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Former Utah governor failed to kick-start his struggling campaign after a 3rd place finish in the N.H.; To endorse Romney

Alaska family on board Costa Concordia describes dark, panicked environment as passengers tried to evacuate stricken ship

Jon Huntsman staked his presidential campaign on New Hampshire and his bid to become a legitimate competitor on distinguishing himself from front-runner Mitt Romney. But less than a week after a disappointing third-place finish in the GOP primary there, Huntsman decided to quit the race and back Romney.

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Unverified YouTube clip appears to show American troops desecrating bodies of Taliban militants; What harm might it do?

First Read: Attacks on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital record gets strong defense from conservatives who have been slow to warm to the GOP front-runner.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has condemned a video that apparently shows U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Afghan men, promising to punish those involved. Earlier, an Afghan Taliban spokesman said the video will not affect efforts to broker peace talks.

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GOP frontrunner expects "uphill climb" as campaign shifts to South Carolina, but says he has "broad shoulders"

Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino who was killed five years to the day of the unsolved disappearance in Aruba of an American teen in which he remains the main suspect.

Peruvian woman was killed 5 years to the day of unsolved disappearance of Natalee Holloway

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As N.H. voters head to the polls, Romney faces big expectations and the rest of the GOP field tries to stop his momentum

 With Mitt Romney the overwhelming favorite, his five Republican opponents hoped to chip away at his dominance in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary and finish well enough to challenge him again in South Carolina and Florida.

Cordova is buried under as much as 18 feet of snow, and the National Guard is now helping the town escape

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An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United States and Iran.

Critics say college football's Bowl Championship Series repeatedly snubs some of the best teams - like the Boise St. Broncos

His pledge to stay positive in ashes, New Gingrich challenged front-runner Mitt Romney to account for his record as a corporate takeover artist Monday as Republican presidential hopefuls hustled through a final day of campaigning for the New Hampshire primary, a pivotal test for the rivals bidding to derail the former Massachusetts governor.

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MoneyWatch: Unemployment rate drops to three-year low at 8.5 percent, and 200,000 new jobs were created

- A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011.

Gov't plans rule change in deportation cases that present "extreme hardship" for family members who are citizens

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AP - A wave of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq killed 72 people on Thursday, deepening sectarian tensions that exploded just after the last American troops left the country in mid-December.

The job market got a bucket of good news Thursday that shows private sector hiring picking up and new claims for unemployment benefits dropping.

bombings aimed at Shiites in Baghdad and Southern Iraq; Violence worsening after U.S. exit

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First campaign victory of 2012 goes to Mitt Romney, by a razor-thin margin

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann canceled her campaign trip to South Carolina on Wednesday after a dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses.


Yahoo Inc. has named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal division, as its new CEO, the fourth one in less than five years for the struggling Internet company.