Over 50 million eggs will be cracked today as pancake lovers all around the world celebrate Pancake Tuesday.

Mitt Romney hopes to use Super Tuesday’s massive batch of primary contests in 10 states to reassert himself as the unchallenged front-runner in the race to challenge resident Barack Obama.

Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine’s Republican caucuses, state party officials announced, providing his campaign for the party’s presidential nomination a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week.

HILLARY CLINTON’S campaign, lagging far behind Barack Obama’s fundraising this year, expects to be outspent byMr Obama in upcoming Democratic nominating contests just as it was in Super Tuesday states, her strategists said last night.

John Kerry cemented the Democratic presidential nomination, driving John Edwards from the race with a string of triumphs on what has been dubbed “Super Tuesday”.