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Rick Santorum has been a sideshow for most of the Republican presidential campaign. Now, two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, he has nabbed endorsements from two evangelical leaders, Bob Vander Plaats and Chuck Hurley. But is it too little, too late?

Which areas of the United States are likely to receive a White Christmas and which are not?

Jay Gray, an NBC News reporter on the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, was arrested for driving and driving (DUI) last week after partying with Sandusky's lawyer Joe Amendola.

A survey from the United States and Canada found 40 percent of police officers had symptoms of a sleep disorder, including sleep apnea and insomnia.

The photo posted by Michelle Duggar of her miscarried baby has been considered as a healthy model to be followed by grieving parents.

The International Business Times has compiled comprehensive profiles of the top seven Republican presidential candidates, with complete rundowns of their political positions, from Rick Santorum on abortion to Newt Gingrich on taxes. These profiles will be updated as the primary campaign continues.

The Family Leader, an influential Christian conservative group in Iowa, will remain neutral in the Republican primaries, but President Bob Vander Plaats and board member Chuck Hurley personally endorsed Rick Santorum.

After being overwhelmed by a Republican fight that has lasted most of 2011, 70 percent of respondents told Gallup they are looking forward to the end of the 2012 race.

Patients want easy access to any notes their doctor has recorded about them, and they want the right to let others view their medical information, according to a pair of U.S. studies.

Stocks were poised to rebound at the open Tuesday after declines in the prior session as a drop in Spain's borrowing costs and unexpectedly positive data from Germany eased euro zone debt worries.

The snowstorm could impact the mid-Atlantic and New England Christmas weekend. And, while the forecast calls for rain at the moment over major I-95 corridor cities including New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., that could still change if enough cold air seeps in before the moisture arrives.

The federal government's Home Affordable Modification Program is far from perfect, said Josh Zinner, an advocate with the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project in New York, "but the biggest problem is servicers not doing their job."

As oil and gas companies target the Marcellus Shale for hydraulic fracturing, several East Coast states have begun to develop the first comprehensive rules to regulate the process.

A judge ruled on Friday that two former senior officials at Pennsylvania State University must stand trial on charges of lying to a grand jury about what they knew of sexual-abuse allegations against a former football coach, Jerry Sandusky.

Front-runner Newt Gingrich came under sharp attack from rival Republican presidential candidates Thursday night at the last debate before Iowa launches the 2012 election season.

A surveillance video of a police officer in Allentown, Philadelphia, tasering a teenager has been released.

Rick Santorum, the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania who has been hanging out with Jon Huntsman at the bottom of the Republican pack, said in Waterloo, Iowa, on Tuesday that the United States was not so gradually beginning to resemble fascist Italy.

Newt Gingrich has risen like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes to become a front-runner for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for president. But is he too old to serve in the most demanding, elected office in the world?

Morgan Stanley has returned $700 million to investors after its main real estate fund performed weaker than expected, reported the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. solar installations soared nearly 40 percent in the third quarter and are likely to be even higher in the current period, though 2011 overall will lag expectations slightly due to a decline in state incentives.

Matisyahu, the renowned Hasidic Jewish reggae star, altered his religious image on Tuesday after he posted photos of himself on Twitter with a shaved beard.