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The latest national poll by Morning Consult shows that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's lead has spiked by 6 points over second-place Ted Cruz, whose support remains flat. The survey, released Friday, conducted Wednesday and Thursday, after Trump's win in the New Hampshire primary, also shows that a decline in the percentage of voters who support someone other than the six remaining GOP candidates or who haven't made up their minds. Here's the breakdown: •Donald Trump: 44 percent (up from 38 percent a week earlier) •Ted Cruz: 17 percent (17 percent) •Ben Carson: 10 percent (9 percent) •Marco Rubio: 10...

BIRMINGHAM, England - Ahead in opinion polls, boosted by a run of special election victories over the governing Labour Party and newly in charge of London's City Hall, Britain's main opposition Conservatives have every reason to feel cocky. But their leader David Cameron has reined in the celebratory mood at an annual rally in the central England city of Birmingham, insisting on a sober and cautious front as his party plots its course to Downing Street.

**EXCERPT** RICHMOND, Va. - Barack Obama holds a 16 percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton in Virginia heading into Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary, according to a statewide poll. A survey by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. of likely Democratic primary voters showed 53 percent supported Obama to 37 percent for Hillary Clinton. Among likely voters in the Republican primary, John McCain was the choice of 55 percent with Mike Huckabee backed by 27 percent.