Mitt Romney won Illinois' Republican presidential primary and dramatically increased his chances to become his party's 2012 nominee, largely due to the support of moderate conservatives and voters who thought he was the candidate with the best chance to beat President Barack Obama in November.
Southern Miss has disciplined five band members for a racially insensitive chant.
Despite his insurmountable lead in delegates, a loss on Tuesday could be a major symbolic setback for the front-runner's campaign. As one political consultant put it: If Santorum wins, the question will arise: How can Romney beat Obama?
The front-runner has so far amassed more delegates than his Republican rivals combined and is poised to win more Tuesday in Illinois, even if he loses the popular vote, Romney's campaign says. It's stepping up calls for Santorum to concede defeat and quit.
The magnitude of Mitt Romney's landslide win in Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary election on Sunday indicates Rick Santorum's gaffe about the territory's principal language and its effect on the potential for statehood probably had an impact on the results.
For the fourth time since 1967, Puerto Ricans will cast their ballots to either change or maintain the U.S. territory's status. If voters in November jettison the status quo, they can choose between statehood and independence.
Puerto Rico will send 23 delegates to the Republican National Convention in August, so find out here when to look for the results of the 2012 Puerto Rico GOP presidential primary election conducted Sunday, where to watch on TV and online, and how to follow the race on Twitter.
The race here has gained never before attention thanks to the current state of the GOP race where the front runners are trying to grab every single delegate that they can get to clinch the nomination battle in their favor.
Both front-runner Mitt Romney and chief challenger Rick Santorum have added campaign events in Illinois over the next few days in anticipation of the state Republican Party's presidential primary election on Tuesday.
As China's Communist Party government continues to ramp up surveillance on political dissidents, it is becoming increasingly questionable ethically for the companies that provide it with the relevant technology and services. One such company, owned by the Mitt Romney-founded private equity firm Bain Capital, stands to profit from the country's domestic security boom.
Both Puerto Rico and Missouri will be having their caucuses this weekend, but don't expect a big boost for Rick Santorum by Monday.
At last, the most anticipated Apple tablet is going public today. Those who have preordered the new iPad will have to wait three more days (as shipping starts March 19). Apple fans are breathlessly waiting to catch the glimpse of the new iPad. All they dream of is swiping their fingers across the marvelous Retina display.
Those who pre-ordered the third generation iPad in time will get it delivered to their door steps on Friday, but for everyone else there will be a wait in the infamous Apple Store lines that started to form five days ago.
Apple shares hit an all-time high of $600 on the Nasdaq on Thursday, after the new iPad went on sale in Australia Friday morning.
Apple has confirmed that the new iPad, the third generation of its category, will launch in the U.S. and nine other countries on Friday, March 16, at 8 a.m. local time. Here are all the information on the device's pricing, availability, trade-in offers and roundup of reviews from mainstream publications.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum mistakenly asserted today that Puerto Rico cannot achieve statehood unless English is the island's principal language.
A Vietnamese tech site, which claims to have its hands on the new 6GB WiFi + 4G iPad, has leaked photos taken with the tablet's new camera displayed on the revolutionary iPad Retina Display.
It's time to get in line as Apple has announced that the new iPad will be in stores around the world at 8 a.m. local time on Friday.
The frequent runner-up urged supporters to help him beat presumptive front-runner Romney. Now is the time to pull together, Santorum said. We are campaigning everywhere there are delegates because we are going to win this nomination before the convention.
What time is? It is daylight savings time and if you didn't spring forward your clock an hour before bed on Saturday, you may need to do so now to adjust to the 2012 time change.
Springtime has arrived in most American States, and clocks will be going forward one hour at 2 a.m local time, on Sunday.
Daylight Savings Time 2012 means longer days and some few sunlight. It also means a lot of sleepy, grumpy people adjusting to their new schedule and calling for change. Does the practice of Daylight Savings Time need to stop? Should it continue year-round? Or is it just fine the way it is? Vote in our poll to let us know.
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