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Mar 02

Pentagon seeks a few good computer hackers to test security

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is looking for a few good computer hackers. Screened high-tech specialists will be brought in to try to breach the Defense Department's public Internet pages in a pilot program aimed at finding and fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

Mar 02

Ben Carson says 'no path forward' in 2016 race

WASHINGTON — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said he is effectively ending his bid for the White House Wednesday, concluding a roller-coaster campaign that briefly took him to the top of a chaotic GOP field but ended with a Super Tuesday…

Mar 02

GOP delegate math says Trump nomination not yet inevitable

WASHINGTON — Despite Donald Trump's string of Super Tuesday victories, the billionaire businessman must do better in upcoming contests to claim the Republican presidential nomination before the party's national convention this summer, an AP delegate count shows.

Mar 02

Super Tuesday polls are closed, what now?

Presidential candidates will wake up Wednesday morning to the cold, hard truth of delegate math. It might give the front-runners some breathing room, but for the rest of the field, the truth may hurt.

Mar 01

Clinton, Trump claim big Super Tuesday victories

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton swept through the South on Super Tuesday, claiming victory in their parties' primaries in delegate-rich Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia. The front-runners appeared ever more likely to end up in a general election…