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Rick Santorum: top 5 unorthodox views

Rick Santorum must try to prevent Mitt Romney from securing a majority of delegates before the Republican convention in August, and then have a contested convention. In many cases, his positions mirror Mr. Romney’s, but here are five of Mr. Santorum’s most unorthodox views.
10 romantic movies for Valentine's Day

Check out these 10 movies for the holiday
Hurricane preparedness: 5 things you can do to keep safe

If you live on the East Coast, here's what you can do to protect your home and your loved ones.
Bestselling books the week of 7/28/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?
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New signs of global slowdown darken analyst's economic outlook

Data released this week may show new signs of a global slowdown. But one analyst isn't surprised. From the tech bubble burst to the housing collapse to the resurgence of gold, he's been (mostly) right. Not that he's saying 'I told you so.'
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Travel: Discovering Ponce, Puerto Rico

A culinary highlight was 'mamposteao,' a simple rice and bean side dish.
Pet food recall 2012 now includes 39 states

Pet food recall 2012 involves brands including Kirkland, Premium Edge, and Diamond Naturals, manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods. The biggest pet food recall 2012 has been expanded multiple times since April. Counting additional recalls by separate brands manufactured in the Diamond Pet Foods facility, affected dog food has been sold in 39 states.
Boston Marathon is a hot one, but is it the hottest marathon ever?

Temperatures soared Monday during the 116th Boston Marathon. About 16 percent of registered runners didn't compete in this year's race, even as wheelchair athlete Josh Cassidy set a new world record. Kenyan runners took the top three spots in today's race.
Car recalls: Ford Focus is latest. Is yours on the list?

Car recalls now include Ford Focus manufactured between August 2010 and October 2011. Ford recall involves windshield-wiper motor defect.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio defies Obama administration, legal showdown likely

The Justice Department has broken off negotiations with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over allegations of racial discrimination. DOJ says Arpaio wasn't negotiating in good faith; Arpaio says the Obama administration is to trying to usurp him.
Census site snarls after it releases 1940 data

The National Archives made the 1940 records available on their website, which quickly staggered under the traffic.
1940 census records have over 20 million still alive today

1940 census: Information released Monday shows that more than 21 million US citizens who participated in the census over 70 years ago are still alive this year.
Amazon CEO Bezos will hoist mammoth, antique rocket engines from seafloor (+video)

Using high-tech sonar, an expedition spearheaded by Bezos has discovered what he claimed were discarded engines from the Apollo 11 mission lurking 14,000 feet deep.
Amazon founder locates Apollo 11 rockets

Jeff Bezos, the dot-com billionaire, announced that he has located the booster rockets that lifted the first moon mission into space at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. He hopes to raise one or both to the surface.
Challenger Deep as a tourist site? Modern-day Jules Vernes say 'yes'

There's not much to see in the blackness seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. But enthusiasts can envision the day when citizen adventurers would descend to Challenger Deep and other deep-sea destinations.
Rick Santorum: top 5 unorthodox views

Rick Santorum must try to prevent Mitt Romney from securing a majority of delegates before the Republican convention in August, and then have a contested convention. In many cases, his positions mirror Mr. Romney’s, but here are five of Mr. Santorum’s most unorthodox views.
Fresh from Illinois defeat, Santorum looks south

Louisiana's primary is on Saturday, and Santorum is hopeful for a strong showing there.
Romney wins, Santorum loses in Illinois primary

The former Massachusetts governor defeated the former Pennsylvania senator in a blowout evening.
Romney camp calls Santorum a Monty Python character in GOP race

Mitt Romney is calling for GOP rivals to conceded defeat. Rick Santorum is the 'Black Knight' of Monty Python fame, say Romney campaign officials.
Republicans may think 'blah' about Mitt Romney, but it's his numbers that count

The next big GOP presidential primary is Illinois on Tuesday. Mitt Romney is favored to win the most number of delegates – his likely pattern through April, which could put him ever closer to winning his party's nomination.
Why Rick Santorum has only a 1 percent chance of stopping Mitt Romney

For Rick Santorum, the only shot at the nomination would be to win a contested GOP convention. But April should be good for Mitt Romney, leaving Santorum with only the slimmest of hopes, a delegate-math expert says.
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Did Ron Paul get robbed of Virgin Island victory?

Ron Paul received the most votes in the US Virgin Islands caucuses over the weekend, but Mitt Romney got more pledged delegates.
Mitt Romney spared 'romp' in Alabama, Mississippi by split conservative vote (+video)

Conservatives voters in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries split their vote between Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, sparing Mitt Romney a potentially lopsided defeat. But long term, the delegate math still appears to be in his favor.
Santorum sweeps Alabama, Mississippi primaries

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich took second in both primaries, while former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney took third.
Despite Santorum wins in Alabama and Mississippi, Romney focused on Obama

The GOP frontrunner is pitching his candidacy towards defeating President Obama in the general election, but his drawn-out battle with Rick Santorum is taking money and attention.
Romney's status could be clearer after Deep South primaries

A pair of closely fought primaries Tuesday in Alabama and Mississippi also could render a possible final verdict on Newt Gingrich's Southern-focused candidacy and give Rick Santorum the two-man race he's sought againstRomney.
If you build it, they won't come? US bases in Caribbean target drug trafficking.

With resources stretched thin, the US is now teaming up with small Central American and Caribbean nations to build military bases to combat drug trafficking.
Daylight saving time: why we ‘spring forward’ earlier this year

Daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday of March and has since 2007. The goal of moving daylight saving time forward is partly to save energy, but that hasn't happened.
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith

British academic Andrew Preston offers a crisply written account of the historic intersection of religion and US foreign policy.