Romney uses 'history,' surrogates against Gingrich in Fla. campaign's final days

  PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- In the final days of campaigning before Tuesday's pivotal Florida primary, former Mass. Gov.

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Police officer shot, killed by fellow officer trying to arrest him

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Gingrich vows to go 'all the way to the convention'

  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- With just three days to go until the Florida primary, Newt Gingrich told reporters Saturday he is in this presidential race for the long haul. “I will go all the way to the convention.

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Blood found in home where toddler disappeared

WATERVILLE, Maine -- Investigators say they've found blood inside the Maine home where a toddler was reported missing six  weeks ago. State police spokesman Steve McCausland confirmed Saturday that blood was found in the basement early in the investigation into Ay …

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Man falls to death aboard cruise ship in Bahamas

Authorities are investigating the death of a passenger aboard the Carnival Fantasy who fell from an upper deck to a lower deck while the cruise ship was docked in the Bahamas. The 26-year-old victim, whose identity was not released, fell from one of the upper levels of the ship' …

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Romney, McCain rally vets in Pensacola, Fla.

PENSACOLA, Fla.

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17th body found on wrecked Italy cruise ship; bad weather stalls salvage work

GIGLIO, Italy-- Rough seas delayed the planned start Saturday of a salvage operation to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship off Italy’s Tuscan coast. Recovery operations continued, however, and on Saturday yielded a 17th body: …

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Australia PM reunited with shoe she lost during rowdy protest

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is on firm footing again. A blue suede shoe that she lost as she was hustled away by security officers from a Canberra restaurant that was surrounded by aboriginal-rights protesters has been returned. Gillard lost the size-8 shoe off her r …

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School suspends cancer-survivor boy for growing hair for Locks of Love

A few inches of hair stand between J.T.

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Holocaust remembered across the world

Updated 5:20 p.m. ET: The world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday with a promise never to forget the genocide at Auschwitz during World War II. Friday was the 67th anniversary of the Nazi camp's liberation by Soviet troops. Jan.

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2,000 tacos delivered to 'I might have tacos' mayor

A Connecticut mayor who sparked a firestorm of criticism for quipping “I might have tacos” when interviewed by a TV reporter about the arrest of four town police officers accused of racially profiling and bullying Latino residents got more than he bargained for. …

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Rights groups hail Ecuador's crackdown on lesbian 'torture clinics'

Women’s rights groups are claiming victory in their efforts to get the government of Ecuador to shut down underground clinics that they say used torture techniques to try to “cure” lesbians. Fundacion Causana, Taller de Comunicacion Mujer and Artikulacion Espor …

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33 whales stranded again off New Zealand, to be killed

Some 33 long-finned pilot whales that were refloated Wednesday off a New Zealand beach with the help of volunteers became stranded again Thursday and will have to be euthanized, officials told TVNZ. “Unfortunately the stranded whales are now also further along the Spit and …

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Conn. mayor's 'tacos' comment in Latino profiling case draws outrage

One blunder on top of another? The mayor of East Haven, Conn., came under a torrent of criticism Wednesday for telling a TV reporter “I might have tacos” when asked about how he would support the Latino community in the aftermath of the arrest of four town police offi …

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Spell-checked: 'SHCOOL' is out outside NYC high school

NEW YORK -- A glaring misspelling on a street sign outside a Manhattan high school has been fixed. The painted pavement on Stanton Street outside Marta Valle High School had read "SHCOOL X-NG." Utility workers used heavy machinery to ground up the wrongly placed "H'' and "C'' in …

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Report: Americans more generous in giving to charity in 2011

Americans gave a total of nearly $347 billion to charity in 2011, a 7.5 percent increase over 2010, according to a report released Tuesday by Atlas of Giving. The group, which measures and forecasts charitable giving in the United States, said giving expanded at a faster rate th …

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Cockfighting: Feds should butt out, defendants argue

In a state that's home to a university whose mascot is a gamecock, a group of South Carolinians arrested in a major cockfighting case want an appeals court to throw out their federal convictions.

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Nation's oldest federal judge dies at 104

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Spelling taught here? Sign outside NYC school misspells it as 'Shcool'

NEW YORK --  A glaring misspelling on a street sign outside a Manhattan high school has some laughing that the mistake’s gone unreported for months and stauncher critics condemning what they perceive to be a symbol of the “dumbing down" of American society. The  …

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3 die in house fire near Marist College

An early-morning fire at a house near Marist College Saturday has left three dead and four others with smoke inhalation, authorities said. In a press conference held Saturday afternoon, Poughkeepsie Police confirmed that two female students from nearby Marist College and a  …

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Til death do us part: Marriage to dead girlfriend draws mixed reaction

Hopeless romantic or macabre publicity hound? A Thai television director’s decision to marry his dead girlfriend and post photos and video of the event to Facebook and YouTube is drawing mixed reaction from the public. Chadil Deffy, also known as Deff Yingyuen, married his …

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Obama to offer economic blueprint in State of the Union

WASHINGTON -- Vilified by the Republicans who want his job, President Barack Obama will stand before the nation Tuesday night determined to frame the election-year debate on his terms, promising his State of the Union address will offer an economic blueprint that will "work for e …

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10-year-old girl swallowed by crocodile as father watches

MAUMERE, Indonesia -- A 10-year-old girl was swallowed by a crocodile as her father watched helplessly, Indonesian officials said. The girl, named Juraida, was hunting for turtles with her father and brother in East Nusatenggara province when a giant saltwater crocodile spr …

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6 killed in Afghanistan were Hawaii-based Marines

HONOLULU -- All six Marines killed in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan were based in Hawaii, a Hawaii congresswoman said Friday. The CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter crashed Thursday in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand. U.S. Rep.

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Flooding, power outages linger after huge Northwest storm

Updated 3:45 p.m.: Temperatures in the Puget Sound region warmed above freezing on Friday, but tens of thousands of people remained without power after coatings of snow and ice took down power lines and trees around the region. The Tacoma Narrows Bridges between Tacoma and  …

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