Santorum turns campaign rhetoric against Obama (AP)

AP - Relishing the momentum he's gained from Iowa, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is talking as if he's the Republican presidential standardbearer, focusing his campaign rhetoric on President Barack Obama rather than his GOP campaign rivals.

5 days from next contest, rivals race for money (AP)

AP - As they try to derail Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, his challengers face an urgent task: raising enough cash to compete.

Odd allies: Gingrich, Obama align in attacks on Romney (Reuters)

Reuters - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, angry over his poor performance in the Iowa caucuses, may have a new and unlikely partner in his quest to tarnish rival Mitt Romney: President Barack Obama.

After slim Iowa win, Romney seeks a big NH victory (AP)

AP - After pocketing a big endorsement from John McCain, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is seeking to lock down support in New Hampshire while courting conservatives in bellwether South Carolina. His latest top rival, Rick Santorum, is facing renewed scrutiny of his record after a surprise showing in Iowa's caucuses.

McCain says GOP should settle quickly on Romney (AP)

AP - Just two days after the first votes in the race to pick a Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain says it's time to wrap things up.

Romney airing new campaign ad in SC (AP)

AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is bashing the National Labor Relations Board in a new South Carolina ad airing the day after the Obama administration announced recess appointments to the labor panel.

Santorum's conservative record has some blemishes (AP)

AP - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum nearly won Iowa's caucuses with a message of fiscal conservatism and a muscular foreign policy. But even conservatives view Santorum's claims skeptically in light of his 16 years in Congress.

NY Gov. Cuomo sets aggressive agenda for 2nd year (AP)

AP - While outlining an aggressive agenda to boost New York's economy during his second year in office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo advocated several measures to help the poor and dispossessed such as better access to food stamps, new offices to protect tenants' rights and help homeowners avoid foreclosure, establishing a health insurance exchange and improving care for disabled adults.

Santorum faces organization, money hurdles (AP)

AP - Rick Santorum is counting on momentum — and perhaps help from outside groups — to carry him to victory in New Hampshire and beyond.

Iowa vote doesn't resolve GOP search for identity (AP)

AP - The Republicans' identity crisis is producing the most volatile presidential primary season in memory and threatening to dilute the conservative fervor that swept the party to huge wins in 2010.

Exclusive: EU agrees to embargo on Iranian crude (Reuters)

Reuters - European governments have agreed in principle to ban imports of Iranian oil, EU diplomats said on Wednesday, dealing a blow to Tehran that crowns new Western sanctions months before an Iranian election.

US wants 2012 talks for Taliban political office (AP)

AP - The Obama administration hopes to restore momentum in the spring to U.S. talks with the Taliban insurgency that had reached a critical point before falling apart this month because of objections from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. and Afghan officials said.