Newsfix – Get your news fix for today

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum traded barbs on issues as varied as health care reform and Senate endorsements throughout a pivotal Republican presidential debate Wednesday night.

A packed train slammed into the end of the line in a Buenos Aires station, killing 49 people and injuring 600 commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades.

A photo apparently showing Whitney Houston's body in her casket is on the cover of the National Enquirer this week, and other publications and fans of the singer are reacting with outrage.

Tiger Woods barely hangs on, Luke Donald stunned by Ernie Els on a predictably crazy first day of the WGC Match Play Championship.

An old home video from the tail end of a family trip to Disney World appears to show images of the space shuttle exploding. NBC’s Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)

Jurors find former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend, NBC News reported.

An experimental obesity drug from Vivus Inc won a U.S. panel's support on Wednesday, raising hopes regulators would approve a weight-loss pill for the first time in 13 years.

Five months after the first report of listeria infections tied to contaminated cantaloupe, victims of the outbreak continue to die. But just how many isn't clear.

A third-grade girl was wounded and a second student was detained Wednesday at an elementary school in Bremerton, Wash.

The FBI and the New York Police Department are investigating threatening letters that claim to contain dangerous pathogens and were sent to media companies and U.S. senators.

When Michael Rorrer came across 345 comic books in the home of his late great-aunt, he thought they were cool but didn’t think much about their value. On Wednesday, the bulk of the collection got snapped up at an auction for $3.5 million.

Of all the bank fees that customers love to hate, overdraft charges on checking accounts have to be near the top. The government's new consumer protection agency appears to agree.

State Republican legislators have scrapped a bitterly contested proposal to require women seeking abortions to undergo invasive ultrasound imaging.

The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's "one of the most-feared health conditions" on Wednesday as it issued a draft of the nation's first strategy to fight the devastating disease that is on the rise as the population ages.

Washington state may not force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state's true goal is to suppress religious objections by druggists — not to promote timely access to the medicines for people who need them.

The parents of a U.S. soldier who died from rabies after being bitten by a dog in Afghanistan are accusing the Army of “criminal negligence,” the Army Times reports.

Rick Santorum is far from alone in professing a belief in Satan. In fact, most Americans believe in the devil too.

When three boys ran out of firewood while trapped in a Colorado blizzard, they turned to the next flammable thing they could think of, NBC station KUSA of Denver reports.

If you think just keeping your Facebook page free of drunken photos will help you land a job, think again. Facebook facts that make you look worldly and popular may say more about you to a hiring manager than anything else.

With parliamentary elections set for next week, Iran has begun blocking Internet services, Web security experts say, adding to concerns that Iranians will be shut off from the online world.

Emergency personnel and volunteers have staged a dramatic terror attack drill in London to test the city’s readiness ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games.

Two cars slam into each other during a reporter’s live shot in Tampa, Fla. (NBC News)

Scientists in Finland have identified a mutation in the "Abraxas" gene that may be tied to breast cancer.

Authorities say two young children reported kidnapped after a stranger offered to help when their family car broke down have been found safe.

Though the pace of home sales picked up last month as the economy and job market improved, home prices have yet to show any meaningful turnaround.

Arturo de los Santos lost his home to foreclosure more than a year ago and was evicted. Now he's facing forcible removal and arrest after moving back into the home to protest what he says is unfair treatment by lender Freddie Mac.

If you knew you would be around to blow out the candles at your 100th birthday party, would that change how you manage your money today?

For boys suffering from anorexia and other eating disorders, the stigma of having a ‘girls’ disease’ often stymies their recovery.

While many older women run for hair dye the second a gray  hair sprouts, younger women are using the look to provide a heightened contrast to their youth and beauty.  Silver streaks have been getting all the attention from runways in Paris to red carpets in Los Angeles.

You have to give the show credit for latching onto the zombie craze. The six weeks of audition episodes are the reality show's approximation of the walking undead.