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Hispanics boost Clinton in Nevada

Hillary Rodham Clinton rode a wave of Hispanic support to defeat Barack Obama in a bitter and divisive Nevada caucus Saturday -- even as she attacked the state's voting procedures as undemocratic.

Clinton defeated Obama 51 to 45 percent, with John Edwards finishing a distant third with 4 percent. Due to a quirk in the rules, however, it wasn't clear if Clinton had won a majority of the state's...

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