Steve Shickles

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton can bank on the support of women. Conservatives will never trust John McCain. Southern white men won’t vote for Barack Obama.

AP - People here like to say everything is bigger in Texas, and their oversized presidential contest is no different with not just a primary election, but a caucus added on, too.

AP - Her neighborhood, with its police cameras and abandoned buildings, isn’t known for inspiring hope. Yet, 18-year-old Ariel Williams feels empowered.

AP - Once a migrant farm worker and now an important fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton, Alonzo Cantu won’t even take the microphone in his own home to introduce the politicians whose fundraisers he hosts.

AP - Fighting to survive, Hillary Rodham Clinton is counting on female power to energize her faltering presidential bid. She’s hoping a double-digit lead among women in Ohio is the answer.

AP - So a U.S. Senate candidate with a metal hook for a left hand walks into a bar.

AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said Thursday the question of whether he can run for president, despite being born in the Panama Canal Zone, was put to rest 44 years ago in Barry Goldwater’s run for the White House.

AP - In a remarkable financial recovery, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton raised $35 million in February even as Democratic rival Barack Obama was outspending her in key March 4 battlegrounds.

AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg, no longer a potential presidential candidate, said Thursday the candidates are starting to reflect his brand of bipartisanship and that his endorsement is up for grabs.

AP - Democratic candidate Barack Obama said Thursday the economy is “on the brink of a recession” and blamed economic policies espoused by President Bush and Republican presidential contender John McCain.