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WASHINGTON (AP) — A resurgent Rick Santorum swept primaries in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday night, upending the race for the Republican presidential nomination yet again and nudging Newt Gingrich toward the sidelines

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Just like it did last year, Hawaii snagged the top spot in Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, which ranks the happiness level of each state.

The index bases happiness on a combination of six factors: emotional health, physical health, healthy lifestyle, job satisfaction, access to health care and safe places to exercise, and, finally, life evaluation — which includes a self-evaluation about your present life situation and your anticipated life situation in five years.

About 177,000 Americans 18 and older took the survey, which was administered between January and June of this year. North Dakota and Alaska took second and third, respectively, while West Virginia rated the unhappiest state. Check out where your state landed below.

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Wondering what all the hoopla is about??

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Watch the live, behind-the-scenes feed from CBS News.

Our friend Bryce Reece of the Wyoming Woolgrowers on vacation with his family on the island of Oahu. 3:30 a.m. at the time of this interview,

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An 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck Japan overnight generating a 33 ft wave that struck the shores of Japan causing widespread damage.

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On December 22, President Obama joined his wife and daughters for a Hawaiian vacation over the Christmas holiday. Though it was supposed to be a quiet vacation away from the 24/7 demands of the White House, where the President goes, so go the cameras

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