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Florida is where Cain for a time became a frontrunner — winning the GOP straw poll here two months ago. In a visit to southern Florida Wednesday, Cain sought to turn attention back to his 9-9-9 tax plan.

After Occupy Wall Street protesters were evicted from Zuccotti Park, it seemed a changed space. But protesters vowed to make Thursday's day of action big.

Increased military cooperation between the countries reflects a broader strategy of repositioning troops in northern Asia and a downgrade of forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Specialists say it is also a response to wary U.S. allies in Asia concerned about China's military modernization.

Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve, a dramatic account of the Renaissance-era rediscovery of the Latin poet Lucretius, won for nonfiction. Salvage the Bones, set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, by Jesmyn Ward, won for fiction.

Now that Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as Italy's prime minister, he'll have more time for his music. Berlusconi's newest album is called True Love. It will be releases this month.

If a congressional supercommittee fails to agree on $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction, it could trigger automatic across-the-board cuts in spending. Both conservatives and liberals fear the cuts could be draconian. But others say the automatic trigger is the only real hope for curbing government spending.

The Obama administration's point man on energy issues is on Capitol Hill to defend the $528 million in federal loans made to the now-bankrupt solar energy company.

Law enforcement officials tell several news outlets that Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez had told others of his anger toward President Obama and Washington.

Maryland farmer David Heisler is luring customers to try fresh pumpkin with 38 varieties. They come in orange, but also red, green, yellow, white, speckled, and blue.

The state of Mississippi has the highest percentage of its population — 24 percent — on food stamps of any state in the country. The director of the SNAP program in Mississippi explains why.