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Obama wins Democratic nomination
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama clinched victory Tuesday night in the Democratic presidential race, defeating Hillary Clinton after a marathon primary campaign and becoming the first black nominee for the White House in American history. Mr. Obama, a 46-year-old rookie senator from Illinois, effectively wrapped up the nomination following a surge of endorsements from Democratic superdelegates and after receiving a clutch of ‘pledged delegates' awarded after two final primaries in South Dakota and Montana.

How Obama won nomination; how he can win election
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Fresh beat familiar. Change beat experience. And not-Hillary beat Hillary. Maybe it took someone new like Barack Obama -- age 46, a relative newcomer to Washington -- to toss aside the old political calculus and take on Hillary Rodham ClintonHillary Rodham Clinton. In any other year, it might have been political suicide. This year was different. Tired of war and the ways of Washington, voters wanted change. Change? Obama offered nothing less than a chance to embrace history -- a candidate who could become the nation's first black president, pledging a different way of doing business in the nation's capital.

Hillary Clinton: 'I will be making no decisions tonight'
MLive.com - MI,USA
by The Grand Rapids Press staff Hillary Clinton said during her speech in South Dakota tonight: "This is a long campaign and I will be making no decisions. Her supporters cheered, and Bill and Chelsea Clinton smiled and applauded the statement. The speech came on the heels of her projected win in the South Dakota primary. But she said she wanted to hear from her supporters, and as she often does in her post-primary speeches, she exhorted supporters to go to Hillaryclinton.com. But instead of asking for money, she asked for her supporters' guidance.

Live blog: The end of the road for Obama and Clinton
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
But as someone who's shared a stage with her many times, I can tell you that what gets Hillary Clinton up in the morning -- even in the face of tough odds is exactly what sent her and Bill Clinton to sign up for their first campaign in Texas all those years ago; what sent her to work at the Children's Defense Fund and made her fight for health care as First Lady; what led her to the United States Senate and fueled her barrier-breaking campaign for the presidency -- an unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans, no matter how difficult the fight may be.

Barack Obama gains enough delegates to defeat Hillary Clinton
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Meanwhile his defeated rival Senator Hillary Clinton has floated the proposal that she be his vice-presidential running mate. As the final two states held nominating contests, Mr Obama gained the backing of enough super-delegates - party officials and elected leaders who can vote for the candidate of their choice - to clinch the nomination over rival Hillary Clinton, CNN and MSNBC said. In the hours before the polls closed in South Dakota and Montana, Mr Obama and staff in his Chicago headquarters made telephone calls to urge the remaining uncommitted "super-delegates" – party officials not tied to election votes – to back him over Mrs Clinton.