
President Obama took his middle-class tax-cut message on Tuesday to Iowa, a state where some of the same voters who helped hand him a landslide primary victory and inspired the nation to embrace his come-from-behind candidacy in 2008 are experiencing a case of buyer's remorse.

CNN's Anderson Cooper revealed on Monday that he is gay, ending years of reluctance to talk about his personal life in public.
Nine months after a Texas Rangers fan died after falling over an outfield railing at a game, his 7-year-old son helped unveil a statue Thursday honoring his father and others who love America's pastime.
Peyton Manning reportedly is on his way out of Indianapolis, where his 14-year run with the Colts included one Super Bowl title and a record four MVP awards.

A group of abortion clinics, doctors and pro-choice groups are suing to block a North Carolina law that would require a pregnant woman to have an ultrasound and receive information about her fetus before she can obtain an abortion.
A composition by Beethoven that was discarded and unheard for over 200 years has been reconstructed, a British university said Wednesday.
The Texas Rangers fan killed last month when he fell from the stands at Rangers Ballpark while reaching for a ball will be honored with a bronze statue at the stadium.

Hundreds of friends and family joined a funeral procession Monday for 39-year-old Lt. Shannon Stone, who was fatally injured trying to catch a souvenir baseball at a Texas Rangers game.
Shannon Stone loved joking around with his pals. He loved giving nicknames to his colleagues. And he loved being a fireman, the job he'd wanted since he was a kid.