Newt Gingrich called rival Mitt Romney a "terrible historian" but flubbed his own history in Congress on Monday night when he claimed the nation ran four consecutive budget surpluses during his time ... President Barack Obama has offered his condolences to the family of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who died Sunday of lung cancer ... Number one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki takes on defending champion Kim Clijsters for a place in the Australian Open semi-finals ... Addressing a divided nation amid a determined GOP campaign to take his job, President Barack Obama is preparing to issue a populist cry for economic fairness as he aims to corral the sympathies of ... Scientists say the Earth is being bombarded by radiation from the strongest solar storm since 2005, with effects that could last through Wednesday ... Vice President Xi Jinping who is expected to succeed Hu Jintao as the next president of China will visit the White House on Feb. 14 ... Turkey reacts with anger after the French Senate approves a bill making it a crime to deny genocide was committed by Turks against Armenians in World War I ... Italian authorities are preparing to start pumping fuel from the wreck of the cruise ship, Costa Concordia ... Gov. Deval Patrick's state of the state address is getting mixed reviews, with fellow Democrats praising it and Republicans saying it fell short ... Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney paid about $3 million in federal income taxes in 2010, having earned more than seven times that -- $21.7 million -- from his investments and making him ... | 
