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The East Timor parliament votes to extend by 10 days a state of emergency imposed after assassination attempts on the president and the prime minister.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney dropped out of the presidential race Thursday. It was a rare defeat for an otherwise successful businessman, politician and Olympic Games chairman.

Barack Obama won most of the states on the Democratic side of Super Tuesday, but Hillary Clinton won the biggest ones on both coasts. Several states hold events Saturday, and next week brings the Potomac Primary in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Sens. John McCain and Hillary Clinton grab the largest Super Tuesday prizes, with Sen. Barack Obama getting more states. Meanwhile, former Govs. Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee vow to stay in the GOP race.

John McCain took an early lead over Mitt Romney in California's big-prize presidential primary Tuesday, where the Arizona senator sought to cap a Super Tuesday rout with a win in the nation's most pop

Illinois is one of the big prizes on Super Tuesday, which could give Illinois Sen. Barack Obama an advantage. He has deep roots in the Chicago community and has been endorsed by many Democrats in the state. But Sen. Hillary Clinton is giving Obama a run for his money in the primary. And she has roots in the state, too — she was born there.

& ldquo;Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner, & rdquo; says Troy Maxson, the central figure in August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play

August Wilson's Fences At Cygnet Theater

Forty years ago Friday, photojournalist Eddie Adams captured one of history's most memorable images. The 1968 photo of a South Vietnamese officer executing a Viet Cong guerrilla helped change American opinion of the Vietnam War.

On Feb. 5, more than 20 states host presidential primary contests. How are voters in three diverse states — Alabama, Arizona and California — feeling about their choices?