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The dispute is over whether to require full contraceptive coverage for women working at institutions with religious ties. The president is expected to offer an exemption.

Memo to the Republican Establishment, Part II.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush recently argued in an op-ed that Hispanic voters will represent the margin of victory in the 15 swing states that will decide who will win the race for the White House. Is his political intuition right? And if it is, how do both parties significantly increase their chances of winning the Hispanic vote?

Europe remained gripped by frigid temperatures and snow Friday, with the icy weather closing much of the Danube River to shipping and disrupting travel across the region.

The prosecution in the sex-abuse case against a former Penn State assistant football coach will request today that he stay indoors during house arrest.

Scientists say they "serendipitously" discovered that a drug used to treat a type of cancer quickly reversed Alzheimer's disease in mice.

When Nick Nisbet says he once hit rock bottom, he means it.

NATO is investigating a report by Afghan authorities that an airstrike by coalition forces killed eight children in Kapisa province this week, it said Friday.

Pakistan's Supreme Court gave the country's secretive and powerful spy agency a midnight deadline to hand over seven detainees who were allegedly arrested without due process and injured while in its custody, a lawyer representing several of the detainees told CNN Friday.

Hooded youths tossed stones and police fired stun grenades Friday in front of the Greek Parliament as lawmakers faced tough new conditions they must meet before euro zone finance ministers will give them billions of desperately needed euros to bail out the debt-ridden country.

A Singapore court ruled Friday that four people can be extradited to the United States to face conspiracy charges after electronic components from a U.S. company were smuggled to Iran and ended up in explosives in Iraq.

A human rights group expressed alarm Thursday at the pace of executions in Iraq and called for Iraqi authorities to abolish the practice.

At least 19 people died when a bus plunged down a gorge Friday in a mountainous region of Kashmir, authorities said.

A restless volcano in northern Indonesia erupted Friday, spewing clouds of ash as high as 2 kilometers into the sky, the country's National Disaster Management Agency said.

The Mexican army has seized more than 15 tons of methamphetamine from a clandestine laboratory in a remote area of the state of Jalisco, west of the capital, the country's Secretary of National Defense said Thursday.

There are few topics in sport more taboo than betting. Ask baseball's Pete Rose.

There's been a lot of news over the past few days about the hacker collective Anonymous. Last Friday, the group claimed to have posted an internal FBI conference call discussing investigations into Anonymous and the FBI acknowledged the call was intended to be private. This week, Anonymous posted e-mails that it claims are from an adviser to the Syrian president, suggesting how Bashar al-Assad could downplay violence in the country when he was interviewed by Barbara Walters last summer.

After noticing smoke seeping inside, a North Carolina bus driver rushed six elementary school children off her vehicle moments before it burst into flames.

A prosecution request for Jerry Sandusky to stay indoors during his house arrest will be one of many issues argued Friday at a court hearing in Pennsylvania.

The prosecution will call a new witness to the stand Friday in the murder trial of former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely, who is accused of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend.

A Singapore court is expected to rule Friday on whether to extradite to the United States four people accused of a conspiracy in which electronic components from a U.S. company were smuggled to Iran and ended up in explosives in Iraq.

A 7-year-old Georgia girl fought off a man who'd grabbed her in the aisle of a Walmart, with police eventually tracking down the suspect they accuse of attempted kidnapping.

Ten states are being granted waivers from parts of the No Child Left Behind education law. President Obama says the move aims to "combine greater freedom with greater accountability."

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington State voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, putting Washington on the path toward becoming the seventh state in the nation to legalize marriage for gay and lesbian couples.

Scott Strode overcame his addictions through sport, and now he's helping others do the same.

Tania Nava has one piece of advice for anyone seeking to come out of the shadows and pursue a path to U.S. citizenship: don't do it.

Vending machine offerings at a Pennsylvania university are expanding beyond the world of junk food and into the world of contraception.

The tech world is all abuzz about Google's mysterious new "entertainment device."

U.S. stocks dropped Friday, as investors grew concerned about the latest obstacle in Greece's ongoing debt saga.

I'm thinking of stashing cash for emergencies into a Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) mutual fund rather than CDs or a money-market account. The return is better and the risk doesn't seem to be much higher. What do you think of this plan? -- Ronnie Colvin, Madison, Alabama

The Greek government needs to do more to prove that it is worthy of more bailout money, top eurozone finance officials said late Thursday.

U.S. stocks were set to decline at the open Friday as investors grew concerned about the latest obstacle in Greece's ongoing debt saga.

In an effort to cut their losses, banks are paying some struggling homeowners as much as $35,000 to sell their homes before they end up in foreclosure.

Are you a billionaire with a few million bucks to spare?

Candy, flowers and bling may dominate Valentine's Day gifts, but this year, one more item is likely to be among the love offerings: heart-shaped pizzas.

After five years and four million foreclosures, the nation is now one big step closer to a national mortgage servicing standard.

President Obama is likely to propose a substantial funding increase for Wall Street regulators in his forthcoming budget.

Tesla Motors on Thursday unveiled a new SUV that the automaker plans to put into production by 2014.

The $26 billion mortgage settlement had a lot of support -- as evidenced by the 49 out of 50 state attorneys general that signed on to it.

Can't get enough of those virtual cows and crops from FarmVille? Good news, agrarians: Zynga toys and games are coming this fall.

Not to be outdone by the U.S. attorneys general, four other federal agencies were quick to lay claim to $2.2 billion of the massive mortgage settlement reached Thursday with five of the nation's biggest mortgage lenders.

Five big banks are forking over $26 billion to states and consumers to settle the robosigning foreclosure mess. You'd think that would be bad news for the four publicly traded banks that were part of the deal.

The U.S. Postal Service renewed its pleas for congressional support Thursday as the floundering agency reported another massive quarterly loss.

Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages remained at an all-time record low for the second week in a row.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved licenses to build two new nuclear reactors Thursday, the first authorized in over 30 years.

The nation's five largest banks have finally struck a deal with 49 states to settle charges of abusive and negligent foreclosure practices dating back to 2008.

Protesters visited a half-dozen Apple stores around the world on Thursday to deliver petitions calling for reforms in the working conditions at factories run by Apple's suppliers in China and other overseas locations.

Ten states are being granted waivers to free them from parts of the No Child Left Behind law, a White House official told CNN Thursday.

Foster Friess, longtime supporter of Rick Santorum, talks to Erin Burnett about the campaign and the money behind it.

A key congressional Republican who had threatened to bring a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder if he did not comply with a demand for "Operation Fast and Furious" documents by 5 p.m. Thursday, has backed off his stated deadline.

Deja vu, round two, a bad sequel or simply "here we go again" are some ways to describe the latest fight over extending the payroll tax cut. But even facing an end-of-month deadline before the 2% tax holiday expires, lawmakers appear no closer to a deal.

After passing 23 temporary extensions, the Senate voted 75 to 20 Monday to approve a long-term funding bill for the FAA and sent it to the president for his expected signature.

John Avlon says the low GOP voter turnout in the primaries is a sign of a serious enthusiasm gap among the rank and file, and a bad omen for Mitt Romney and Republicans in general.

Ruben Navarrette says Karl Rove was wrong to suggest that Clint Eastwood's ad was about paying President Obama back for the auto industry bailout

Gloria Borger says Mitt Romney doesn't seem comfortable talking to Americans about money, and Newt Gingrich can't control his anger

LZ Granderson encourages anybody against the "strip club" bill to walk into a manufacturing plant and ask workers how they feel about their tax dollars being spent on strippers -- by welfare recipients no less.

Three of the four remaining GOP presidential candidates will take their cases straight to conservatives on Friday with appearances at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

At CPAC, former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee gives thanks to the president for uniting the Republican party.

Republicans looking to take back the White House in November face a challenging political environment, a trio of conservative political observers said Thursday at an annual gathering of conservative activists.

A group of House Democrats urged President Obama not to abandon a pending federal rule requiring religiously affiliated employers to provide full contraception coverage to women -- one day after hints of a possible compromise emerged.

Sen. Mitch McConnell said that conservatives are more fun than liberals because they are always right.

James Carville says Republicans should have been careful what they wished for. Gingrich and Santorum will soon be out and the candidate will be the politically detached Romney

The White House probably will announce a compromise Friday on a controversial rule requiring religiously affiliated employers to provide full contraception coverage to women, an administration source said.

A group of House Democrats urged President Obama not to abandon a pending federal rule requiring religiously affiliated employers to provide full contraception coverage to women -- one day after hints of a possible compromise emerged.

Republicans looking to take back the White House in November face a challenging political environment, a trio of conservative political observers said Thursday at an annual gathering of conservative activists.

Charles Garcia says a growing population of Hispanic voters gives that community the numbers needed to determine the winner in swing states

Newt Gingrich believes the U.S. should work more aggressively to remove Bashar al-Assad from power in Syria.

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum said that he has "concerns about women in frontline combat."

James Carville says Republicans should have been careful what they wished for. Gingrich and Santorum will soon be out and the candidate will be the politically detached Romney

Herman Cain tells supporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference how their side can defeat Pres. Obama.

Michelle Bachmann said, "Running for president of the United States is really one series of humiliations after another."

Referring to the Obama administration, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said the GOP needs to end Occupy DC.

Sen. Mitch McConnell said that conservatives are more fun than liberals because they are always right.

Rep. Boehner painted the picture of a conservative utopia at CPAC, including a new president, senate, and lower taxes.

Sen. Marco Rubio tells CPAC that a nation like Syria could replace the U.S. as the greatest nation.

Time is the enemy of the Celtics and Lakers. For one night, that didn't matter, writes Ian Thomsen. Living in the moment of the NBA's greatest rivalry, L.A. beat Boston 88-87 in overtime.

BOSTON (AP) Paul Pierce's shot rimmed out in the final seconds of overtime, and Pau Gasol knew the game wasn't over yet. The ball bounced to Ray Allen, who gave it a two-handed push back toward the basket.

What's behind Notre Dame's success? How critical is a deep bench? Who's the best Tweeter in college hoops? Luke Winn has the answers in the latest edition of Power Rankings.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Dirk Nowitzki's streak survives, despite one of the worst seasons of his career.

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) Tennessee State did what no other team had been able to do this season: beat No. 9 Murray State.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Playing on national TV for the first and only time this season, the Sacramento Kings and their rabid fans put on a good show - at the expense of the Oklahoma City Thunder .

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Former Red Sox pitcher Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd says he probably pitched under the influence of cocaine "at every ballpark" during his 10-year career.

The NHL announced today that the Red Wings will host the Maple Leafs in the 2013 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium. The game will be part of a festival that includes Comerica Park.