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Rick Santorum's decision to drop out of the Republican presidential race came after he spent the holiday weekend evaluating the race with his family, who were grappling with the latest hospitalization of his 3-year-old daughter Bella.

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Mobs with iron rods and sticks ransacked a supermarket belonging to a major Shiite-owned business group Wednesday, a company official said, as part of a spike in violence in the Gulf nation in retaliation for a bomb attack on police....

A female prison officer was found naked in a bed with a "dangerous" prisoner who had absconded from an open prison, a court hears.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Sanford city commission rejected the resignation of the police chief harshly criticized for his handling of the Trayvon Martin case....

LONDON (AP) -- British lawmakers are questioning Heathrow Airport's ability to cope with an influx of passengers during the London Olympics this summer....

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Militant leaders and foot soldiers from the militant group al-Shabab are fleeing to hideouts in a mountainous region of northeastern Somalia after facing increasing military pressure around Somalia's capital, the prime minister said in an interview Wednesday....

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Planned Parenthood sued Texas on Wednesday for excluding the group from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women....

A $500 (£314) cheque issued by the cash-strapped campaign of Republican candidate Newt Gingrich to qualify for Utah's primary bounced, it emerges.

A prominent Muslim figure in Russia is fatally stabbed in Moscow in what his colleagues say was a racist attack.

Technology giant Apple and major publishers are accused by the US Department of Justice of colluding to increase the price of e-books.

All football fans are banned from a League Two match between Gillingham and Swindon Town following a row over policing costs.

The authorities in Saudi Arabia deny that a prominent human rights campaigner, who has been detained for a year, is on hunger strike.

James Galbraith says that while the rule calls for tax fairness, it is more of a symbolic gesture. How about raise the minimum wage?

Continued fighting between Sudan and South Sudan prompts international concern the border conflict might develop into outright war.

EARTHQUAKE STRIKES: An 8.6-magnitude earthquake and an 8.2-aftershock hit off Indonesia's western coast Wednesday but did not cause a major tsunami....

The president says while some GOP politicians are against the 'Buffett Rule,' passing it is better than doing nothing.

Earthquake triggers a tsunami alert

MENDENHALL, Pa. (AP) -- The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won't be pretty....

ICA, Peru (AP) -- Nine Peruvian miners were rescued Wednesday after six days trapped in an abandoned copper mine....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....