After initially telegraphing optimism about President Obama’s decision Friday to amend the religious exemption for mandatory birth-control and sterilization coverage, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has declared total opposition to any compromise on the issue. Read full article > >

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U.S. bishops blast Obama’s contraception compromise

In the opening weeks of the Republican presidential race, Rick Santorum came across as a prickly, exasperated figure on the fringe of the debate stage, spending much of his airtime complaining about the lack of attention from the moderators. Read full article > >

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Rick Santorum has honed his image along the GOP campaign trail

A snubbed handshake sparks angry reactions as a simmering race row between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra overshadows Man United’s win over Liverpool.

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Suarez is a ‘disgrace’ – Ferguson

Rick Santorum’s trio of victories in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri on Tuesday is shifting the Republican presidential contest into a state-by-state fight for delegates that could last much longer than initially anticipated. Read full article > >

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GOP presidential race could turn into a regional delegate battle

Rick Santorum’s rebuke of Mitt Romney could scramble the dynamics of the race even as many in the party’s establishment were urging its most committed activists to finally fall in line behind Mr. Romney.

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Santorum Sweep Sets Stage for New Battle in Republican Race

For the first time since the race began.

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Obama Leading Romney in Virginia

Whatever your perspective on how likely Mitt Romney was to lose the Republican nomination race prior to Tuesday evening, it should be acknowledged that he had about the worst results conceivable.

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FiveThirtyEight: G.O.P. Race Has Hallmarks of Prolonged Battle

Whatever your perspective on how likely Mitt Romney was to lose the Republican nomination race prior to Tuesday evening, it should be acknowledged that he had about the worst results conceivable.

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FiveThirtyEight: G.O.P. Race Has Hallmarks of Prolonged Battle

The UK is braced for its coldest night yet this winter as temperatures in some parts of England could reach as low as -15C.

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UK temperatures set to reach -15C

An appeals court ruled on Monday that Alberto Contador, a three-time winner of the Tour de France, used a performance-enhancing drug when he won the race in 2010.

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Alberto Contador Found Guilty of Doping

There is a growing interest among U.S. foreign policy officials and scholars in deterring Iran; that is, in tolerating a nuclear armed Iran but keeping it at bay by threatening it in kind should it use its nuclear weapons. Although the Obama administration has not embraced this position, some observers believe this is the direction it is headed.

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Opinion: Deter a nuclear Iran?

After losing a second state in less than a week to Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich vowed not to quit the Republican race, charting an itinerary to campaign widely over the next few months.

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The Caucus: Gingrich Vows to Press On

LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney appeared headed for a big victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, an outcome that would give the former Massachusetts governor his second consecutive victory of the year and tighten his claim to dominant front-runner status in what has been a turbulent Republican presidential race. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney poised for victory in Nevada caucuses

A top girls’ school is planning a “failure week” to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.

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Top girls learn value of failure

Presidential contests are inherently an expectations game, and because of that, the expectation is that Saturday’s contest in Nevada doesn’t mean much. Rightly or wrongly, when a state isn’t competitive, we generally discount its broader impact on the presidential race. Read full article > >

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Do Nevada’s caucuses matter?