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The Democrat presidential hopeful said Wednesday he talks regularly with the former vice president and would consider putting him in a Cabinet-level position or higher.

Presidential hopeful urges better parenting and Wii Fit screens

Sen. Barack obama took his turn addressing the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Wednesday in Philadelphia. Just before his speech, obama picked up an endorsement from the National Union of Hospital and health Care Employees, along with another pledged superdelegate.

Democrat Barack obama's White House campaign signed on two more high-profile supporters Wednesday in a further blow to Hillary Clinton's hopes of seizing the party nomination.

(CNSNews.com) - In a conference call with reporters last week, a spokesman for Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign said that derogatory remarks about Italians made by Sen. Barack obama's long-time pastor, Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., had 'no place in the public discourse.'

On a bus tour through Pennsylvania, Barack obama has largely skipped arena-filling rallies in favor of town-hall-style events and casual visits, delivering populist appeals to the small-town, working-class voters, the Washington Post reports.

Sen. Barack obama said he is conflicted about whether the U.S. should be a full participant in this summer's Olympics in beijing because of China's human rights record.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama on Wednesday won the endorsement of Lee Hamilton, a former Indiana congressman who is a leading U.S. authority on foreign relations and national security.

Even as he fends off Hillary clinton in the Democratic nomination contest, Barack obama is already turning his attention to the general election, and to an ambitious plan to reshape the american electorate in his favor, the Politico reports.

More than 300 superdelegates across the country have yet to commit to either Hillary clinton or Barack obama. California has the most superdelegates, and nearly two dozen of them are uncommitted -- about twice as many as any other state. One of them is Rep. Sam Farr.