FLORIDA

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.

U.S. News released its 10 worst cities for finding a job and flagrant similarities appeared between cities’ job markets and real estate markets. The cities where housing prices remain depressed directly correlate to the cities with the worst employment problems.

A new study suggests that women may feel pain more intensely than men do.

As Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum prepare for the 2012 Florida primary, the Internet has been heating up with searches looking for where to watch last night's NBC debate. But if you missed the first Florida 2012 debate, or any of the debates in the past, just click here, and get complete video footage of all the Republican primary debates so far.

Click here to get the full 2012 Republican primary debate schedule, including likely participants, networks and sponsors, start times and on-site locations.

Looks like the South Carolina Republican verdict has taught some good lessons to Mitt Romney. The NBC-Florida debate saw a different version of Romney, who was at his aggressive best.