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The Conservative Political Action Conference made Sen. Rand Paul its top choice Saturday, less than two years before primary voting begins for the 2016 election.

One World Trade Center is now the third tallest building in the world, overtaking Taipei's 1,667 ft. structure. The Willis Tower in Chicago now loses its claim as the tallest building in the United States.

Mary Barra has broken through the glass ceiling of the auto industry to become the first female CEO of General Motors. She'll take the helm of GM in January. But Barra is actually a return to tradition in other ways: GM will be led by an insider, and an engineer, for the first time in many years.

How popular is the latest Disney animated musical with its target demographic? One measure: Two different versions of the song "Let It Go" are currently in the BillboardTop 40.

City Councilman Kevin Faulconer will fill the seat vacated by disgraced former Mayor Bob Filner, a Democrat. Filner left office after less than a year following sexual harassment allegations from more than a dozen women.

Google says it is now encrypting data as it moves between its servers and every session of Gmail will use a secure connection. The government has said tech companies knew the NSA was collecting data.

A new poll finds there are only two U.S. states where at least 50 percent of residents say they've recently given either money or time to charity: Utah and Minnesota.

"I think we overreached in '98 — how's that for a quote you can use?" the former House speaker says of the Clinton impeachment. Now he tells fellow Republicans that they need to be "calm and factual" as they pursue answers from the Obama administration about the IRS and other scandals.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has a new study of tax breaks in the tax code, and sure enough most of the biggest ones benefit the wealthiest taxpayers.

A classic cold snap that's gripping states from North Dakota east and south through the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England continues. We're looking for original answers to our question: How cold is it?