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Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying he's unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney "the worst Republican" to run against Obama? They're hoping you don't.

The negotiating stance from Iranian officials never varies: The Islamic Republic will not give up its capabilities to make nuclear fuel. But embedded in the messages are meanings that reach beyond Tehran's talks with world powers.

Facebook Inc will increase the size of its initial public offering by 25 percent, a source familiar with the matter said, and could raise as much as $16 billion amid strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network.

Warren Buffett's company is apparently bullish on the U.S. auto industry.

An insurgent Republican lawmaker in Nebraska will square off against former Sen. Bob Kerrey this fall in the state's U.S. Senate race, as Democrats look to hold onto the Senate seat and control of one part of Capitol Hill.

Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's best-known authors and a sharp critic of governments in Mexico and the United States, died on Tuesday after a literary career spanning more than five decades. He was 83. Fuentes wrote more than 20 novels and several collections of short stories. His most famous novels include "The Death of Artemio Cruz," "The Old Gringo" and "The Crystal Frontier." "The Old Gringo" was the first U.S. bestseller by a Mexican author and was made into a 1989 movie starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda. ...

Pakistan and the United States appeared on the verge of clinching an agreement to reopen ground supply lines into Afghanistan, a U.S. official said, as Islamabad confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago. Reopening the supply route would be a major breakthrough in ties between Washington and Islamabad. Strained relations have fuelled speculation Pakistan might be excluded from NATO talks on Afghanistan's future. ...

State Sen. Deb Fischer won the Republican nomination in Nebraska's Senate race Tuesday, beating odds-on favorite Jon Bruning in a surprise upset. Fischer narrowly edged out the state Attorney General 41 to 36 percent with 91.5 percent of precincts reporting. State Treasurer Don Stenberg received 19 percent and three additional candidates divided the remainder of [...]