Morning Buzz

Good Morning Folks!!! Another sweep for Obama and McCain in the Potomac primaries last night...Obama is now the Democratic front-runner. Can he be stopped? Is the Clinton base shifting? Will Huckabee continue to hang on? And it is early but folks are starting to talk about V.P candidates for John McCain...Never a dull moment on the campaign trail...

Look for the steroid showdown today on Capital Hill...Roger Clemens and his accuser trainer Brian McNamee square off and our Gary Tuchman will be ring side for all the action...AND check out Crime & Punishment today there is strange tale about a 100 year old serial killer case...PLUS for the first time a beagle was crowned champion of the Westminster Dog show and his name is UNO..well, UNO is numeral UNO today... Sooo grab your coffee and lets get started....

Top Stories
U.S. "most wanted" Terrorist killed...
A senior Hezbollah commander implicated in some of the most high-profile international terrorist attacks of the last 25 years has died in an explosion in Syria, Hezbollah TV said Wednesday.

Berkeley moderates anti-marine stance...
The Berkeley City Council voted early Wednesday to rescind a previous vote that said Marine recruiters are "not welcome in this city," but held tight to its anti-war stance.

Capital Hill showdown...
Pitcher Roger Clemens and trainer Brian McNamee–who have maintained polar-opposite stories on Clemens' alleged use of steroids and human growth hormone–will be the focus of a hearing today before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill.

Senate approves eavesdropping bill...
The Senate approved espionage legislation Tuesday that would expand the government's authority to intercept international phone calls and e-mails and to block lawsuits against U.S. telecommunications companies that aided in past spying efforts.

Danish papers reprint Mohammed cartoon...
Newspapers in Denmark Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked worldwide protests two years ago.

Raw Politics
Obama, McCain clean sweep...
While Sen. John McCain was inching toward the Republican presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama staked a claim as the Democratic front-runner.

Shifting loyalties...
For more than a month, the grand coalitions of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama battled to a draw: women, rural Democrats and the white working class pairing almost evenly with African Americans, young voters and affluent, educated whites.

Different GOP politics help Huckabee...
The divergent fates of Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and Baptist minister, spoke to the differences between GOP politics in the two states and the Arizona senator's rocky history with Virginia. They also were partly attributable to different rules governing the two contests, analysts said.

Clinton still no congrats for Obama...
For the second election night in a row, Hillary Clinton failed to acknowledge or congratulate Barack Obama after he won the day in dominating fashion.

Debate over "super-delegates"
With victories Tuesday in three more elections, Barack Obama has now won 23 of the 35 sanctioned Democratic primaries and caucuses so far. But he has not yet solved his problem with Mannie Rodriguez.

Running mate guessing game begins...
It's too early — way too early, ridiculously early — but like it or not, the sweepstakes for the Republican veep nomination already has begun.

Keeping them Honest
Steroid testimony...
Roger Clemens told Yankees teammate Andy Pettite nearly 10 years ago that he used human growth hormone, Pettitte said in a sworn affidavit to Congress, The Associated Press learned Tuesday. ***NOTE: Gary Tuchman will report on Capital Hill steroid showdown tonight***

Report faults Iraq mental health care...
The four tours in Iraq served by the Second Brigade at Fort Drum here have created an unusual level of stress, especially after the standard Iraq tour was increased to 15 months from 12. Yet according to a new report on the shortcomings of mental health care at the base, a soldier's wait to be seen for psychological help can take more than a month. Crime & Punishment
Did 100 year old serial killer fake her death?
For a hundred years, people have doubted whether a zinc-lined casket in a Forest Park cemetery really entombed the body of one of America's worst female serial killers.

AC360 follow
FEMA trailers...
Some of the thousands of trailers sitting unused since they were bought by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2005 for Gulf Coast hurricane victims may finally be put to use: to help victims of last week’s tornadoes, officials said.

What YOU will be talking about TODAY
America has a new Snoop doggie...
Barking and baying up a storm, Uno lived up to his name Tuesday night by becoming the first beagle to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.