In Nevada, Gingrich fumbles but moves forward (AP)

AP - The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.

AP - The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.

AP - Newt Gingrich is struggling to regain his footing following a campaign in Nevada beset by glitches as the race for the Republican presidential nomination moves to the next phase.

AP - Newt Gingrich is struggling to regain his footing following a campaign in Nevada beset by glitches as the race for the Republican presidential nomination moves to the next phase.

AP - Can Newt Gingrich come back a third time?

AP - An intensive round of talks between the United States and North Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear program has ended without a deal to resume formal negotiations, but top diplomats from both sides reported progress on the steps that will be needed to finally get there.

AP - Resurgent Republicans rallied Sunday behind an agenda based on unwavering opposition to the Obama White House and federal spending, laying the groundwork for gridlock until their 2012 goal: a new president, a "better Senate" and ridding the country of that demonized health care law.

AP - Resurgent Republicans rallied Sunday behind an agenda based on unwavering opposition to the Obama White House and federal spending, laying the groundwork for gridlock until their 2012 goal: a new president, a "better Senate" and ridding the country of that demonized health care law.

AP - Resurgent Republicans rallied Sunday behind an agenda based on unwavering opposition to the Obama White House and federal spending, laying the groundwork for gridlock until their 2012 goal: a new president, a "better Senate" and ridding the country of that demonized health care law.

AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is going back to Congress.

AP - A white former transit police officer accused of killing an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platform has been arrested on a murder warrant in Nevada, 12 days after the shooting inflamed long-running tensions between police and many African-American residents.

Israel rejected mounting international pressure to suspend its devastating air offensive against Palestinian militants whose rocket barrages are striking ominously close to the Israeli heartland, sending warplanes Wednesday to demolish smuggling tunnels that are the lifeline of Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)" border="0" />AP - Israel sent more troops to the Gaza border Wednesday, rapidly moving forward with preparations for a possible ground offensive as the next stage of its military assault on the coastal territory's Hamas rulers. Israel rebuffed calls by world leaders for a truce, and Hamas also was cold to a cease-fire.

game between the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders, prepare in the booth prior to the football game on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)" border="0" />AP - The first NFL game broadcast to theaters live in 3-D fumbled, then recovered Thursday night.

file photo at the White House. Cheney and Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)" border="0" />AP - A Texas judge has set an arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other officials accused of involvement in prisoner abuse.

AP - The lecture hall where the shooting occurred is closed for the rest of the semester. Extra police and security guards will be on hand. Volunteer counselors will man each classroom, academic department and dormitory.

AP - The fight for top-billing in Saturday's Nevada Democratic presidential caucus has become much like its model in Iowa: an hour-by-hour test of who has the best organization.