Here are some of the most current stories on Barack Obama:

Obama steps out in front
Detroit Free Press - United States
began campaigning as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday, rolling out an economic plan and challenging Republican Sen. as much as he was Sen. . While Obama worked Wisconsin, which votes Tuesday, Clinton campaigned in south Texas, a big state that votes March 4.

Clinton has to ace tough math test to beat Obama
Seattle Times - United States
Barack Obama emerged from Tuesday's primaries leading Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton by 134 pledged delegates, a small but significant edge that Democrats said would be difficult for her to overcome. Neither candidate is likely to win the 2,025 delegates needed to claim the nomination by the time the voting ends in June.

At Crunchtime, Clinton and Obama Make Their Final Appeals
Washington Post - United States
By Avis Thomas-Lester and Ovetta Wiggins Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton stumped throughout Prince George's County this week in last-ditch efforts to sway voters before Tuesday's historic, high-stakes primary election in Maryland, Virginia and the District. Sen. Obama (D-Ill.) drew a raucous crowd of more than 20,000 supporters of all ages to the University of Maryland in College Park on Monday afternoon.

Obama Voters Impact McCain, Too
TIME - USA
Backed by a more diverse coalition of voters than he has previously attracted, Barack Obama swept to impressive victories in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia Tuesday night, jumping to a lead in the overall delegate tally for the first time since Iowa and making the odds of a comeback by Hillary Clinton, while hardly impossible, decidedly longer.

Chill set in early between McCain, Obama
Houston Chronicle - United States
Barack Obama's policies. (There will be plenty of time for that.) Instead, he zeroed in on another long-held aggravation: a perception that Obama wears a political halo. "I don't seek the presidency on the presumption that I am blessed with such personal greatness," McCain said, "that history has anointed me to save my country in its hour of need."

McCain and Obama Take Their Senatorial Rivalry Into the ...
New York Times - United States... McCain claimed victory for a round of primaries on Tuesday, it was little surprise that he skipped over criticism of Senator Barack Obama’s policies.  There will be plenty of time for that. Instead, Mr. McCain zeroed in on another long-held annoyance, a perception that Mr. Obama wears a political halo.