A weekend news roundup for TAPPED readers.
- Pastor Jeremiah Wright has terminated his involvement with the Barack Obama campaign. Obama himself writes a long explanation at the Huffington Post, and Obama's church weighs in.
- Obama gains 10 delegates ... in Iowa.
- John McCain raises $4-5 million at various fundraisers over the weekend, some of it from backers overseas. Also, during an unannounced visit to Baghdad, McCain described the marketplace where he took a casual stroll last year as "unsafe" for Americans.
- John F. Burns looks back on five years of covering the Iraq war while the Times reports on where the oil profits that were supposed to finance the war effort have gone.
- Europe passes the United States as the world's largest economy, and JPMorgan Chase purchases Bear Stearns for $250 million.
- China cracks down on Tibet, but due to a virtual media blackout, the details aren't quite clear.
- The Washington Post reports on Republican malaise, Democrats tackle their own election-year problems.
--Mori Dinauer
