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Newt Gingrich takes commanding lead in 3 early voting states – can he stay ahead?
Newt Gingrich continues to cement his status as the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. New polls give the former House speaker a commanding lead in three of the first four voting states – Iowa, South Carolina, and Florida.Â
The polls, however, show Mitt Romney as slightly more competitive Republican candidate in a potential match-up with President Barack Obama.
Carol Costello talks with CNN contributor's David Frum and Maria Cardona to discuss what Romney needs to do to regain the momentum.
Gold coins, diamonds dropped in Salvation Army buckets – what's behind the generosity?
This holiday season, streets all over the country are ringing once again. The Salvation Army bell ringers are out in full force.
They've been bringing in some big donations – and people are dropping more than just cash into those red buckets. The Salvation Army says they've received gold coins and even diamonds.
Alina Cho talks with Major George Hood, National Community Relations and Development Secretary for the Salvation Army, to discuss some of these interesting finds.
Popular birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin linked to increased blood clot risk
Yaz and Yasmin were once marketed as "wonder drugs," used by millions of women across the country. But these two popular birth control pills may have some very dangerous side effects.Â
New research shows that the pills are linked with a higher risk of blood clots. The FDA is holding a hearing Thursday to discuss these health concerns.
CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen previews the hearing with Carol Costello and Alina Cho.
Tech CEO seeks to eliminate office emails – he explains why on AM
Imagine...a workplace without emails.Â
It sounds farfetched, but one of the largest information technology companies in the world wants a "zero email" policy to be in place by 2013. Atos CEO Thierry Breton says there's too much "email pollution" within in his company. Breton wants to replace internal email with newer social media technology.
Alina Cho talks with Breton about where he got the idea to eliminate workplace email and how he plans to implement this policy.
One family's journey from Iowa to ancestral village in Crotia
We've all thought about running away sometime, leaving behind the stresses of our current life. After losing half their life savings in the financial crisis, Jennifer Wilson and her husband, Jim Hoff, did just that. They took their two kids and left their life in Des Moines, Iowa for a remote village in Croatia that was Wilson's family's ancestral homeland.
Today on American Morning, Christine Romans sits down with Wilson and Hoff to discuss their family's journey of discovery.
Herman Cain on the black community
Herman Cain will appear in a half-hour news documentary tomorrow night on BET. The special charts the Georgia businessman's rise and demise in the 2012 GOP presidential campaign. Cain also gives his thoughts on the black community and addresses what he calls "scams perpetrated on blacks" by liberal black leaders.
Today on American Morning, BET correspondent Emmett Miller Miller previews the Cain documentary with Carol Costello.
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