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Mitt Romney can take a big step toward finishing off chief rival Rick Santorum and seizing command of the Republican presidential race Tuesday as 10 states hold contests with Ohio at ground zero.

Republican voters in Tennessee will elect their presidential nominee on Super Tuesday, March 6 along with nine other states. The state has 58 delegates to offer in its GOP primary contest. Unofficial results of the Tennessee GOP presidential primary can be found below.

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Fallout over Rush Limbaugh calling Georgetown Law School student Sandra Fluke a slut and a prostitute is now hurting the conservative radio show host among his core audience, according to a new poll released today.

Operation Hilarity, which encouraged Democrats to vote for Rick Santorum, the forum Pennsylvania senator, in last week's Michigan primary, is the brainchild of the popular left-wing blog Daily Kos.

League officials from the NFL are considering severe consequences regarding the alleged bounty program that was created for several teams in the league. Reportedly, the NFL could seek to implement lengthy and costly suspensions for some of the New Orleans Saints top brass including Coach Sean Payton, General Manager Mickey Loomis and former coach Greg Williams, the alleged orchestrator of the bounty program.

For a denomination born from slavery and racism, the Southern Baptist Convention is poised for an a historic election.

The Republican presidential race is entering a decisive phase on Tuesday with 10 states holding their primaries or caucuses on the day. The topsy-turvy GOP race so far couldn't zero in a candidate to fight President Obama in the November elections.Though traditionally Super Tuesday is considered as the defining day for the presidential primaries, neck and neck competition between the GOP presidential candidates this year apparently will push the battle beyond the D-day.

With Mitt Romney springing ahead and Rick Santorum falling behind, the Republican Party's presidential primary election in Ohio is looking like a dead heat, setting the stage for a cliffhanger of a contest on Super Tuesday this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Sunday.

A chain of massive tornadoes Friday destroyed the tiny southern Indiana enclave of Daisy Hill, leaving its mark by sweeping the homes away.

The Republican presidential primary is nearing the defining moment of the Super Tuesday. While Mitt Romney looks to throw rivals out of the park with emphatic wins in major Super Tuesday states, for the others, the future of their race will be decided no later than March 6.

Even as a national debate rages over contraception insurance, tens of thousands of low-income women and teenagers across the United States have lost access to subsidized birth control as states slash and restructure family planning funds.

Tornados sweeping through the Midwest and southeast have caused mass destruction and death. The violent storms have taken the lives of over 30 people in four states as people continue to search for survivors on Saturday.

A series of deadly tornadoes scoured the U.S. Midwest on Friday, leaving residents stunned as they searched through the resultant debris and tried to piece their lives back together on Saturday.

Even as a national debate rages over contraception insurance, tens of thousands of low-income women and teenagers across the United States have lost access to subsidized birth control as states slash and restructure family-planning funds.

Powerful tornadoes ripped through the nation's midsection on Friday, killing at least 27 people in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio as they splintered homes, damaged a prison, and tossed around vehicles. At least 13 people were killed in Indiana, another 12 in Kentucky, and two more in Ohio.

It's one of the biggest nights of the election year, and for the GOP presidential nomination contest, it could be a game-changer. Although the GOP primaries and caucuses began two months ago on Jan. 3 in Iowa, in recent weeks, everything has been building up to Super Tuesday.

A swarm of tornadoes tore through the U.S. midsection on Friday, splintering homes, damaging a prison, overturning trucks and killing at least four people in the hard-hit state of Indiana, officials said.

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A second round of storms are expected to hit southern Indiana, central Kentucky and northern middle Tennessee.

The Haywood County High School principal is under fire for a series of offensive remarks she made during a school assembly, telling pregnant girls that their life is over and gay students that they were damning their souls. Although many parents are outraged by Bond's comments, other residents have come to the principal's defense. HRC and the ACLU are both pressing the Haywood County School District for action.