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Delaware native who ‘saved the world’ dies at 84

The man who discovered that man-made chemicals could destroy the ozone layer has died at the age of 84.

Mar 16 2012 | Posted in Current News | Read More »

Santorum grabs the lead in Alabama and Mississippi

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum seized the lead in the Alabama primary Tuesday night and edged ahead of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in Mississippi, deeply conservative Southern crossroads in the struggle for the Republican presidential nomination.

Mar 13 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Candidates spar before key Miss., Ala. primaries

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum on Sunday nudged rival Newt Gingrich to step aside, arguing a head-to-head contest between himself and Mitt Romney should “occur sooner rather than later.” A defiant Gingrich predicted victories in Tuesday’s primaries in Alabama and Mississippi and called Romney the weakest Republican front-runner in nearly a century.

Mar 11 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Romney’s victories leave GOP leaders unimpressed

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s Super Tuesday victories elicited a collective yawn from his party’s superdelegates.

Mar 9 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Poll: Health overhaul unpopular, but not as feared

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after President Barack Obama signed landmark legislation to cover the uninsured, a new poll finds his health care overhaul is neither better liked nor better understood.

Mar 8 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Romney politely encourages rivals to fold

WASHINGTON — His delegate lead growing, Mitt Romney gently nudged his Republican opponents toward the sidelines on Wednesday and said he was on track to wrap up the presidential nomination before the party convention next summer. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich paid him no mind, vowing to fight on in a campaign marked by persistent ideological divisions.

Mar 7 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Romney wins Ohio, 4 other Super Tuesday states

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney squeezed out a win in pivotal Ohio, captured four other states with ease and padded his delegate lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination but was forced to share the Super Tuesday spotlight with a resurgent Rick Santorum.

Mar 7 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Super Tuesday showdown: Romney-Santorum big day

WASHINGTON — On the eve of their Super Tuesday showdown, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum strained for an edge in Ohio on Monday and braced for the 10 primaries and caucuses likely to redefine the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Mar 5 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »