Penn State University said it has paid $3.2 million for legal fees, consultants and public relations firms to address the scandal that exploded with former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's Nov. 5 arrest on child sex abuse charges. (Today)

WASHINGTON -- Education, infrastructure and job creation emerged as top priorities in President Barack Obama's election-year budget that would increase taxes on the wealthy while cutting spending on discretionary programs. (Today)

WASHINGTON -- Republicans in and out of Washington savaged President Barack Obama's proposed budget for the 2013 fiscal year as a broken promise on deficit reduction made worse by a series of gimmicks that overstate what budget savings there are. (Today)

Rick Santorum has pulled even with Mitt Romney in two national polls while vaulting ahead of him in his home state, Michigan, the site of one of the next two primary contests in the tumultuous Republican presidential race. (Today)

Responding to a growing outcry over conditions at its overseas factories, Apple said Monday that an outside organization had begun to audit working conditions at the plants where the bulk of iPhones, iPads and other Apple products are built, and that the group would make its finding public. (Today)