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  • Santorum: I won and raised about $250K Tues night - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Resurgent Rick Santorum said his sweep of three GOP contests earned his shoestring campaign $250,000 overnight, cash he needs to take his upstart bid for the Republican presidential nomination to Mitt Romney's turf....
  • Boehner: Congress to overturn birth control policy - WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner accused the Obama administration Wednesday of an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom," promising that Congress will reverse a new policy requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with free birth control if the president doesn't....
  • Sheriff unhappy with dispatcher in Powell case - SEATTLE (AP) -- Washington state authorities say they're not happy with the performance of a 911 dispatcher during last weekend's murder-suicide involving the husband of a missing Utah woman....
  • In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake - MOSCOW (AP) -- After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years - a pristine body of water that may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets....
  • Mo. teen gets life with possible parole in killing - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an "ahmazing" thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday to the girl's family and was sentenced to a potential lifetime in prison....
  • Report: LA teacher's aide sent love letters to boy - LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Officials at an elementary school rocked by teacher sex abuse claims are investigating yet another allegation of misconduct, this one involving a teacher's aide accused of sending love letters to an 11-year-old boy....
  • Getting caffeine fix as easy as taking deep breath - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks....
  • Rescued dog bites TV anchor during broadcast - DENVER (AP) -- A veteran Denver television anchor was injured Wednesday after she was bitten in the face by a dog while doing a live broadcast about a dog rescued by a firefighter....
  • Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI - WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) -- Researchers from the U.S. Navy and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are looking for clues to the identity of a 200-year-old shipwreck lying just off the Rhode Island coast....
  • Gary Busey files for bankruptcy in Los Angeles - LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Court records show Gary Busey has filed for bankruptcy and is listing more than $500,000 in estimated personal debts....