WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two Republican senators unveiled a Medicare overhaul Thursday that features an accelerated transition to private health insurance for many seniors, a gradual increase in the eligibility age, and higher premiums for middle-class and upper-income retirees.

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) -- A crackdown on unlicensed barbers in Waterbury is stirring a backlash among Latinos, who represent most of the violators.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most Americans don't share Rick Santorum's absolutist take on abortion. He's out of step on women in combat. He questions the values of the two-thirds of mothers who work. He's even troubled by something as commonplace as birth control - for married couples.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer prices rose modestly in January on higher costs for food, gas, rent and clothing.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A political aide to Maryland's former Republican governor was sentenced to 30 days of home detention Thursday for an Election Day robocall conspiracy that prosecutors cast as an effort to keep black voters away from the polls.

SEATTLE (AP) -- The man who killed his two sons in an explosive house fire in Washington state will not be buried in the same cemetery as the children, his family said Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Interracial marriages in the U.S. have climbed to 4.8 million - a record 1 in 12 - as a steady flow of new Asian and Hispanic immigrants expands the pool of prospective spouses. Blacks are now substantially more likely than before to marry whites.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner says he supports a compromise bill extending payroll tax cuts and benefits for the long-term unemployed, but he says it's not going to help the nation's economy.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The one thing 14-year-old Moshe Kai Cavalin dislikes is being called a genius.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.