Newt Gingrich

The shuttering of the Union Stock Yard and Transit Co. on July 30, 1971, didn't mark the end of Chicago's role as "hog butcher for the world." That came a year earlier, when "hog alley" closed, a victim of the stockyards' long descent from years of...

There's a lot you can do on Valentine's Day. There's the classic romantic dinner, the chocolate candy, the flowers. There's crying as you watch "Love Actually" home alone (we've just heard about this one). How about a live serenade? The Valentonez are...

It's the economy, stupid — or maybe not. President Barack Obama, with the help of congressional allies, has taken key issues that should be dooming him and turned them to his advantage. Economists agree that growth is slow and jobs scarce...

My grandmother always said, "You can't take back the spoken word." The Democrats' national campaign arm is proving my grandmother right this morning, highlighting the rather long list of negative things Rick Santorum said about Mitt Romney during the...

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, will hold an event in Lansing on Tuesday. It's scheduled to take place at Lansing Community College's Dart Auditorium at 12:35 p.m., according to advisory from the campaign released Sunday....

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is asking Hoosiers for money. The presumptive Republican nominee is in Indianapolis Monday night. According to one source tickets to the event at the JW Marriott started at a $1,000 a person and special...

Popular children's author Maurice Sendak (shown here delivering a 2004 commencement speech at Goucher College) was the subject of a hilarious interview on The Colbert Report last night, touching on topics from Newt Gingrich (he wasn't kind) and kids (he...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mitt Romney cruised to victory in Indiana's Republican presidential primary, padding his dominant lead in the delegate count for the GOP nomination. Romney had no serious challenge in the state and easily outpolled Rick...

HARRODSBURG — If only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum would have stayed in the Republican primary a little longer, Mercer Countians might have had a race they could help determine. As it stands, however, County Clerk Chris Horn isn’t sure...

“Would someone please tell me how many games a year the Suns play in Hagerstown? Also, I agree with the person from Monrovia, Md. Baseball players do not need to wear gloves, and I’m sick of the girls putting their hair behind their ear.&...

COLUMBIA, S.C.(Reuters) - Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours...

An announcement from Rep. Ron Paul indicates that the Republican presidential candidate will no longer actively campaign for the GOP nomination, but will continue to work to secure delegates at upcoming Republican state conventions. "Moving forward,...