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• Republicans spar for top spot in Iowa caucuses

  Republicans in Iowa continued to bustle with campaign activity Thursday, in anticipation of the Iowa Caucuses scheduled for January 3

• Arizona immigration law to be reviewed by Supreme Court

  The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on a controversial law targeting illegal immigrants in the southwestern state of Arizona. The high court agreed on Monday morning to review a federal appeals court decision blocking key parts of the law from being implemented

• Federal proposal takes aim at domestic terrorist menaces

  The plan says countering terrorism and vicious zealotry inspired by al-Qaida, its affiliates and its adherents, is a top priority. It notes that other forms of zealotry will not be ignored

• Herman Cain has quit the race, Gingrich sees results

  Former Godfather's Pizza magnate and Federal Reserve deputy chairman Herman Cain has announced Saturday that he would suspend his campaign to become the U.S. Republican presidential nominee following allegations of sexual harassment and infidelity

• 'Occupy' protest movement resonating with minority groups

  The "Occupy" movement appears to be inspiring people to generate specific policy proposals, although the movement does not have a specific agenda

• Beef prices may increase due to US drought

  Beef prices may be headed upward due to a severe, lingering drought in the southern United States which is putting a major financial squeeze on the region’s cattle producers.

• Federal government invades Tennessee

  Under the guise of national security (NS), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) created a program called Visible Intermodal

• Republicans prepare for debate in Las Vegas

  Republican presidential candidates are ready to hold their next debate at a Las Vegas casino Tuesday night.

• iPhone 4S boxed and released - fanfare and criticism

  The iPhone 4S hit retailers October 14 around the world. Excited Apple consumers have been anxiously waiting for days

• Peeking past the fog over Titan

  Astronomers have generated the first complete full-color map of the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan

• Obama and Saudi king promise unified response after Iranian terror attack plan

  The USA and Saudi Arabia have promised to pursue a "strong and unified" international response to the apparent plot by

• US national park visitation declines

  When pockets are closed, grizzlies and geysers aren't as much of a deal.

• Scientists at Fermilab to try to replicate faster-than-light neutrino results

  Researchers at the CERN physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, claimed recently to have clocked a subatomic particle, known as a neutrino, traveling in excesss of the speed of light.