- NEW YORK (AP) -- A person familiar with the talks says baseball players and owners have reached an understanding that ties for division titles will be broken on the field under the new playoff format....

- Seeking to blunt a sharp backlash to its latest privacy changes, Google on Friday offered to share "the real story" about a new system that creates a profile on users based on their activity on all of Google's sites and products.

- Many people think they can plan on spending less later in retirement since they'll become less active as they age. But if their health declines, they may actually shift spending rather than reduce it. Do you think it's risky to plan as if one's expenses will go down later in retirement? --Tim, U.K...

- The Obama administration is taking another swing at improving its main foreclosure prevention program....

- Take a peek at the financial returns of large U.S. airlines over the past decade, and you'll understand why many carriers are rethinking the old business model. After years of red ink, many airlines have finally decided it's time to put a bigger emphasis on cost efficiency. One priority is to reduc...

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- Biden admits at conference Panetta was only one in Obama's inner circle to give the raid in Pakistan a firm 'go'

- From biting your nails to running late: 11 bad habits you can kick to the curb ...

- Biden, speaking to the House Democratic Issues Conference in Maryland, candidly admitted that he told the president not to go forward with the mission.

- The Pentagon's decision announced Friday to take two heavy armor brigades out of Europe in 2013 and 2014 will not necessarily force NATO allies to shoulder more of the load if ground forces are needed for a large-scale conflict in the region, Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, said Fri...

- A proposal to build a 151-ft. tower to celebrate "new atheism" in London has pitted some of Britain's most recognized non-believers against each other, The Guardian reports. 

- The U.N. nuclear agency is including two senior weapons experts on its next mission to Tehran in an unusually clear statement on the team's prime focus -- wresting information from Iranian officials about suspicions the country has secretly worked on atomic arms.

- An assistant U.S. Army chaplain who pleaded guilty to producing child pornography in Puerto Rico has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison.

- A dwarf-tossing contest scheduled for Saturday at a Windsor, Ontario bar has generated heated controversy but local authorities say there is no law to prevent it.

- Defense attorneys for the Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage want to delay his March murder trial.

- A Yale University quarterback who made headlines when he had to choose between interviewing for a Rhodes Scholarship or playing in last fall's annual Yale-Harvard game is rebutting a report that a sexual misconduct allegation had already derailed his chance for the prestigious honor.

- A Ukrainian hockey coach charged with fondling a teen player in Philadelphia will remain in custody until a bail hearing next week.

- INDIANAPOLIS — The battle over the right-to-work issue may be reaching a conclusion in Indiana as the state prepares to become the first to adopt the law in more than a decade, but the argument over exactly what the measure means for a state's economy is likely to rage on, unr...

- The hands came out of the pockets. The gaze was intense. Mitt Romney leaned confidently into the lectern.

- A federal magistrate judge says a North Carolina man must stand trial in a plot to hire a hit man to behead three witnesses in his brother's terrorism case.

- A Maryland judge has ordered a woman convicted of killing her coworker at an upscale yoga clothing shop to spend the rest of her life in prison.

- A woman convicted of killing her co-worker at an upscale yoga clothing shop in the Washington suburbs, then spinning an elaborate lie about being attacked by two masked men, was ordered Friday to spend the rest of her life behind bars.

- A woman convicted of killing her co-worker at an upscale yoga clothing shop in the Washington suburbs, then spinning an elaborate lie about being attacked by two masked men, was ordered Friday to spend the rest of her life behind bars.

- INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Peyton Manning and Colts owner Jim Irsay say there are no hard feelings between them....

- President Obama's latest probe into the mortgage meltdown will have more power than past efforts, and federal officials say it won't derail a possible $20 billion settlement for underwater and foreclosed homeowners.

- Yesterday, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) spoke at The Heritage Foundation as part of National School Choice Week and to mark the release of the American Legislative Exchange Council?s (ALEC) Report Card on American Education. The report ranks America?s K-12 schools in terms of performance and progress ...

- At the close of business, the federal government?s debt limit will increase by another $1.2 trillion, the final installment in a series of hikes that started last summer. This last increase, from $15.194 trillion to $16.394 trillion, was essentially granted in the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011, ...

- --Domestic supply of leftist news networks exhausted, GOP candidates go offshore to debate. Who will ask questions? --GDP lags expectations, but how is that calculated and why is it Bush’s fault? --Hillary Clinton is done with politics, hints at future plans. --Students restrained at Paterno ...

- You would think that with one of the weakest economic recoveries on record, President Obama would be desperately searching for ways to promote economic growth. It is, after all, an election year. Most pundit and pollsters agree that it’s the economy stupid. But instead, Obama used his Stat...

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- Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. ...

- (ALTERNET.ORG) — Americans are still struggling to come to terms with the loss they felt as the wackier GOP candidates fell by the wayside. For pure entertainment value, the mendacity they offered on the campaign trail couldn’t be beat. Who can forget Herman Cain worrying about how Chi...

- Once Washington’s most notorious lobbyist, Jack Abramoff is now a repentant campaigner for cleaning up corruption in Washington, and he gives some of the credit for his turnaround to talk radio host Michael Savage. In an interview on “The Savage Nation” last night, Savage noted th...

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