Tired and Broke, Santorum Heads Home to Do Taxes

Cash-strapped candidate acknowledges he simply can't keep up with the GOP front-runners

2012-01-29

Philip Elliott The Associated Press

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) -- Rick Santorum is tired, almost broke - and going home. The former Pennsylvania senator is taking a pause from Florida campaigning just days before the Tuesday primary that even he expects to deal him a third consecutive loss. Read the complete article

Economy Grew 2.8 Percent in Q4, but Outlook Is Hazy

Jolt not enough to help unemployment, and signs point to slower growth ahead

2012-01-29

Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy grew late last year at a pace that in normal times would suggest it's healthy. Read the complete article

St. Louis Hosts First Big Parade on Iraq War's End

Pair of friends were puzzled by lack of welcome-home ceremonies, so they organized event

2012-01-28

Jim Salter The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Since the Iraq War ended there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades. No massive, flag-waving public celebrations. Read the complete article

Hispanics in Focus as GOP Race Intensifies in Florida

Candidates must find way to talk firmly yet effectively about immigration if they want to woo the state’s 1.5 million Latino voters

2012-01-28

DORAL, Fla. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is calling for a measured approach to revising the nation's immigration laws, saying "too many enemies" stand in the way of sweeping change. Read the complete article

School Lunches to Have More Veggies, Whole Grains

First Lady and Rachael Ray among those announcing plan to boost healthful components of food

2012-01-27

Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings - including the always popular pizza - will come with less sodium, more whole grains and a wider selection of fruits and vegetables on the side. Read the complete article

Hillary Clinton Dodging Political 'High Wire'

Secretary of state seems certain she will step away from government when Obama’s term ends

2012-01-27

Matthew Lee Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she wants to step off the "high wire of American politics" after two decades and is again tamping down speculation that she might stay in government if President Barack Obama wins a second term. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Obama Decries Rising Cost of College Education

President says era of unabated tuition hikes is over, but initiative faces long odds in Congress

2012-01-27

Kimberly Hefling and Jim Kuhnhenn The Associated Press

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- President Barack Obama called Friday for an overhaul of the higher education financial aid system, warning that colleges and universities that fail to control spiraling tuition costs could lose federal funds. Read the complete article

Study of Freakish Mystery Illness Finds No Cause

CDC spent several years researching cases in which patients reported startling fibers sprouting from skin

2012-01-27

Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer

ATLANTA (AP) -- Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? Well, at one point several years ago, government doctors were getting up to 20 calls a day from people saying they had such symptoms. Read the complete article

Indiana House Dems End Long Right-to-Work Fight

State will likely be first in Rust Belt to institute policy that reduces union power

2012-01-26

Tom LoBianco The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- In the end, they just didn't have the votes. Democrats in Indiana acceded to the mathematical reality of the Republican's 60-40 majority in the chamber. Democrats showed up, and the Indiana House voted 54-44 to make Indiana the 23rd right-to-work state. Read the complete article

CIA to Pull Officer From NYPD After Internal Probe

Spying programs turned police force into one of the nation's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies

2012-01-26

Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A CIA operative's unusual assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short after an internal investigation that criticized how the agency established its unprecedented collaboration with city police, The Associated Press has learned. Read the complete article