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Newt Gingrich stood center state Thursday night in the Sioux City Convention Center. The sharpest elbows did not come from his close rivals, Mitt Romney or Ron Paul. Instead, it was Michele Bachmann who repeatedly went after Gingrich.

A $5 billion federal program to pay for the health benefits of early retirees is proving to be more popular than expected. So popular that it's running out of money earlier than planned. The fund, part of the health care overhaul, was to provide a bridge of insurance coverage until 2014 when early retirees would have many more options under the health care law.

In Arizona, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is lashing out at the Justice Department after Thursday's scathing report accusing him of civil rights violations. According to investigators, Arpaio's office routinely discriminated against Latinos and retaliated against its critics, in violation of both the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act.

Immediately after the proceeding began, Manning's accused the judge of bias and asked that he recuse himself. Manning is accused of giving WikiLeaks thousands of pages of classified information.

Teenagers were less likely to buy a sugary soft drink if they knew it would take 50 minutes of jogging to burn off the calories. Researchers in Baltimore slapped signs on the drink coolers in corner markets to see what information would encourage healthier drink choices.

A federal fund that has given employers a financial incentive to keep providing health insurance coverage for early retirees is winding down at year's end. Did it work?

The suit alleges that the executives knew their agencies had much more exposure to subprime loans than investors were told.

Something truly nice is happening this holiday season: Strangers are paying off needy families' layaway bills.

Ballet's history is not just about choreography and technique — it's also a history of nationalization, the changing ways we view the body, shifting gender norms and class struggles. Historian Jennifer Homans chronicles the art form in a cultural history, Apollo's Angels.

Christopher Hitchens, the author and essayist who died on Thursday, was known for his assertive atheism. From scathing books about Mother Teresa and God, to the way his final days played out as a debate over the harm or benefit of prayer, his most lasting legacy may be his duel with religion.