BIG DAY FOR MCCAIN.  HILLARY AND OBAMA NECK AND NECK  Delegate count as of early this morning (and depending on the source:)  McCain 630, Romney 269, Huckabee 190.  Clinton 845, Obama 765.  (FOX News)   Exit polls show McCain won California largely by “Latino and Asian Republicans.”  (CNN)  More exit polling.  (CNN)  Romney needs big wins and no Huckabee.  (Boston Globe)  McCain matches up better against Hillary than Obama.  (Washington Times)  Text from McCain speech.  (John McCain)  From the Wall Street Journal:  The next big hurdle for John McCain isn't the Feb. 12 primaries. It's his appearance tomorrow before the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, whose verdict on the Arizona senator could make or break his presidential aspirations.  (WSJ)  From Michael Medved:  On Super Tuesday, voters once again rewarded those candidates who seemed most comfortable playing themselves, and harshly punished the one who came across as plastic phony.

RACIAL HARASSMENT CASES INCREASE Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chair Naomi Earp said "The noose has replaced the N-word … as the choice if you want to threaten or intimidate someone."  USA Today 

THREE PARENT EMBRYO FORMED IN LAB Two women, one man.  The story includes this disturbing sentence:  “The embryos then began to develop normally, but were destroyed within six days.”  BBC 

PREGNANCY BRAIN GETS RESEARCH TO BACK IT UP They suffer memory loss.  CNN 

KIDS IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES GETTING NEW ENGLAND SUPER BOWL SHIRTS That proclaim them 19-0. If they learn to read, they will be confused.  WTAE So, we send shirts to a Third World country, saying it is better to have them covered versus have them educated. Any problems here? Should we be concerned about shirts that are inaccurate in presentation for those who are in great need economically and personally? Fun story here, which is more important?

FOOTBALL RECRUIT CHOOSES SCHOOL THAT DOESN’T WANT HIM It appears the kid staged the whole press conference – acting as though he’s a big recruit when nobody had heard of him.  Today is the first day of the signing period.  USA Today