Ron Paul has yet to win a Republican primary or caucus. But his aim is to steadily gain delegates, building a movement and perhaps getting recognition at his party's nominating convention.

What do you really know about the NFL’s San Francisco franchise? Find out by taking this 10-question quiz in the lead-up to Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the New York Giants.

Hamas' political chief Khaled Meshal is stepping down as the militant Palestinian group faces a regional moment of change.

AP - Newt Gingrich worked to capitalize Sunday on his upset victory in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary, while Mitt Romney moved quickly to cut his losses before the next contest with a promise to release his income tax returns within 48 hours.

AP - Other than family, football was everything to Joe Paterno. It was his lifeblood. It kept him pumped.

AP - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little more than a year ago that shook the country.