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Smirnoff is selling two new flavored vodkas: Fluffed Marshmallow and Whipped Cream. While trying to come up with the right formula, the company studied vanilla-scented laundry soap and candles that smell like cookies.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's poll numbers in Iowa continue to fall — in large part due to a barrage of negative ads over the last month attacking him. So after previously saying he'd only run a positive campaign, Gingrich is now hitting back.

Concluding that he can win the Iowa caucuses, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney spent the weekend campaigning in western Iowa, a mostly conservative region. After months of making only periodic visits to the state, Romney is making an aggressive final push through Iowa.

Foodies are obsessed with all things local and artisanal. But as the trend works through its inevitable life cycle, a bar manager in a hip East Los Angeles neighborhood is touting a cocktail program based entirely on California-produced spirits.

A hunter in Norton, Mass., thought he saw white-tailed deer in the woods. In reality, he was looking at two dogs being taken for a walk. When he fired a shot, the hunter missed both dogs. But the bad news is he wounded the woman walking them.

Brazil's exports to China hit $44.3 billion, an increase of more than 43 percent over 2010. In 2009, China surpassed the U.S. as Brazil's biggest trading partner. For 2011, Brazil logged $256 billion in exports, with a $29.7 billion surplus.

Saudi Arabia said Monday it will enforce a law that allows only females to work in women's lingerie and apparel stores, despite disapproval from the country's top cleric. Saudi women have boycotted lingerie stores, to pressure them to employ women.

A giant steel plant would bring thousands of jobs to a rural area in eastern India. But local farmers have been opposing the project for years in a battle that symbolizes the friction that often occurs in India's fast-growing economy.

An explosion set off a series of shootings by a U.S. Marine squad in Haditha in one of the war's more controversial incidents. The military trial starts this week for the squad's leader, the only Marine still facing charges in the killings. Others were acquitted or had the charges against them dropped.

A Los Angeles woman is one of many Civic Hybrid owners who claim their vehicle does not get as many miles to the gallon as promised. Heather Peters is suing Honda in small claims court. Meanwhile, drivers in Nigeria have taken to the streets in several cities after the government took away a critical gas subsidy.