined she'd be struggling to catch up to Obama.  But her team has been riddled with feuding and second-guessing at the top.  —  WASHINGTON — As they mapped out a campaign schedule for Bill Clinton …

Canadian memo recounts meeting  —  SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser privately told Canadian officials to view the debate in Ohio over trade as “political positioning,” according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press that was rejected by the adviser …

Obama: Witness for the Defense?  —  Chicago Lawyers Say Sen. Barack Obama Could Be Called to Testify in the Rezko Trial  —  Sen. Barack Obama could be called as a witness for his longtime friend and accused Illinois fixer Tony Rezko, according to Chicago lawyers following the case.

Bottom Line From The Clinton Spin Call  —  Is that if Clinton wins the popular vote in Ohio and Texas, she's staying in the race.  —  Even if she loses the delegate race in Texas.  —  No doubt, this will make heads explode in Chicago.

A campaign mystery solved: HillaryIs44  —  I wrote in December about a mysterious pro-Clinton, anti-Obama website called HillaryIs44, a site that floated sharply negative information about Obama long before the word “Rezko” passed the lips of Clinton and her campaign, and that has been the subject …

McCain's Economy Platform: Big Tax Cuts, With Caveats  —  WASHINGTON — Imagining how John McCain, the Navy war hero, would play the role of commander in chief has been easy.  Imagining how John McCain, the policy maverick, would lead as chief executive of the U.S. economy has been tougher.

McCain and Thimerosol  —  Diagnoses of autism are unquestionably on the rise in the United States, and parents and other friends and family of autistic children are understandably looking for answers.  At a time, there was some plausible speculation that thimerosal, an additive in some vaccines, might be a cause of autism.

The latest from the Rezko trial  —  Gavel-to-gavel coverage from the court house: We're Bob Secter and Jeff Coen from the Tribune, and we will be your on-line guides to this politically explosive trial.  Check back several times a day over the next several months to keep in touch with the twists …

Gun incident near President Bush's ranch  —  CRAWFORD, Texas (CNN) — A Danish journalist came this close to getting shot Saturday by an elderly woman packing a pistol near President Bush's ranch here in what was easily the strangest incident I've ever witnessed covering the White House.

Man Butchers 15-Month-Old Nephew in Jeddah Supermarket  —  Early morning shoppers at a supermarket in Jeddah were left reeling yesterday, with some falling unconscious, after a well-built Syrian man clinched a knife and decapitated his 15-month-old nephew in front of his mother in the store's fruit and vegetable section.

Obama: Sermon on Mount Justifies Same-Sex Unions  —  (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) told a crowd at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio, Sunday that he believes the Sermon on the Mount justifies his support for legal recognition of same-sex unions.

The Gaza Bombshell  —  After failing to anticipate Hamas's victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs.  With confidential documents …

What the World Is Hearing  —  A senior Latin American diplomat says, ‘We might find ourselves nostalgic for Bush, who is brave on trade.’  —  Despite their spirited squabbling, the two Democratic candidates are united in the view that one of the big benefits of electing either …

No news, just ribs at McCain barbecue  —  SEDONA, Arizona (CNN) — Instead of appealing for votes on the campaign trail, Sen. John McCain spent the weekend playing host at his rustic Arizona home — and on Sunday members of the traveling press corps were his guests.