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Mitt Romney on Iowa: 'We're going to win this thing'
Mon,2 Jan 2012 04:38 PM PST
The Ticket -  MARION, Iowa—Appearing before a jubilant crowd at a rally here, Mitt Romney appeared to predict a victory in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses—surprising his own advisers in the process. "We're going to win this thing with all of our passion and strength and do everything we can to get this campaign on the right track to go [...]
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Police: Gunman's body found at Wash. park
Mon,2 Jan 2012 06:10 PM PST
Associated Press -  An armed Iraq War veteran suspected of killing a Mount Rainier National Park ranger managed to evade snowshoe-wearing SWAT teams and dogs on his trail for nearly a day. He couldn't, however, escape the cold.
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Man arrested in L.A. arson spree
Mon,2 Jan 2012 04:44 PM PST
Associated Press -  Authorities arrested a man Monday in connection with dozens of suspected arson attacks that destroyed parked cars, scorched buildings and rattled much of the nation's second-largest city over the New Year's weekend.
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Romney's test in Iowa: Can he unify social conservatives?
Mon,2 Jan 2012 02:17 PM PST
The Ticket -  DAVENPORT, Iowa--Mitt Romney bounded on stage at the local fairgrounds here Monday morning with a final request for the voters who braved a wind chill in the single digits to hear him speak. "This county did good things for me last time around," Romney said. "I need you to go out and do that again, get [...]
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Perry is working hard to chip away at Santorum in Iowa
Mon,2 Jan 2012 03:12 PM PST
The Ticket -  Rick Perry's campaign clearly sees Rick Santorum's caucus eve rise in the polls as a direct threat to the Texas governor's ability to move on from Iowa with any energy or enthusiasm surrounding his candidacy. Perry is out with a new web video today driving home the message he has been touting on the trail: [...]
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Ron Paul greeted by overflow crowd first day back in Iowa
Mon,2 Jan 2012 12:23 PM PST
The Ticket -  DES MOINES, Iowa-- Ron Paul's first public event in Iowa since the release of a Des Moines Register poll putting him within striking distance of Mitt Romney was so packed that workers took down a dividing wall at the downtown Marriott's Salon D ballroom. Supporters as well as national political reporters lined up to cover [...]
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Poll: Paul, Romney, Santorum tied in Iowa
Mon,2 Jan 2012 07:38 AM PST
The Ticket -  SIOUX CENTER, Iowa--Here's where we stand in the final day before the caucuses. According to the latest survey from Public Policy Polling, it looks like a statistical dead heat between Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum for the top slot in the state. With a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage [...]
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Rose Parade kicks off with pageantry and protest
Mon,2 Jan 2012 11:40 AM PST
Associated Press -  The 2012 Tournament of Roses made its spectacular way down Colorado Boulevard on Monday, but the floral-decked floats and gleaming marching bands were shadowed — literally — by anger at the nation's political and financial woes.
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Santorum shakes up unpredictable Iowa caucus
Mon,2 Jan 2012 05:45 PM PST
Reuters -  DES MOINES (Reuters) - Republican rivals took aim at the conservative credentials of a surging Rick Santorum on Monday in hopes of heading off a last-minute victory by the former senator a day before Iowa kicks off the 2012 presidential election season. Santorum, a second-tier candidate until a jump in the polls last week, claimed momentum as he and other Republican candidates barnstormed across Iowa, criticizing each other and trying to bolster turnout ahead of Tuesday's Iowa caucuses. ...
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Arab League says Syria monitors are helping
Mon,2 Jan 2012 03:57 PM PST
Reuters -  BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of the Arab League has said its peace monitors are helping to ease a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in Syria, but urged President Bashar al-Assad's government to carry out a peace plan in full. Meanwhile army defectors whose armed insurgency has threatened to overshadow the peaceful popular uprising captured dozens of members of the security forces by seizing two checkpoints Monday, the opposition said. ...
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Iran test-fires missiles in Gulf exercise
Mon,2 Jan 2012 06:53 AM PST
Reuters -  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it had successfully test-fired what it described as two long-range missiles, flexing its military muscle in the face of mounting Western pressure over its nuclear program. The announcement came at the climax of 10 days of naval exercises in the Gulf, during which Tehran has warned it could shut the Strait of Hormuz, through which 40 percent of world oil is shipped, if sanctions were imposed on its crude exports. ...
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New York firebomb attacks hit mosque, Hindu site
Mon,2 Jan 2012 12:38 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police are investigating as bias crimes four Molotov cocktail attacks on Sunday night including one against a mosque with 75 people inside and another against a Hindu place of worship. No injuries were reported. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday assigned state law enforcement officials to assist the New York City investigation, saying the attacks "go against everything we stand for as New Yorkers and Americans," and the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the attacks. ...
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Sarkozy, Merkel to meet as Europe seeks crisis exit
Mon,2 Jan 2012 08:17 AM PST
Reuters -  PARIS (Reuters) - France's Nicolas Sarkozy will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on January 9 for talks that are likely to centre on new rules to enforce budget discipline across the European Union. The two leaders are anxious to flesh out a plan agreed at a December summit by all EU members except Britain for a new treaty to forge closer fiscal integration, as Europe battles to stem a sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone. The French president's office announced the upcoming meeting but gave no further details. ...
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Factory output subdued going into 2012
Mon,2 Jan 2012 04:22 AM PST
Reuters -  LONDON/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Global manufacturing activity was subdued going into 2012, with the euro zone's industrial sector suffering its fifth straight month of declines in December and Asian factories mostly stuck in a rut. Monday's purchasing managers indexes (PMIs) provided further evidence that Europe is unlikely to avoid a recession. The rate of decline of activity in euro zone factories eased slightly to raise hopes the downturn will not be as severe as feared, though hiccups in the Spanish and Czech deficit reduction programs emphasized the extent of the continent's debt troubles. ...
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Nigerian anger heats up as petrol prices rocket
Mon,2 Jan 2012 12:49 PM PST
Reuters - ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian motorists and unions vented their anger Monday at a sudden more than doubling of fuel prices, a day after government subsidies were removed in a sweeping economic reform that could trigger mass protests. Opposition leaders, unionists and local rights groups have condemned the move by the state's fuel regulator, which they say will hike the prices of goods at a time when many Nigerians, the majority of whom live on less than $2 per day, already find basic commodities too expensive. ... Full Story | Top |
Libyans linked to Gaddafi can't run in election: draft
Mon,2 Jan 2012 07:46 AM PST
Reuters -  TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyans with ties to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi will be banned from running in elections under a bill drafted by the country's new rulers. Academics who wrote about Gaddafi's "Green Book," containing his musings on politics, economics and everyday life, will also be barred from running under the draft law, published online by the National Transitional Council (NTC) on Sunday night. ...
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Bachmann seeks miracle in presidential race
Mon,2 Jan 2012 07:24 PM PST
Reuters -  OSKALOOSA, Iowa (Reuters) - Facing colossal odds in the Republican nomination race, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann cast her struggle in Biblical terms on Sunday in a late attempt to win over conservative voters. Bachmann spoke from the pulpit of a small church in rural Iowa, telling the congregation about a small group of Israelites who emerged victorious from a battle in which they were outmatched in numbers and weaponry. ...
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Prosecutors to take stage Tuesday in Mubarak trial
Mon,2 Jan 2012 04:44 AM PST
Reuters -  CAIRO (Reuters) - The trial of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak will resume in earnest Tuesday when judges begin hearing arguments from prosecutors, who say Mubarak and his co-defendants are to blame for the deaths of hundreds of protesters. Lawyers demanded Monday that the head of Egypt's ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, be summoned back to the court to give fresh testimony. They also asked for Tantawi's deputy General Sami Anan to give evidence. ...
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Last day: 23 Iowa campaign stops combined
Mon,2 Jan 2012 07:26 PM PST
Associated Press -  The White House their goal, Republican presidential hopefuls raced across Iowa on Monday in a final, full day of frenzied appeals for support in precinct caucuses that open the 2012 campaign. "It is the race you make it," an upset-minded Rick Santorum told voters soon to pick a winner.
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Police: Gunman's body found at Wash. park
Mon,2 Jan 2012 06:10 PM PST
Associated Press - An armed Iraq War veteran suspected of killing a Mount Rainier National Park ranger managed to evade snowshoe-wearing SWAT teams and dogs on his trail for nearly a day. He couldn't, however, escape the cold.
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24-year-old arrested in Los Angeles arson spree
Mon,2 Jan 2012 07:52 PM PST
Associated Press - Authorities arrested a German man Monday in connection with dozens of suspected arson attacks that destroyed parked cars, scorched buildings and rattled much of the nation's second-largest city over the New Year's weekend.
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US auto industry to post another good sales year
Mon,2 Jan 2012 06:20 PM PST
Associated Press -  After hitting a 30-year low in 2009, U.S. auto sales are poised for a second straight year of growth — the result of easier credit, low interest rates and pent-up demand for cars and trucks created by the Great Recession.
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