DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney eked out a minuscule 8-vote victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses, the state party chairman said early today, bringing down the curtain on an improbable first act in the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in the fall. Appearing hours after the caucuses ended, […]

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police today said they have tentatively identified the body of a man discovered 13 days ago as a local resident in his late 70s last seen in late October. Deputy Chief Marc Hagan said this morning that after receiving a tip, detectives interviewed several local residents who were able to provide enough details […]

When Denver Public Schools counselor Patricia Vaughan noticed a third-grader leaving the building with a bulging backpack, she asked him what was inside. She was stunned to see that the bag was full of food for him and his family. The youngster, who was the best tetherball player on the playground, had been letting other […]

L ast week I told you about my plan for 2012: to host 52 separate dinner guests, one for each week that my husband, Dustin, is deployed overseas. For us, this project is intended to be more of a distraction than it is a measurement of time. And we know that Dustin’s seat at the […]

COLUMBUS, Ind. C ouples are sharing more responsibilities today raising children, even switching traditional parenting roles. Census figures, released recently, show that the U.S. has 176,000 stay-at-home dads — up from 93,000 in 2000 — but some fathers groups claim the numbers are much higher. Daddyshome.org, a nationwide online network for at-home dads, says the […]

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LAS VEGAS ( AP) — The fight to fully legalize online gambling in the U.S. is now less about whether Americans will be able to play and more about who will bring the action to them — and when. A recent U. S. Justice Department opinion opened the door for cash- strapped states and their […]

LONDON (AP) — British police are treating the discovery of a body on the queen’s Sandringham estate as murder. A woman’s body was found on the vast estate in eastern England on New Year’s Day, and Detective Chief Inspector Jes Fry said authorities are examining missing person reports and unsolved cases around the country to […]

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. ( AP) — Mount Rainier National Park remained closed today following the discovery of the body of the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a park ranger that has devastated the closeknit group of park workers. The park, which sees more than 1.5 million visitors annually, has been off-limits […]