Rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are trading barbs over their income from mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ... Britain's Andy Murray takes on top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Australian Open ... The pace US economic growth quickened to a 2.8% annualised rate in the three months to December, the Commerce Department says ... NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Country music singer Merle Haggard was resting at home in Northern California on Friday after a long stint in a Georgia hospital, his publicist Tresa Redburn said ... A man found decapitated and burnt in Stockport died from a shotgun wound to his head and another head injury, tests reveal ... A New York attorney on Thursday withdrew his claim on a multi-million dollar Iowa Lottery prize, saying he can't satisfy lottery officials' request for basic information about how he obtained the ... SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc overtook Samsung Electronics Co Ltd as the world's top smartphone maker in the fourth quarter of last year, with the South Korean company selling about half a million ... Jan. 27 - Bank of Israel Governor, Stanley Fischer, speaks to Insider at Davos 2012 ... (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it is recalling more than 2,000 tubes of its Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Lotion after U.S. regulators identified excessive levels of bacteria in a product ... Senegal's Constitutional Court says President Abdoulaye Wade is eligible to stand for a third term in next month's poll, amid reports of clashes ... | 
