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Several prominent liberals have co-sponsored both SOPA and PIPA, while several conservative lawmakers -- including Michelle Bachmann, Paul Ryan and Rand Paul -- have opposed it.

Canada's Catalyst Paper Corp (CTL.TO: Quote) filed for Chapter 15 protection in a U.S. court on Tuesday as the specialty paper and newsprint producer grappled with rising costs of raw materials and lower demand.

If Mitt Romney grabs the GOP presidential nod, he would be the first Republican candidate in decades to take hard line on immigration policies that Latinos support.

Mercator Minerals Ltd said it has obtained permits to start mining at its wholly owned El Pilar Project in Mexico.

Ron Paul's campaign is gaining momentum.

Polygamist Warren Jeffs may be serving a life sentence for sexual assault, but the former head of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints continues to run his radical off-branch of the Mormon Church behind bars. His attempts to restrict and control his followers, however, is causing a rift within the fundamentalist community, in what may come to be the biggest split in the FLDS Church since it broke away from mainstream Mormonism.

The candidates vying for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination agree that the first imperative is to halt the flow of illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. But the relentless focus on the border obscures the fact that the rate of cross-border migrations is decreasing.

Miss America 2012 Top 5: Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler Wins; What the Top Three Will Get [PHOTOS]

Laura Kaeppeler Crowned Miss America 2012: Miss Oklahoma Put up Strong Fight [PHOTOS]

Miss Wisconsin - Laura Kaeppeler - was crowned Miss America 2012 in Las Vegas, on Saturday night. Kaeppeler, 23, was handed her title by Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan.

A new word has become more common the Obama administration's lexicon: veto. After three years spent cultivating the image of a middle ground-seeking compromiser-in-chief, the White House appears to have made a 180-degree turn. Three veto threats have been floated against major pieces of legislation. President Barack Obama suddenly refuses take any gruff from Congressional Republicans.

Heather Locklear was hospitalized on Thursday after an emergency call made by her sister alleged she had suffered a drug overdose, leaving fans wondering if it was another suicide attempt by the blonde bombshell.

In an unexpected pitch, a trio of whale conservationists proposed Thursday the previously unthinkable to protect the world's largest creatures: Put a price tag on whales to save them.

While reports that the world's largest wind turbine maker was firing thousands of workers globally shook the renewable energy industry Thursday morning, the bad news did not seem to diminish investor appetite in solar energy stocks, which has picked up considerably over the past week.

“Every time I see them on TV,” Morris, a 77 former Marine, told the paper of Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, “it makes me want to vomit.” He also said he was upset with how the media was celebrating the couple and finds them both “worthless.”

Amir Mirza Hekmati was sentenced to death by an Iranian court on Monday, on espionage charges. Iran has accused Hekmati of spying for the CIA. Here are eight things you should know about the Iranian-American facing death.

Amir Mirzai Hekmati, an American of Iranian descent, “confessed” to espionage before the court in Teheran.

Loughner, who was arrested at the scene of the shooting, pleaded not guilty to the attacks. He is currently being treated in a mental health facility of the prison hospital, in hopes that he can stand trial.

An American man, who was arrested last month with charges of working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has been sentenced to death by an Iranian court.

United States Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, wounded in a deadly mass shooting on Jan. 8 last year, visited a Tucson area park on Saturday as survivors and residents prepared for the somber anniversary on Sunday.

Jon Huntsman and members of his family expressed outrage Friday at an advertisement targeted at his adopted daughters by a group supporting rival Ron Paul.