It been eight years since columnist and gay rights activist Dan Savage redefined his name to be a neologism for anal sex, but Santorum's Google problem continues to plague his campaign... in part because both Santorum and supporters like the pro-life, anti-gay group AFTAH keep calling voters' attention to it.
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.
Federal regulators once again visited the small town of Dimock, Penn., to collect additional data from families who claim their well water is contaminated by hydraulic fracturing.
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.
For the first time in beauty pageant history, not one but two openly gay women are competing for the title of Miss California 2012.
Rick Santorum is gaining ground in New Hampshire, but rival Mitt Romney still holds a strong lead ahead of Tuesday's primary, a poll released Thursday shows
A series of memos from the days following Jerry Sandusky's arrest show the PSU board of trustees and President Erickson were focused more on donor funding and maintaining secrecy than on the abuse that allegedly took place. The four memos detail Penn State's efforts to monitor its image, as well as adjust to a new university president.
Mitt Romney's win in the Iowa caucuses has slapped him with a once-familiar tag: frontrunner. It may signal a return to the common stasis of any campaign. Where once intra-party bickering sunk many past frontrunners, the common political mantra of punch up has taken hold in the 2012 campaign. Perhaps the era of surging candidates is over?
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has announced that she is quitting the presidential race after a dismal sixth place finish in the first Republican nominating contest in Iowa.
New Jersey's Legislature has briefly delayed a vote on a bill that would legalize online gambling but Gov. Chris Christie said the state should become an epicenter for the business.
The former Utah governor Jon Huntsman has put all of his campaign eggs in New Hampshire, hoping for a positive outcome in the state's primary next Tuesday. Despite languishing in the polls, Huntsman has made over 150 appearances in the Granite State, which he hopes will pay off and catapult him into the new Republican of Choice -- with Rick Santorum's success serving as the model.
It's been a productive couple weeks for Rick Santorum, who virtually tied with Mitt Romney for first place in the Iowa caucuses and has finally managed to push Dan Savage's Spreading Santorum Web site out of the top spot in Google searches for his name.
A day after her sixth-place finish in Iowa, Rep. Michele Bachmann ended her presidential campaign Wednesday and called on supporters to rally behind the Republican Party's eventual choice.
Rick Santorum surprised voters Tuesday by nearly winning the Iowa Caucus, the first indication in the 2012 Election as to which candidate may win the Republican nomination. Santorum was only eight votes shy of Mitt Romney, the GOP frontrunner, and the Caucus has been deemed an essential tie between the two leading candidates. Here are the thirteen top political, social and economic issues and Santorum's position on the issues.
With mounting evidence linking hundreds of small earthquakes from Oklahoma to Ohio to the energy industry's growing use of fracking technology, scientists say there is one way to minimize risks of even minor temblors.
With the count almost complete in the Iowa Republican caucus, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have emerged as front-runners. The candidates have given their reactions on the results.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum called rival Rep. Ron Paul disgusting during last-minute stumping for the Iowa caucuses Tuesday, signaling a nasty turn inr the Republican presidential race.
Garver appears to be enthusiastic about Paul’s isolationist views on foreign policy and the protection of personal rights.
Political commentator Alan Colmes apologized for his comments about GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Colmes criticized Santorum for the way he and his wife dealt with the death of their infant son in 1996.
Iowa Republicans cast the first votes of the 2012 White House campaign on Tuesday, with Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul in a high-stakes battle to win the party's kick-off nominating contest.
With time running out, rivals of surging Republican Rick Santorum raised doubts about his conservative record on Monday in hopes of heading off a last-minute victory by the former senator a day before Iowa kicks off the 2012 presidential election season.
Facing colossal odds in the Republican nomination race, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann cast her struggle in Biblical terms Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to win over conservative voters.
