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Group projects 12.2 million Latino voters in 2012

The turnout projection was announced Wednesday by the bipartisan National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund

US shark attacks decline in 2011

A new report says shark attacks declined in the U.S. last year, but worldwide fatalities reached a two-decade high.

Edwards campaign owes taxpayers but still spending

Federal election officials say John Edwards owes taxpayers more than $2.1 million in public matching funds improperly received after he dropped his 2008 run

Tip from boy, 8, leads to stolen plane

The boy noticed a plane had just landed on a private airstrip. The child went to a computer, verified the tail's N-number was the same as the stolen aircraft,

GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy

Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the requirement that religious schools and hospitals

Pennsylvania vending machine has Plan B

Students at one Pennsylvania college can now buy Plan B contraceptive pills in a vending machine.

Sweet Eats | Royal icing rules

Royal icing is exactly what it claims to be. Royalty. But it is also just icing. The idea that decorating with royal icing is something you should leave to the

Judge: Buy wife flowers, then take her to dinner

A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges.

28 more airports will test lower-hassle screening

A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said

House approves line-item veto for president

House Republicans put aside their usual antipathy toward President Barack Obama on Wednesday to give the president, and his successors, the line-item veto, a

House ready to consider insider trading ban

Legislation that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and thousands of executive branch officials headed for what could be a more contentious debate in the

US not considering arming Syrian opposition

The White House said on Tuesday that the U.S. is not considering arming opposition groups in Syria, deflecting calls from some lawmakers to explore such a

Video: Politicians say what?!

The Republican presidential candidates are duking it out in Minnesota, Colorado, and Missouri Tuesday night.

Wardrobe | Get rid of personal drama

In my first meeting with Sola at the beginning of February, I was able to “get” something through our in-depth chat over coffee that I’d been struggling with

CDC: Bread beats out chips as biggest salt source

Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips.

New Obama plan to help math, science teacher prep

President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to

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