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by Wang Wei
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) — Despite a landslide win in the West Virginia primary on Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s way to the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination convention is not becoming flattened. Neither is Obama’s.
It was not a surprise that Clinton could win by a margin as large as about 40 percentage points in the “Mountain State” which has a mixture of white, senior and female voters as well as those without college degree or higher, all belonging to the New York senator’s supporter base.
Besides her popularity among these specific voter groups, Tuesday’s victory could also justify her stay in the race by arguing that she is able to carry swing states that will be important to Democrats in November.
“Our hope is that super delegates will look at the results in some of these states and recognize that Senator Clinton would be the best nominee against (presumptive Republican presidential nominee) John McCain,” said her chief strategist Howard Wolfson.
However, the current numbers do not favor Clinton.
She trailed Obama in the number of delegates by 165, who would vote at the nomination convention in late August, while there are only five primaries left in the next 21 days before the presidential nomination race ends.
Obama, who has led in the number of pledged delegates yielded from state primaries and caucuses and exceeded Clinton in the number of super delegates last week, is only 147 delegates short of the 2,025 needed to secure the nomination.
Clinton’s vow to “fight to the end” was compromised by her uptight wallet. Despite lending her own campaign over 6 million U.S. dollars in the past month, she still shouldered a debt of more than 20 million dollars, indicating the financial woe facing her bid for the White House.
Her campaign team was also undergoing reshuffle at the decisive moment after some advisers resigned to their candidate’s likely loss and turned in favor of her bowing out, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

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I guess that makes Brook Lopez and Kevin Love fairly large.
Lopez made a baseline shot with 1.3 seconds left in overtime to give Stanford an 82-81 victory over Marquette, while Love sank a pretty 12-foot fadeaway with 1:35 left that gave UCLA a two-point lead and put his team in position to get past Texas A&M Saturday night.
Love’s teammate, point guard Darren Collison, followed with a pair of runners off the glass as the Bruins finished off the Aggies with a defensive stop to seal the win.
Game of the day: Stanford’s overtime victory against Marquette, in which Lopez made a baseline shot with 1.3 seconds left in the extra frame. The game was back and forth and Stanford won with its coach, Trent Johnson, in the locker room after he was ejected in the first half for arguing with the officials. The Lopez twins combined for 48 points and the Cardinal advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2001.
Plenty of Love: The UCLA freshman stepped up when it mattered most and made a pair of huge shots in the final three minutes. While most of his teammates struggled, Love finished with 19 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocks in the last-second victory against Texas A&M.
Upsetting experience: West Virginia coach Bob Huggins and his Mountaineers pulled off the win against No. 2 Duke. Joe Alexander scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, but he had plenty of help from Alex Ruoff (17 points) and Joe Mazzulla (13 points). Huggins’ decision to go with an extra guard in Mazzulla paid off.
Shining star: It’s easy to go with Lopez or Love, but we’re going with a lesser-known player. Wisconsin sophomore point guard Trevon Hughes tied a career high with 25 points, making 4-of-9 shots from long distance and also dishing out three assists in the Badgers’ 72-55 victory against Michael Beasley and Kansas State.

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"Team Groove” will be running in Sunday’s Shamrock Marathon, raising money for a scholarship fund named in memory of a Virginia Beach sailor killed in 2005 in Afghanistan.
Lt. Michael M. “Groove” McGreevy Jr., 30, was assigned to SEAL Team 10, based at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Virginia Beach, when the MH-47 Chinook helicopter he was on crashed on June 28, 2005, while ferrying personnel to a battle against militants in Afghanistan.
He was one of three local Navy SEALs among the 16 servicemen killed in the crash in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan after the chopper was shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade.
After his death, his widow, Laura, other family, friends and comrades organized the Mike McGreevy Memorial Scholarship Fund. It provides a pair of four-year scholarships annually, one given to a student in Norfolk or Virginia Beach and the other to a student from McGreevey’s hometown of Portville, N.Y.
Participants in Team Groove pay a $100 entry fee which covers the cost of race registration with remaining funds going to the scholarship fund.
For more information or to register, go to: www.mikemcgreevymemorialfund.org

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Final shot saves the North Carolina Tar Heels
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tyler Hansbrough has relentlessly chased the ball all season. That aggressiveness is a big reason why No. 1 North Carolina barely avoided a stunning upset in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Saturday.
The All-American grabbed a loose rebound and hit a jumper with 0.8 seconds left to help the Tar Heels beat Virginia Tech 68-66 in the semifinals, keeping their tournament title defense alive and dealing a painful blow to the Hokies’ NCAA tournament hopes.
Hansbrough finished with 26 points and nine rebounds for top-seeded North Carolina (31-2), who trailed almost the entire way against a team it had routed last month before rallying for its 10th straight victory. The Tar Heels advanced to today’s championship to play third-seeded Clemson, as they continue their push for a No. 1 seed in the NCAAs that could keep them in-state until the Final Four.
It was all thanks to Hansbrough, the 6-foot-9 junior who has climbed the school’s career scoring list while serving as the driving force behind the Tar Heels’ national-title aspirations.
“He definitely finds the ball, no doubt about that,” said Marcus Ginyard, who had 10 points for North Carolina. “It’s never surprising. From the first day I saw him play, I could tell that you’ve got to get used to expecting stuff like that out of Tyler. It’s amazing really to play with somebody that fights so hard and wants to win so bad.”

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Learn how to protect against pandemic influenza Thursday, March 13 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 8304 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield. Presentation by Fairfax County health director Gloria Addo-Ayensu, M.D., M.P.H. Brown-bag lunches are encouraged. Call Paulette Whiteside at 703-324-5285, TTY 711.
Haven of Northern Virginia offers a free, six-week support group for those who have experienced the death of a significant person in their lives starting Wednesday, March 26 from 7:30-9 p.m. at Haven, 4606 Ravensworth Road, Annandale. Space is limited, registration required. Call 703-941-7000, e-mail havenofnova@verizon.net.
The Arthritis Foundation sponsors an Arthritis Walk April 1 from 12:30-1 p.m. at South Run ReCenter, 7550 Reservation Drive, Springfield. Call 703-866-0566.
The Ostomy Support Group of Northern Virginia, LLC has its monthly support group meeting Sunday, April 6 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Physicians’ Conference Center, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Fairfax. Speaker is Dr. Dan Albrandt, consulting pharmacist. Call 703-802-3457 or visit www.ostomysupportofnova.org.
Learn more about clinical trials for cancer treatments and how to participate them Monday, April 7 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Life with Cancer Family Center, 2700 Prosperity Ave. #100, Fairfax. Register for this free program by calling The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at 703-960-1100, x231 or e-mailing sarah.singer@lls.org.

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