Voters in 10 states Tuesday could add clarity to the Republican U.S. presidential race, but not necessarily yield a breakout to any candidate, observers said. Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, the two leading contenders, were in a dead heat in Ohio, the state known as a bellwether for...

Many colleges and employers across the country now require access to Facebook profiles, in what some lawyers say is an invasion of privacy. Applicants to Maryland”s Department of Corrections have been asked to login to Facebook profiles during interviews and scroll through photos and...

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko”s daughter said she suspects her mother is being poisoned in a Ukraine prison. Eugenia Carr also told EUobserver German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Brussels she would try to help her mother. Carr said Tymoshenko started having...

U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday announced action to provide relief to homeowners having trouble refinancing their property. The action also will help members of the military and veterans who have been wrongfully foreclosed or been denied lower interest rates on their mortgages and...

The United States recognizes the threat drug gangs pose to Central America and is working with partners in the region to face it, Vice President Joe Biden said. Biden travels to Honduras Tuesday to meet with President Profirio Lobo and other Central American leaders to discuss issues of...

Sudan”s government said it will expel the United States diplomatic mission if Washington continues to complain about famine in southern Sudan. The ultimatum was issued by Sudan”s minister of international cooperation at a news conference, the Sudan Tribune reported...

A South Carolina county Republican Party”s resolution that GOP candidates sign a so-called purity pledge was branded as illegal by state Republican officials. The Laurens County Republican Party passed the resolution last month stating that candidates running in the June 12...

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum were tied in Ohio heading into Super Tuesday”s Republican presidential primaries and caucuses in 10 states, polls indicated. Romney led Santorum 34 percent to 31 percent in a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday of likely Republican primary voters...

Gloria Marie James, mother of Miami Heat star LeBron James, has accepted a plea deal to drop a misdemeanor battery charge, prosecutors say. James was arrested last April after an altercation with valet Rockefeller Sorel at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel. She was allegedly caught on...

American actress and author Elizabeth Berkley has confirmed she is pregnant with her first child. The former “Saved by the Bell” star and “Ask Elizabeth” scribe married artist and clothing designer Greg Lauren in 2003. “In life there are moments you cherish...

Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union, confirmed Tuesday that the economies of the eurozone shrank in the fourth quarter. The gross domestic product in the 17-nation region that shares the euro as currency fell 0.3 percent compared to the third quarter, the agency said,...

Stocks in New York followed equity markets in Asia and Europe lower Tuesday as economic growth shrank in the eurozone in the fourth quarter. Eurostat, the statistical department of the European Commission, said the gross domestic product for the 17-member region that shares the euro as...

Crude oil dropped to $105 per barrel overnight in New York, as markets adjusted to news that China expected slower economic growth in 2012. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in a televised speech Monday said the government had lowered its target of 8 percent growth for the year to 7.5 percent,...

When the economy tanked in 2008, many top-flight economists said, “that”s OK, we”ll just do business with China until things get better.” That kind of coat-tail strategy had good points and bad points. If Europe and Japan are both broke, it certainly makes sense to...

Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat called on the United States to push for peace, not war, and to focus on the peace process, not Iran. Commenting at a press conference Tuesday concerning Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”s meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama,...

Both the United States and Mexico can do more in their common war on drugs, Vice President Joe Biden said in Mexico City. Biden was in Mexico Monday before traveling Tuesday to Honduras as part of his discussions with Central American leaders. In Mexico City, Biden said he told Mexican...

President Obama will conduct a news conference Tuesday at the White House, the daily agenda indicated. Besides the news conference, the agenda also indicated Obama will: - Receive the daily briefing. - Attend a campaign event in Washington. - Meet with members of the...

The Sacramento Kings announced Monday they had extended the contract of Coach Keith Smart through the 2012-13 season. “Keith has done a terrific job of taking control of the direction of the team,” said Geoff Petrie, the team”s president of basketball operations....

Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe and Zachary Quinto will return for Season 2 of “American Horror Story,” the show”s co-creator said. Executive producer Ryan Murphy confirmed the Season 1 cast members would be back, along with previously announced fan favorite Jessica...

Italian pop star Laura Pausini said it was “devastating” a young man was killed helping her crew set up a stage for a concert in Reggio Calabria. Matteo Armelini, 31, was killed and two unidentified workers hurt Monday when the stage they were setting up collapsed, the Italian...

Shorts featuring the animated alter-egos and voices of the stars of the U.S. sitcom “Community” are to debut online this week, Sony Pictures Television said. The first of the three animated clips is to air Wednesday on Hulu, Hulu Plus and NBC.com. Fresh installments will air...

Israeli President Shimon Peres, in a speech to an American-Israeli lobbing group in Washington, said Israel “must be strong” if it is to pursue peace. Peres said the pursuit of peace is a moral imperative. “It is the tenet of our nation”s security. To make peace,...

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Monday defended the use of “lethal force” against terrorists abroad, even U.S. citizens. “It may not always be feasible to capture a United States citizen terrorist who presents an imminent threat of violent attack,” Holder said...

Thousands of people rallied Monday in Moscow following the election of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as president and activists say hundreds were arrested. Sergei Udaltsov, leader of the radical opposition Left Front, said hundreds of people were taken into custody after refusing to leave...

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, on the campaign trail in Ohio Monday, said it doesn”t matter he can”t spend as much as rival Mitt Romney. Santorum said his conservative message has been consistent, the Los Angeles Times reported. “Ladies and...

U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, on the eve of 10 contests on Super Tuesday, said Republicans “care about people.” Romney spoke in Youngstown, Ohio. “What the president, the Democrats, always do is, they want to make Republicans look like...

Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich said Monday he”s run a “populist campaign” and Mitt Romney is the “establishment candidate.” The former U.S. House speaker”s comments came in an interview on CNN when he was asked about House Majority...

The Group of Eight summit planned for Chicago in May has been moved to President Obama”s Camp David retreat in Maryland, the White House said Monday. The NATO summit, scheduled immediately following the G-8, will still be held in Chicago, officials said in the surprise announcement...

U.S. Sen. John McCain says the United States must launch airstrikes against Syrian forces to put an end to the butchering of civilians. McCain, in a speech Monday on the Senate floor, said “time is running out” in Syria. “[President Bashar] Assad”s forces are on the...

The U.S. government says Syria”s state-owned TV channels and radio stations are subject to sanctions. The U.S.Treasury Department Monday identified the Syrian General Organization of Radio and TV as a state-run agency subordinate to Syria”s Ministry of Information. It is...