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A maker of Scotch whisky plans to start selling its product in a can. You can buy a 12 ounce can — eight shots of 80 proof whiskey — in a container that cannot be re-sealed. The company says it hopes to eventually develop a can you can close.

At a campaign stop, Rick Santorum seemed to say he did not want to "make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money." In an interview last night, Santorum said he condemned all forms of racism.

In New York Diaries, editor Teresa Carpenter presents 400 years of diary excerpts written by people who've lived in or just passed through one of the greatest cities in the world.

The cuts would come with the acceptance that the U.S. could not wage two ground wars at once.

The American College of Physicians urges internists to take cost-effectiveness into consideration when making decisions about patient care, triggering a debate.

It's getting cheaper to be there even when you're far away. Companies that make "telepresence robots" hope to save busy people the hassle of travel.

Crime rates dropped sharply in the past twenty years, according to FBI data, a trend that continues despite the recession and a recent decrease in prison populations. Criminologists see a clear trend, but can't fully explain what's driving the decline in violent and property crime rates.

It took four decades for him to be vindicated. Over the years, he became a hero in the Japanese-American community. And Hirabayashi said the experience gave him more faith in the Constitution.

Candidates made their last-ditch campaign efforts in Iowa Monday ahead of Tuesday's caucuses. The Des Moines Register's Iowa poll predicted a close three-way race between Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum. Pollster Ann Selzer shares the poll results.

Automakers will report U.S. sales for 2011 on Wednesday. When final figures are calculated, sales of new cars and trucks are expected to reach 12.7 million, up from 11.5 million in 2010 and 10.4 million in 2009, the worst year since 1982. For 2012, analysts expect sales to top 13.6 million.