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RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Down on his luck two weeks ago, an annoyed Barack obama complained, 'Why can't I eat my waffle?' when a reporter tossed him a question over breakfast at a Pennsylvania diner on the eve of the state's primary.

The troubled road ahead for the man who wants to unite the country but first has to unite his fractured party

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack obama took a big step toward the Democratic presidential nomination with an easy victory in North Carolina on Tuesday, and Hillary clinton vowed to keep her struggling campaign alive after narrowly winning Indiana.

Obama closing in on Democratic presidential nomination after trading primary wins with clinton

On a night when Hillary Clinton's comeback campaign seemed poised for another triumph, it was Barack obama's campaign that surprised instead. He defied polls and expectations in both the North Carolina and Indiana primaries.

In North Carolina, obama wins nearly unanimous support among African-Americans.

Barack obama's big North Carolina win, strong Indiana showing leaves Hillary Clinton's campaign in a tough spot and trying to find a reason to go on, says CBSNews.com's Vaughn Ververs

Last night's Democratic primaries followed a generally familiar script, with African Americans and new voters lifting Sen. Barack obama (Ill.) to a big win in North Carolina, while deep divisions along demographic lines produced a much tighter race in Indiana.

Sen. Barack obama scored a landslide victory in North Carolina's Democratic presidential primary yesterday, moving him ever closer to locking up an insurmountable lead among pledged delegates, while Sen. Hillary Rodham clinton posted a razor-thin win in the hotly contested Indiana primary as she ...

Two days after his damaging defeat in Pennsylvania last month, Barack obama gathered his wife and senior campaign staff around the dining room table of his Chicago home.