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Mitt Romney scored victories in both of Tuesday's Republican primarie in Michigan -- his native state -- and Arizona. The wins reposition the former Massachusetts governor as his party's front-runner and could prompt a rethink of rival Rick Santorum's candidacy.

The Costa Allegra fire -- which has stranded 1,000 in the Indian Ocean near Seychelles -- threatens to hurt a cruise ship industry that is already suffering from the Costa Concordia catastrophe.

Here's a look at this year's Daytona 500 by the numbers.

For Steven Sinofsky, the stern but creative engineering manager who runs Microsoft Corp's flagship Windows division, February 29 is showtime.

For Steven Sinofsky, the stern but creative engineering manager who runs Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) flagship Windows division, February 29 is showtime. Sinofsky will preside over the public test release of the Windows 8 operating system, his biggest test.

Danica Patrick's highly-hyped NASCAR debut ended up with a disappointing 38th position in the rain-plagued Daytona 500 on Monday after her No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet got involved in a six-car chain reaction mishap on just the second lap.

After fire and rain brought chaos to the 54th running of the Daytona 500 at the Daytona International Speedway, it was Matt Kenseth who edged ahead of other contenders to win the 2012 Daytona 500 on Tuesday.

Jason Varitek, the longest tenured member of the Red Sox, is expected to announce his retirement on Thursday in Fort Myers, Fla., a major league source confirmed to ESPN Boston on Monday.

The kick off of the NASCAR season has been delayed at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida due to incessant rain, but race officials are hoping that the 54th annual Daytona 500 event would flag off on Monday at 7pm ET.

Disney Fantasy will arrive in New York Harbor on Tuesday and take its maiden voyage out of Port Canaveral, Florida on March 31. But before it does, here's a sneak peak inside ...

U.S. households continued to shave debt in the fourth quarter as mortgage balances declined, while there were tentative signs Americans are increasingly willing to spend, according to a report released on Monday by the New York Federal Reserve.

Michigan is not the only state going to the voting booth on Tuesday. Arizona's 29 delegates are also up for grabs. While recent polls have shown Mitt Romney breaking away from Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator could still present a formidable challenge to Romney's presidential aspirations.

For the first time ever in 54 years, the Daytona 500 was postponed due to inclement weather and many ticket holders are wondering about refunds and exchanges for their tickets to the race.

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has once again tried to relate to average Americans on Sunday, but ended up propelling the image that he is out of touch.

The former Heisman winner will appear on the cover of college football's most popular video game.

BP, Britain's No. 1 oil company is said to be negotiating a $14 billion settlement for the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers and fouled the Gulf of Mexico for months in 2010.

Coins worth nearly half a billion dollars finally arrived in Spain on Saturday after lying in a sunken warship for more than 200 years and following a five-year legal battle between the Spanish government and a salvage company.

The former Pennsylvania senator was referring to a speech JFK made to Baptist ministers in Houston while he was running for president, in which he said he believed in the absolute separation between church and state. ABC's George Stephanopoulos pulled up a video clip in which Santorum said he read the speech, and I almost threw up.

The Daytona 500 was postponed on Sunday for the first time in the history of the racing event. It will now begin on Monday at noon Eastern Time, weather permitting.

The U.S. government is eyeing Israel, Canada and the United Arab Emirates as possible initial foreign buyers of the V-22 Osprey, a tilt-rotor aircraft built by Boeing Co and Bell Helicopter, a top U.S. Marine Corps official told Reuters.

The start of the liability trial for the BP 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers and fouled the Gulf of Mexico for months, has been delayed for a week allowing more time for embattled BP and fellow defendants to broker a settlement with U.S. prosecutors.