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She has also been linked to Venezuela's own spy agency, the Bolivarian Intelligence Service.

High levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere mean the next ice age is unlikely to begin for at least 1,500 years, an article in the journal Nature Geoscience said on Monday.

Tim Tebow's faith may be an open book (his nickname isn't God's Quarterback for nothing), but his love life is nothing short of a mystery.

Logan Kusher, a 19-year-old male from Safety Harbor in Florida, drowned after taking synthetic drugs in Kapok Park, police reported.

The one-cent copper coin was minted in 1793 -- the first year the United States made and distributed coins. It is reportedly in rare and perfect shape, with no wear on lettering or other features including the Lady Liberty face.

Most of the Republican presidential candidates laid out their credentials as social conservatives in a debate on Saturday as the 2012 campaign prepares to move from New Hampshire to South Carolina. With another debate to be hosted by NBC's Meet the Press, they can do it all over again on Sunday.

A one-cent copper coin minted in 1793 - the year in which the newly-independent United States of America first began minting its own currency - has fetched a record $1.36 million at a Florida auction.

One winner in 2012's political races already has been decided: local television stations.

Rick Perry's team essentially calculated that Rick Santorum, who emerged in Iowa as the leading conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, isn't a strong enough candidate to hold that position in future contests.

A new poll shows Mitt Romney leading in South Carolina just two weeks before it holds the third vote of the 2012 Republican primary season.

Investors are about to find out if the economic woes in Europe are going to deliver a deep wound to U.S. company earnings instead of the mere scratch that many expect.

U.S. Senator Marc Rubio from Florida sent a scathing letter urging President Obama to tackle the debt crisis and resist raising the debt ceiling. It's a tragic reality, he writes. But, on your watch, more and more people have come to believe that America is becoming a deadbeat nation inevitably heading toward a European-style debt crisis.

Elin Nordegren has torn down the mansion she bought with her divorce settlement, demolishing the North Palm Beach mansion in order to make way for a dream home she'll design. The Swedish former model's budding romance with billionaire Jamie Dingman, and the old home's proximity to a world-famous golf course, may have influenced her decision to scrap the mansion rather than remodel it.

The determining factors for the best-governed cities include access to jobs, crime rate, poverty rate and the percentage of high school graduate population.

Grooveshark has been sued by the large record company EMI Group Ltd, which accused the popular digital music service of paying no royalties since entering a licensing agreement to stream music nearly three years ago.

After the closest caucuses in Iowa history -- just eight votes separated Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum in Tuesday's caucuses -- the Republican field has been whittled down to six candidates. How will the Iowa results affect the race?

When some people are unhappy with their home, they remodel. Elin Nordegren, well, she demolishes. Nordegren, the 32-year-old ex-wife of Tiger Woods, demolished her $12 million Florida mansion, leveling it to build her dream home.

A video diary of Casey Anthony, the 25-year-old Florida mom who was cleared of killing her daughter Caylee, 2, surfaced online on Thursday. The video, which MSNBC, has confirmed is of Anthony, is her first public statement since she left prison last July.

Jane Trejo-Beverly, an employee at a Naples, Fla. real estate company, was fired by her employer just over a week before Christmas when she was summoned to serve jury duty.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, angry over his poor performance in the Iowa caucuses, may have a new and unlikely partner in his quest to tarnish rival Mitt Romney: President Barack Obama.

Fertilizer producer Mosaic posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as higher prices helped offset a dip in phosphate sales and flat potash volumes.