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The rematch will decide the 2012 National Championship

A group of Republican senators said in a court brief that the Affordable Care Act must be entirely struck down should the individual mandate be deemed unconstitutional.

Eighteen coastal states have varying degrees of protection against hurricanes, according to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety.

Tim Tebow is no longer allowed to paint his favorite verse, John 3:16, on his face, but that does not seem to be stopping the Denver Broncos' quarterback. Fans were astonished when Tebow passed for a shocking 316 yards in ten throws against the Steelers or 31.6 yards per throw. As the playoffs continue, sports fans are left wondering: Is Tebow's luck a statistical coincidence or is God on the Broncos' side?

The next ice age, due in the next 1,500 years, won't arrive because of high levels of carbon dioxide greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, scientists reported Monday.

A candlelight vigil for 19-year Logan Kushner, who drowned after smoking a synthetic drug called K2, will be held tonight at Kapok Park. K2 was banned in Florida last year, but a legal loophole means synthetic marijuana is still sold at drugstores across the state, including the Clearwater, Fla. store where Kushner and a friend bought the drug early Sunday morning.

She has also been linked to Venezuela's own spy agency, the Bolivarian Intelligence Service.

High levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere mean the next ice age is unlikely to begin for at least 1,500 years, an article in the journal Nature Geoscience said on Monday.

Tim Tebow's faith may be an open book (his nickname isn't God's Quarterback for nothing), but his love life is nothing short of a mystery.

Logan Kusher, a 19-year-old male from Safety Harbor in Florida, drowned after taking synthetic drugs in Kapok Park, police reported.

The one-cent copper coin was minted in 1793 -- the first year the United States made and distributed coins. It is reportedly in rare and perfect shape, with no wear on lettering or other features including the Lady Liberty face.

Most of the Republican presidential candidates laid out their credentials as social conservatives in a debate on Saturday as the 2012 campaign prepares to move from New Hampshire to South Carolina. With another debate to be hosted by NBC's Meet the Press, they can do it all over again on Sunday.

A one-cent copper coin minted in 1793 - the year in which the newly-independent United States of America first began minting its own currency - has fetched a record $1.36 million at a Florida auction.

One winner in 2012's political races already has been decided: local television stations.

Rick Perry's team essentially calculated that Rick Santorum, who emerged in Iowa as the leading conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, isn't a strong enough candidate to hold that position in future contests.

A new poll shows Mitt Romney leading in South Carolina just two weeks before it holds the third vote of the 2012 Republican primary season.

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.

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.

Elin Nordegren has torn down the mansion she bought with her divorce settlement, demolishing the North Palm Beach mansion in order to make way for a dream home she'll design. The Swedish former model's budding romance with billionaire Jamie Dingman, and the old home's proximity to a world-famous golf course, may have influenced her decision to scrap the mansion rather than remodel it.

The determining factors for the best-governed cities include access to jobs, crime rate, poverty rate and the percentage of high school graduate population.

Grooveshark has been sued by the large record company EMI Group Ltd, which accused the popular digital music service of paying no royalties since entering a licensing agreement to stream music nearly three years ago.