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Edward Lee Pitts | Despite past infidelities and an establishment background, Newt Gingrich has pedaled his way to evangelical support, but Romney, Santorum, and Paul continue to press

Emily Belz | Meet the woman whose civil-rights journey stretched from Little Rock to Washington, D.C.

Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock play limited roles in film that focuses on a boy's loss of his father on 9/11

Little-watched IFC network now has a big hit

Five new or recent jazz CDs