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The party decided how to handle the Florida and Michigan votes, but the tense conclusion to the all-day meeting was a sign the Clinton/Obama divisions are sharper than ever

Sen. Barack obama (D-Ill.) and his wife, Michelle, announced yesterday that they have left their longtime Chicago church, Trinity United Church of Christ, after racially charged comments by a visiting pastor last week dragged them into yet another controversy over religion and race.

Obama ends 20-year membership in Chicago church steeped in controversy over pastors' remarks

kgamiel writes 'The obama campaign's CTO is hiring LAMP-biased geeks for the Boston office to help elect the Senator in the fall. This got me to wondering, what if he instead announced a SourceForge project toward the same end? What would such a project look like? Tools that both sides could use 'equally' would not achieve the desired end. And philosophically, could the Open source community support one side in a competition such as this? What other issues does this raise?' Another reader notes that the obama campaign is also searching for a security expert to plug the holes that allowed a hacker to redirect obama's site (Linux/Apache hosted by GoDaddy) to Hillary Clinton's (Windows/IIS hosted by Rackspace). of this story at Slashdot.

Obama campaign expects nomination this week, clinton wins in Puerto Rico

Sen. Hillary clinton won Puerto Rico's Democratic primary on Sunday and insisted she is leading Sen. Barack obama in the popular vote. In Puerto Rico, she swept obama in every major demographic group, including groups he generally does well in, such as younger voters and higher income voters, according to exit polls.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary clinton won the Democratic nominating contest in Puerto Rico on Sunday, but still badly trails front-runner Barack obama as he draws closer to clinching the party's presidential nomination.

Barak obama moves ever closer to clinching the Democratic nomination to run for president of the United States in November.

Members of the candidate's former spiritual home are confused and saddened by his departure, but are also relieved their congregation can avoid any further controversy

Sen. Hillary clinton easily wins the Democratic primary in Puerto Rico. But she continues to trail Sen. Barack obama in the race for the party's presidential nomination.