Republicans and Democrats here say it’s never easy to predict which way the Centennial State may swing.

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Colorado looks like a solid purple state for fall election

School officials give parents the chance to transfer their children out of Miramonte Elementary School, site of sexual abuse charges.

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Transfers from L.A. school in child sex abuse case OK’d

The Josh Powell case sparks questions about whether more could have been done to protect the two boys in the middle of a child custody war.

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Powell tragedy sparks questions about child custody

Mitt Romney’s claim to inevitability in the GOP presidential race was shaken Tuesday as Rick Santorum won a pair of state contests.

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Santorum victories in Missouri, Minnesota bolster his case

President Obama’s decision to back unlimited donations to a super PAC opens the door to donations by lobbyists to support his re-election.

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Obama now urges donations to super PAC backing him

The officials said the missiles hit a house Wednesday in Spalga village in the North Waziristan tribal area.

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Pakistani officials: U.S. missiles killed 8

A judge heard arguments on whether a female teenager should be sentenced to life in prison in a brutal slaying.

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Sentence likely Wednesday for teen killer

Mexican authorities have arrested a top Sinaloa drug cartel figure linked to weapons from the “Fast and Furious” gun-walking operation.

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Mexico nabs figure tied to ‘Fast and Furious’

For generations, the moment the mail arrives has bound us together as people and a nation.

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Bell tolls for the U.S. Mail, as we know it

No rape charges will be filed against Greg Kelly, the son of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, the New York Daily News is reporting.

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Lawyer: No rape charges for NYPD chief’s son

Inspectors searching for anti-aircraft missiles amassed by Moammar Gadhafi can’t account for potentially thousands of them.

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Gadhafi regime missiles missing

Our live blog of GOP presidential race contests. Rick Santorum sweeps GOP contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado and has put a dent into …

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Live blog: Santorum sweeps three states

Pastors set out to remove the “stained-glass barriers” for people who might not be comfortable in traditional church settings.

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Churches go less formal to make people comfortable

Ron Paul said he feels “positive” about his campaign and is looking ahead to Maine’s caucuses for his first victory in the Republican presidential …

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Paul ‘optimistic’ about picking up delegates

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., tells USA TODAY he’s getting married in July. That will make him the first openly gay member of Congress to have …

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Rep. Barney Frank sets July wedding date

Air France expects to cancel nearly half its long haul flights Tuesday as a strike by aviation workers enters its second day.

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French strike expected to ground many overseas flights

Bob Bradley, an American who coaches Egypt's national soccer team, says Egypt's love for soccer is intertwined with its political revolution.

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Egypt’s American soccer coach

The Italian captain of the shipwrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia must remain under house arrest while investigators look into possible charges against him, a court in Florence, Italy, ruled Tuesday, a defense lawyer said.

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Cruise ship captain must remain under house arrest

Greek union members are expected to go on a daylong strike Tuesday to protest new austerity measures sought by foreign lenders as the country negotiates to keep its finances afloat.

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Greek unions set to strike over new austerity demands

President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives resigned Tuesday after members of the nation's police force revolted against his government.

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Police revolt topples Maldives president

Australian authorities on Tuesday told more than 2,000 residents who had left a town at the mercy of record-breaking flood waters to stay away until the danger had passed.

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Australian town under water

Eastern Europe remained in the grip of brutal cold and deep snows Tuesday, with authorities in Ukraine, the hardest-hit country, scrambling to help thousands of people whose lives are at risk due to the weather.

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Eastern Europe struggles with brutal winter

A Norwegian court concluded Monday that Anders Behring Breivik — the man charged with killing 77 people last July, an attack he claimed merited a medal of honor — can legally be kept in custody until his trial starts in April, according to court documents.

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Norway shooting suspect: I deserve a medal

Jackie Speier: Rape in the military is epidemic, yet only a few cases go to trial — largely because commanders call all the shots. Victims deserve impartial investigations and a chance for cases to be tried in a military court.

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Military rape victims need justice

Twenty-three years after the murder of Sherri Rasmussen, a Los Angeles police officer is questioned in her death.

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Cop bristles during interrogation