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Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called on Wednesday for a base on the moon and an expanded federal purse for prize money to stimulate private-sector space projects.

The 26-foot Queen Bee (a.k.a. the Nantucket ghost boat) surfaced off the coast of Spain this week after traveling nearly 3,500 nautical miles away from home over three years.

DeLay, a colleague of Gingrich's during his time in the House, said the presidential hopeful is not a true conservative.

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are locked in a statistical tie in Florida with less than a week to go until the state's primary, a new poll shows.

Who says women can't be funny?

Following the Tampa Bay Republican debate on Monday night, former Cuban President Fidel Castro released an opinion piece this morning blasting the Republican presidential candidates.

Immigration has once again roiled the Republican presidential primary, as Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney trade barbs while courting Latino voters in Florida.

A Florida man allegedly killed a Connecticut homeless man and ate pieces of his corpse, police alleged Wednesday.

The United States has a huge budget deficit, so taxes are going to have to go up. I certainly agree that they should have to go up more on the rich than everyone else. That's just justice, Gates said on Wednesday while discussing President Obama's State of the Union address.

President Barack Obama is on record as proposing a high-speed rail system that will, within 25 years, serve 80 percent of Americans. And Washington's 2012 budget shows the the president is putting his money -- or at least taxpayer money -- where his mouth is. Here is 5 things to know about the project.

As the GOP primary in Florida approaches, Sen. Marco Rubio attempted to frame himself as a political voice representing the nation's Hispanic community -- and failed.

Ron Paul's 2012 campaign may have become irrelevant to the GOP presidential race, according to political observers.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords officially resigned from the House of Representatives on Wednesday in an emotional goodbye for the three term congresswoman serving Arizona's 8th congressional district. She returned to the House floor one last time as her colleagues unanimously approved her bipartisan border security legislation as she stepped down from office.

The International Business Times has compiled comprehensive profiles on Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum and their positions on 11 issues: entitlement programs, health care, job creation, taxes, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, abortion, education, gay marriage and immigration.

The U.S. economy is expected to have expanded in the fourth quarter of 2011 at a 3 percent annual rate, the fastest pace in a year and a half and well above third-quarter growth of 1.8 percent, as consumers loosened their purse strings, companies rebuilt inventories and housing construction perked up.

Mitt Romney criticized Newt Gingrich's tax plan on Monday by saying that he wouldn't pay any taxes under it. But Romney wouldn't pay any taxes under his own plan, either.

Lilly Pulitzer finally announced the winners of the Sorority Prints contest. On Tuesday, Lilly Pulitzer congratulated the five sororities the brand will design prints for, based on Facebook votes. The announcement had some sorority girls squealing with delight; while others were left downtrodden.

Opposites attract - and instantly repel - in Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel's collaborative novel Lunatics.

Insider Thorsten Heins, the new chief executive at BlackBerry maker RIM, is a surprise choice for those looking for a transformational leader from outside to turn around the Canadian group's fortunes.

Mitt Romney elaborated on his immigration policies during Monday night's debate in Florida by calling for a system of self-deportation, embracing a concept that was tested and subsequently discarded under President George W. Bush.

Wald Disney Co. has a message for potential bearded and goateed theme park employees: we accept you.