Gabby Giffords remarkable year-plus long recovery in pictures.

You heard about the almost 40% drop in household wealth caused by the Great Recession. How bad was it compared to past recessions? Take a look.

Live results from the special election for Arizona’s 8th Congressional district, the seat left vacant by the retirement of Gabby Giffords. So far Dem Ron Barber has a 9 point lead. See full results here.

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You can see from our feature piece that George Zimmerman’s wife was arrested and charged with perjury today for lying about the couple’s cash assets. But check out the transcript of the jailhouse phone call in which they tried to bamboozle authorities by talking in code. The code? $155 is code for $155,000.

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Ann Romney’s horse, Rafalca, and her rider, Jan Eberling, qualify for Olympics.

George Zimmerman’s wife has been arrested and charged with perjury for lying on the stand in her husband’s case.

Yesterday the big news of the day was a series of comments former Florida Governor and presidential heir apparent Jeb Bush made at a Bloomberg View breakfast about the state of American politics. Now he’s saying those comments were taken out of context. So what did he really say? Read More

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