This is AP News Minute.

Michele Bachmann has ended her presidential campaign. Meantime Rick Santorum is trying to become the conservative heavyweight in the Republican race after his near-tie with Iowa caucus winner Mitt Romney.

There's a blast of cold weather covering central and south Florida. The monitor showed below-freezing numbers for several hours this morning, it gets farmers hoping there will be no lasting damage to their crops.

Two British men are facing significant jail time, convicted of murdering black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993. Thirty-six-year-old Gary Dobson got 15 years while 35-year-old David Norris was sentenced to 14 years. Two were teens at the time of the killing.

And officials at London Zoo are doing their annual animal counting, making sure every single mammal, bird and reptile is on site. It's a huge task, last year there were more than 18,000 representing 150 different species.

Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.