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Mitt Romney's back-to-back wins give him powerful momentum heading into the next set of GOP contests. Ron Paul came in second in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary followed by Jon Huntsman. A week ago, Romney won the Iowa caucuses.

After no-drama New Hampshire, the Palmetto State is shaping up to be a fierce battle for the Republican presidential nomination. It's also a crucial spot for opponents to derail Mitt Romney.

Ben Motz of Indiana University looked at NFL games over a 25-year span, and found the home team won 57 percent of the time. Professor Motz did find the home team's winning percentage dropped with the advent of instant replay.

There's a new award for brutal book reviews in Britain: the Hatchet Job of the Year Award. A Julian Barnes book is dismissed as "just so... average." A biography of Martin Amis is called "spectacularly bad writing about spectacularly good writing."

A dozen cases of totally drug-resistant tuberculosis have been diagnosed in Mumbai. Infectious disease specialists say there will be more cases in India and other countries where TB that doesn't respond to some drugs is being treated inappropriately.

The haul also solidifies Romney's status as the lead man in the primary contest. He saw a significant increase in donations, while his opponents raised less money.

Mitt Romney is building momentum with wins in Iowa and New Hampshire. But he still faces criticism from fellow Republican rivals as the candidates turn toward South Carolina's primary. Host Michel Martin discusses the latest political news with U.S.News & World Report columnist Mary Kate Cary and journalism professor Cynthia Tucker.

The program says it lost records of volunteers from its early days and now it wants to get back in touch.

Melissa Block talks to former New Hampshire Republican Sen. Bob Smith. He's a Newt Gingrich supporter, and he now lives in Florida.

Low levels of a fungicide called carbendazim have been found in orange juice products that contained juice imported from Brazil. Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is detaining orange juice imports from all countries to check for the chemical.