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Most American states are doing a subpar job in protecting against corruption and assuring accountability, according a study released Monday.

The Rick Santorum campaign has a plan to narrow the delegate gap with Mitt Romney. John King says it's improbable.

John Avlon says the Republican contest comes to a state filled with GOP history, but one where moderates are in retreat

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative Republicans controlling the House unveiled a budget blueprint Tuesday that combines slashing cuts to safety net programs for the poor with sharply lower tax rates in an election-year manifesto painting clear campaign differences with President Barack Obama....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative Republicans controlling the House unveiled a budget blueprint Tuesday that combines slashing cuts to safety net programs for the poor with sharply lower tax rates in an election-year manifesto painting clear campaign differences with President Barack Obama....

A group of bus drivers from Northamptonshire who won Friday's Euromillions jackpot are given their £38m cheque.

ROME (AP) -- Thanks to two Marios, Italy's image as the fun-loving land of the bunga bunga party but unreliable partner in Europe is under reconstruction - sparking cultural shifts at home....

24 hours of news photos: 20 March 2012

Volokh Conspiracy: What Are the Damages for a Fourth Amendment Search? by Orin Kerr:

Imagine the police search a home for evidence of crime. No one is home but the door is unlocked, and the officers look in the kitchen, bedroom, and closets. They find nothing, and then they leave. Assume that the police do not damage any property or make a mess of things inside the home.

. . .

Now imagine the homeowner learns of the search. The homeowner believes correctly that the search violated the Fourth Amendment, and he sues the officers for money damages. Imagine five possibilities for why the search violated the Fourth Amendment: ...

Here’s my question. Assume that there is no qualified immunity, and that the officers are liable for whatever damages the homeowner suffered for the search. If you are a juror and you are tasked with estimating the damages, what do you think the damages are for these five scenarios?

With this Supreme Court, not much. Maybe no qualified immunity, but how do you calculate the damages?

BEIJING (AP) -- One of China's highest-profile politicians interfered in an investigation involving a family member before he was fired last week, according to a leaked transcript that has escalated what already was the country's biggest political scandal in years....

A woman at a Mitt Romney rally in Illinois tells Romney free birth control would make her "happy."

Broadcaster Richard Bacon says he was the victim of internet abuse when he took over from Simon Mayo as a presenter on BBC Radio 5 live.

Profits slump at German retail giant Metro as European shoppers cut back spending in the midst of the economic crisis.

GENEVA (AP) -- Syria has agreed to allow aid workers and supply convoys into four of its hardest-hit provinces, a promise of some relief in a nation where at least 1 million people are in urgent need of aid because of the bloody civil conflict, officials said Tuesday....

Seen the news today? It's all about what happens. But what about what didn't happen, asks Michael Blastland.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- A still life once thought to be by Vincent van Gogh but later downgraded to the work of an anonymous artist because of doubts about its authenticity is indeed by the tormented Dutch impressionist, researchers said Tuesday....

TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- Hundreds of police blanketed southern France on Tuesday, searching for a gunman - possibly a racist, anti-Semitic serial killer - who killed four people at a Jewish school and may have filmed his attack....

PARIS (AP) -- Governments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime following a gruesome massacre that the United Nations said involved close-range shootings of scores of children and parents in their homes....

Inflation in the UK continued to fall in February, thanks largely to lower fuel bills, with the Consumer Prices Index falling to 3.4%, a 15-month low.

Walt Disney expects to lose $200m (£126m) on its movie John Carter, making it one of the biggest flops in cinema history.