Temperatures in parts of the UK plunged to -11C overnight as forecasters warned of a bitterly cold spell and snow showers over the weekend.

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UK shivers as mercury hits -11C

The Sudanese military said on Monday morning that it freed 14 kidnapped Chinese workers who were captured over the weekend by Sudanese rebels.

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Sudan Says It Has Freed 14 Kidnapped Chinese Workers

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — The stakes are high, but Mitt Romney isn’t showing much worry as he caravans across Florida this weekend with a sudden swagger and the newfound looseness of a front-runner who thinks he’s cleared the obstacles in his path. Read full article > >

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Romney gains momentum — and has fun — in Florida

Greece could reach a deal with its creditors over the weekend, according to the EU’s Economic Commissioner, Olli Rehn.

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We’ve got our list of the best events you should check out this weekend . Some of our favorites: the reopening of the French Galleries at the National Gallery of Art, a parade to mark the early days of the Year of the Dragon and Monster Jam at the Verizon Center. Read full article > >

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Plan your weekend: Chinese New Year Parade, French Galleries

We’ve got our list of the best events you should check out this weekend . Some of our favorites: the reopening of the French Galleries at the National Gallery of Art, a parade to mark the early days of the Year of the Dragon and Monster Jam at the Verizon Center. Read full article > >

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Plan your weekend: Chinese New Year Parade, French Galleries

NFL playoff teams made an on-the-field case over the weekend for the ongoing need to play something resembling sturdy defense to advance in the postseason, even in this pass-happy age of offensive pyrotechnics. Read full article > >

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NFL playoffs 2012: Defenses make their case as some of the high-powered offenses go home

What went up is going to come down — and soon. A failed Russian Mars probe stranded above the Earth since November will plunge to its doom this weekend, likely on Sunday. Experts expect the 11 tons of fuel on board to explode high in the atmosphere as friction eats through the craft’s aluminum tanks. Read full article > >

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Incoming space junk: Failed Russian Mars probe expected to crash this weekend

What are you going to do with an extra day off? Start making plans for celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and see our list of the best events this weekend . Some of our favorites: a screwball take on “Romeo and Juliet,” a one-of-a-kind culinary journey and the return of the Ward 8 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade. Read full article > >

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Plan your weekend: ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ a dinner with Carole Greenwood

DERRY, N.H. — On the campaign trail with Newt Gingrich these days, one never really knows who’s going to show up: the Newt who loves or the Newt who hates. Nice Newt went to a World War II museum along the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee over the weekend, telling jokes about his waistline, using words like “happily” and “cheerfully,” and infecting the crowd with his enthusiasm and his relentless command of policy and history. Read full article > >

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Newt Gingrich veers from nice to nasty, with few advisers to guide him

One month after being kicked off a plane for Words With Friends -induced bad behavior, Alec Baldwin quietly returned to Twitter this weekend. The “30 Rock” actor deactivated his much-used account in December after he tweeted complaints about American Airlines and its flight attendants. ( Quote : “Last flight w American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950′s find jobs as flight attendants.”) Read full article > >

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Alec Baldwin returns to Twitter to ask questions, say ‘Happy New Year’

One month after being kicked off a plane for Words With Friends -induced bad behavior, Alec Baldwin quietly returned to Twitter this weekend. The “30 Rock” actor deactivated his much-used account in December after he tweeted complaints about American Airlines and its flight attendants. ( Quote : “Last flight w American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950′s find jobs as flight attendants.”) Read full article > >

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Rick Santorum had two fairly strong debate performances this weekend. His poll numbers, however, have plateaued in New Hampshire and in South Carolina. It isn’t clear whether his lack of TV ad time or, in the case of New Hampshire voters, his emphasis on social issues (and high-visibility arguments at town halls) is at work. Perhaps it is a combination of these, or perhaps he still is a relative unknown to many voters. But it is not too late to pull it together and make a run at Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican primary. Far from it. Read full article > >

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Boy, three- and-a- half hours of debates to check this weekend! The candidates were up to their usual tricks and so the list of suspect statements is long and varied. We will go through them quickly, in the order the statements were made, beginning with the ABC News/Yahoo debate on Saturday night. After that, we tackle the Meet the Press/Facebook debate from Sunday morning. As always, we may take a deeper look at some assertions later in the week, such as the strange case of the dump in Nashville. Read full article > >

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Fact checking the ABC News and ‘Meet the Press’ debates

This weekend Elvis tribute acts from all over Europe are gathering in Birmingham competing to be the King.

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