PORTLAND, Ore. Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, backed Barack Obama for President yesterday, and said he was moved by the senator's speech about race.

Harsh words flew on Friday between the rival Democratic campaigns of presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton after Obama gained the backing of the country's only Hispanic governor.

Maybe it was just an act of "imprudent curiosity" by low-level employees, as State Department spokesman Sean McCormack dubbed it Friday.

"I talked to Senator Clinton last night," Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico said Friday, describing the tense phone call in which he informed Hillary Clinton that despite two months of personal entreaties by ...

Sen. John McCain said Friday that China is harming its world image with its crackdown in Tibet and expressed hope Beijing would seek a peaceful solution to the crisis.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson accepted the crowd's applause after Mr.

It seems as if almost everyone has a connection to the violence. Bill Richardson owns a flower shop a few blocks away from a North Philadelphia Dunkin' Donuts, where a police officer was fatally shot on Oct.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, left, was officially endorsed by New Mexico Gov.

Barack Obama, slipping badly in national polls due to stinging remarks by his former pastor, digested a double dose of more bad news yesterday.

Isn't it ironic that the best speech of his political career happened after he dropped out of the race? Maybe it was the beard that made the difference.