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I'll say it again: The party of Palin and Limbaugh can win in 2010 -- but not in 2012, and beyond

Come November, the president and his party may find themselves succeeding most by failing the least.

This could be the worst child abuse case we've ever heard. Last month, after receiving a tip that a 9-year-old boy was being abused, police arrived at the Lake Charles, Louisiana home of Jaime and Murray Day. What they found...

The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that Chinese authorities had rebuffed all his efforts to reach a compromise over Tibet and had instead engaged in systematic repression as part of a plan to "annihilate Buddhism" there.

When a rockslide closed a major Colorado highway, officials created an alternate route -- on which a woman was killed by a falling rock today. Moral of the story: Don't leave your house! Ever again!

The Green Bay Packers have reached deep into their past to add an alternate color scheme to their traditional green-and-gold uniform repertoire. The new "third uniforms" are so old, in fact, that an 80-year-old photo had to be colorized to show what they originally looked like.

The parents of a Kentuckiana seventh grade student say their young daughter was suspended from school for doing exactly what she's been taught to do for years - to just say no to drugs.

A nonprofit called Kopernik hopes to connect the creators of the low-cost, innovative and life-saving inventions with the people who need them most.

A BEST man's wedding prank has resulted in possibly the first-ever conception recorded on Twitter, but the parents-to-be may never know thousands were watching.

A global seed vault dug out of an arctic mountainside has just reached its half-million mark of seed varieties.

Stove broken? No problem, whip up a near gourmet meal with your dishwasher, simple ingredients and foil.

British scientists say they've discovered a mechanism that might lead to a new way of converting wood and straw into liquid biofuels.

The new Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (codenamed "Gulftown") is a six-core CPU that promises a whole new level of performance.

No computer runs perfectly forever. Somewhere along the line, something will go wrong. While each successive version of Windows has been that much more reliable and self-healing, that's never been an argument to forgo a good collection of software tools.

They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did — but not much. Authorities in Riverside County say a woman with a gun robbed 11 customers at a market and got away with $6. Nobody was hurt.

A newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, researchers believe. They also found that people with a high sensitivity to the taste of fat tended to eat less fatty foods and were less likely to be overweight. The research team developed a screening procedure to test the ability of people to taste...

“Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, viewed by some as the Hitchcock of superhero cinema after his two Batman films, is “godfathering” a reboot of the Man of Steel, acting as producer and mentor to an as-yet-unnamed-director who will be making a movie based on a story by Nolan and David S. Goyer.

Bank of America just announced it will stop charging overdraft fees of $35 for most of its debit card customers. You may think that if you pay your bills on time and don't suffer overdraft fees that the changes don’t apply to you. Well, think again.

Evan Turner, who overcame a broken back after falling off the rim during a dunk, is a triple-double threat every night and has Ohio State in contention for a Final Four appearance. He took the honor over Kentucky's John Wall.

In an exclusive interview with IFC.com, John Hamm describes his love for comics, saying he "grew up in a very fortunate time, comic book-wise"

For many California areas, unemployment rates moved persistently higher in January, indicating that the national economic recovery hasn't yet translated into jobs for the Golden State. The state's jobless rate of 12.5% in January was its worst on record and fifth-highest in the nation, but for eight counties it is over 20%.

Did you think that @conanobrien was the only way to follow Conan on Twitter? So did I. But Conan actually has 8 different accounts, each of which is just as hilarious as the next.

Both the Mustang and the Camaro can be loaded up with more features than your average mid-1980s luxury sedan. The Camaro even offers rear parking assist to help overcome its lack of visibility. The 2011 Mustang's full specs haven't been revealed yet, but the 2010 model's options are sure to carry over for the most part..

I guess this is what happens when you pay for your friends in a fraternity.

Have you ever thought that Goofy was just a little bit too goofy? Wonder where Woody Woodpecker gets all that energy?

Chinese military officials had suggested using Beijing's vast holdings of US government debt to pressure the US. However, a top Chinese official said Tuesday that Beijing won't use the debt for political gain -- just a few days after a forecast projected that the U.S. national debt is on course to triple to $20 trillion over the next decade.

Alex Rodriguez may soon be talking to federal authorities, and he hopes it will happen close to spring training.

Come on Ben, that's terrible...

It's a fact that everyone loves the PuppyCam, except for those few people with an abnormal hatred of puppies. (And, frankly, we don't speak to those people.)

The expression "as good as gold" suggests that gold is something of a sure thing when it comes to investments. But, while gold and other commodities remain a solid investment choice, when it comes to investing there's no such thing as a sure thing.

A lonely cave on a cliff in the rugged Pinnacles Monument is the setting for a story of two love birds who found one another despite unimaginable hardship and decided to bring new life into a world that almost destroyed them. They are giant corpse-munching vultures, but wildlife biologists could not be more thrilled if they were Romeo and Juliet.

Milton Bradley said he was a prisoner in his own home while he was playing for the Chicago Cubs.

I'm 48 now and I must find an alternative to tobacco. I can't bear to think of my blackening lungs anymore, not to mention the $50-a-week cost. So here goes. I screw the atomizer into the battery, fit a cartridge and I am ready to fake smoke.

Nomar Garciaparra is going back to play with the Red Sox, but also announces his retirement from baseball.

Carlos Slim Helu takes No. 1 spot on Forbes World's Billionaires list as a record 164 10-figure titans return to the ranking amid the global economic recovery.

Food is sustenance; it provides necessary nutrients to sustain life and, when done right, it can be a gratifying gustatory experience. Unfortunately, far too often, food can also just make you sick -- or worse. More than four in 10 Americans say they've become ill during the past two years because of something they've eaten.

While Ngmoco has emerged as one of the iPhone's top original developers, they've also lost a lot of fans by sticking with a model they call "freemium," even to the detriment of some of their most popular games.

Looking on the bright side about a dead-end job can kill your drive to find a new one.

Connie Saltonstall of Charlevoix said today she plans to run against Stupak for the Democratic nomination of Michigan’s First Congressional District, citing Stupak’s efforts to stop health care reform if it doesn’t ban use of government money for abortions. Stupak, a former state trooper from Menominee, has held the seat since 1993.