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Facing colossal odds in the Republican nomination race, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann cast her struggle in Biblical terms Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to win over conservative voters.

Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination.

The Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa on Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination.

Mitt Romney narrowly leads rival Ron Paul in Iowa three days before the state kicks off the Republican Party's presidential nominating race, according to a Des Moines Register poll released on Saturday.

A magnitude-4.0 earthquake shook eastern Ohio at 3:05 p.m. on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The recent quake was the 11th during the last eight months in Mahoning County.

So, why would Philadelphia's story be so much worse than other similarly troubled metropolises?

Republican White House hopefuls scoured Iowa for undecided voters on Saturday and front-runner Mitt Romney argued that he is the best to take on President Barack Obama as time ran short before the first votes of the 2012 election season.

U.S. White House hopeful Mitt Romney brought in help from New Jersey on Friday to bolster his prospects for a win in Iowa next week that would put him in the lead in the Republican presidential race.

The Internet kept buzzing this week after pictures of international pop star Lady Gaga was seen strolling around California with hunky actor and rumored boyfriend, Taylor Kinney. It was rumored in September that Lady Gaga, 25, and Kinney, 30, were a hot couple after first meeting on the set of her You and I video. Soon after, multiple reports have said the two have been spotted in Pennslyvania and that they are looking to room together.

Jaromir Jagr scored on his return to Pittsburgh Thursday, sparking the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-2 victory and snapping the Penguins' four-game win streak.

Lady Gaga and boyfriend Taylor Kinney were photographed earlier this month arm-in-arm in California. Gaga is rumored to be house-hunting in Kinney's hometown in Pennsylvania. But will the two celebrate New Year's Eve together in New York City?

The Port Authority (PA) has initiated a hate crime investigation, after a noose was found hanging from the 64th floor of the under-construction One World Trade Center (1 WTC) in New York.

State and Federal lawmakers constantly proposed measures to restrict women's reproductive rights in 2011.

A record number of large scale ivory seizures will be recorded globally in 2011, pointing to a surge in elephant poaching in Africa to meet Asian demand for tusks for use in jewelry and ornaments, a monitoring group said Thursday.

It's finally confirmed! The rumors that have been circulating since July regarding Lady Gaga and supposed boyfriend The Vampire Diaries star Taylor Kinney are true; The couple went public with their relationship evident in paparazzi photos circulating the web.

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has taken the lead in Iowa, which holds its caucuses in six days, and Rick Santorum is surging, according to a new poll commissioned by CNN and Time magazine.

Holland Taylor offers no apologies for never settling down, getting married or having children.

The Iowa Supreme Court's 2009 same-sex marriage ruling and an injunction on Oklahoma's voter-approved ban on Sharia were a couple of the more controversial decisions that sparked impeachment calls.

Both Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich have been ousted from the primary after failing to collect enough valid signatures to run, and while Perry's campaign has been over for months, the loss of Super Tuesday state Virginia for Gingrich is a devastating blow. Months after he was declared dead-on-arrival, is Gingrich's comeback already over?

U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign set a goal of raising $60 million in the fourth quarter of the year to benefit the Democratic incumbent's re-election and the Democratic National Committee, a campaign official said on Saturday.

Refineries in the Northeast are closing their doors, and as a result, more than half of the area's petroleum refining capacity will be reduced. The reduction is likely to be problematic for ultra-low sulfur diesel, gasoline, heating oil and jet fuel supplies.