Barack Takes North Carolina, and Sweet Mary This Thing Might Almost Be Over

OBLITERATED Barack, Hillary (inset) (Photo: Getty Images) • Death knell for Hil?: In Tuesday's primaries, Barack Obama won big in North Carolina while Hillary Clinton took Indiana by a narrow margin. Tim Russert declares Obama the democratic nominee. Clinton cancels morning show appearances, takes a deep breath.

• How your mother got to see you again: Following Tuesday's custody hearings, Britney Spears has been granted more access to her kids, getting three days of supervised visitation per week. The judge was really impressed with Brit's progress and is a huge How I Met Your Mother fan.

• Mission probable: Tom Cruise and Sumner Redstone continue to kiss and make-up. The Viacom boss man said he'd be open to Cruise starring in yet another Mission Impossible flick and called him "a great actor and a good friend."

SURE, THERE'S MORE: Uma's stalker convicted; a Russian puppet (it's the country's president!); and a cheesy Italian music video starring Angelina Jolie!