WASHINGTON - In a reversal, President Obama is embracing the big-money fund-raising groups he assailed as a "threat to democracy" on the grounds they let money corrode elections. His shift is a pragmatic move to win reelection, and a concession that his team had no choice but to go along with today's supercharged rules.

HAVANA - When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents.

PATHEIN, Myanmar - Crowds of supporters greeted Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with thunderous applause as she embarked Tuesday on her first campaign trip since becoming an official candidate for April elections.

DENVER, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Republican White House hopeful Rick Santorum swept the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and won the non-binding Missouri primary, officials said early Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota's Republican caucuses with ease Tuesday, relegating front-runner Mitt Romney to a distant third-place finish that raised fresh questions about his ability to attract ardent conservatives at the core of the GOP political base.