SELMA, Ala. _ Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton brought their increasingly intense battle for the Democratic party's base to this heart of the American civil rights movement Sunday. Obama, the upstart Illinois Democrat, brought the hot vibe of the cool new.

By Antoinette Konz SELMA, Ala. -- Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, front-runners for the Democratic nomination, took their campaigns to Selma on Sunday to mark the 42nd anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" and to vie for the support of black voters.

SELMA, Ala. - Aging civil rights-era figures and a bipartisan congressional delegation walked across an Alabama bridge with a throng of thousands Sunday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic Selma voting rights march that opened ballot boxes to blacks across the South.