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Rick Santorum has won the Missouri Republican primary, a nonbinding election that carries bragging rights but does not award any delegates in the race for the presidential nomination.

Supporters of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California, say they'll ask the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling today from a federal appeals court.

The White House says it wants to allay the concerns of Catholic church-affiliated employers over a new requirement for them to provide birth control coverage regardless of their religious beliefs.

Prosecutors have filed a lewd-acts complaint against the second of two teachers removed from a Los Angeles-area elementary school, and the Board of Education has voted to fire him.

Arizona and Florida will be joining more than 40 other states in approving a deal to provide relief for many Americans who lost their homes or can't afford their mortgages.

Pennsylvania state prosecutors are seeking changes in Jerry Sandusky's bail conditions because they say they've had complaints that he's been watching children in a nearby schoolyard from the back porch of his home.

The number of available jobs in the United States jumped in December, supporting other data that show a brighter outlook for hiring.

An executive with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity has resigned after a dispute over funding for Planned Parenthood.

Health officials have come up with a list of the top 10 sources of salt in the American diet and bread is No. 1.

Authorities want to upgrade one of the charges against a former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man.