Republican primaries schedule and results

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:01:00 -0500

By United Press International
The following are the dates for the 2012 Republican presidential primaries and their results. All are Tuesdays unless otherwise noted:

Suspect in Philly killing arrested in NYC

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:41:14 -0500

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A suspect in a Philadelphia killing was arrested Friday in New York and could become a suspect in the shooting of a potential witness, police said.

Pa. inmate charged with 2008 killing

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:29:03 -0500

MEDIA, Pa., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A young man serving a prison sentence for robbery was charged Friday with the murder of a guidance counselor gunned down in 2008 in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Double homicide follows spouse swap

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:07:56 -0500

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man was charged Friday with killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend after a spouse-swapping agreement went sour, prosecutors said.

Brothers charged with decapitation killing

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:27:08 -0500

MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Two brothers were charged Friday with killing a man whose burning decapitated body was discovered by firefighters in the Manchester, England, area.

Former Boston Mayor White dies at 82

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:39:39 -0500

BOSTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Kevin White, who served four terms as mayor of Boston, has died, city officials said Friday. He was 82.

Report: 'Mothership' racing toward Mideast

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:22:20 -0500

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Pentagon is expediting a request for a so-called mothership to function as a Middle East staging base for U.S. commandos, Defense Department records show.

Iran to restart nuclear talks

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:09:35 -0500

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Iran is prepared to restart talks with a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency in Tehran Sunday, officials said.

Calif. mandates more emission-free cars

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:08:50 -0500

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- State regulators in California Friday approved rules that will require automakers to expand production of vehicles that emit less greenhouse gas.

Priest missed retreat for Concordia cruise

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:57:40 -0500

GIGLIO, Italy, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- An Italian priest who survived the Costa Concordia disaster says he will have to explain to parishioners why he was on the ship instead of at a retreat.

Arizona to open legal medical pot center

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:57:00 -0500

PHOENIX, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Caregivers in Arizona say a state-legal marijuana cultivation center, the nation's first, will allow them to grow their own pot for medicinal use.

Russian panel rejects 2 presidential bids

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:55:11 -0500

MOSCOW, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Russian Central Election Committee rejected Liberal opposition leader Grigory Yavlinsky's bid to run for president against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Former AG smoked pot, opposes legalization

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:52:59 -0500

DETROIT, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A former Michigan attorney general who admits he smoked pot in high school says he's not against it philosophically but sees practical problems in legalization.

Kirk said doing well after stroke surgery

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:47:53 -0500

CHICAGO, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The neurosurgeon who operated on Sen. Mark Kirk R-Ill., to relieve pressure on his swelling brain said Kirk is "doing quite well."

Rescued aid workers recuperating

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:38:46 -0500

CATANIA, Sicily, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Two aid workers rescued by U.S. Special Forces after months of captivity in Somalia are resting at a U.S. base in Sicily, a military official said Friday.

Mark Kelly not running for Giffords' seat

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:09:58 -0500

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Mark Kelly said Friday he is not running for the House seat left vacant by the resignation of his wife, Gabrielle Giffords D-Ariz.

Bonanno crime family members arrested

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:02:56 -0500

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Five members of the Bonanno crime family were arrested in New York Friday on racketeering and related charges, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Occupy London protesters move locations

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:55:22 -0500

LONDON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Occupy London protesters have taken over a defunct Iraqi bank in the city's financial district, officials said.

Counselor can sue employer for firing

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:52:41 -0500

CINCINNATI, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- An Eastern Michigan University counselor fired for her refusal to counsel gay and lesbian students won the right to sue her employer Friday.

Bangkok governor warned about flood threat

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:41:35 -0500

BANGKOK, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Thailand's interior minister said he would remove the Bangkok governor if he fails to work with the government in preparing for potential floods this year.

Obama says he has House Dems' backs

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:21:30 -0500

CAMBRIDGE, Md., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- This year's election will be difficult because Americans still hurt from the economic slowdown and are fed up with Washington, President Obama said Friday.

Musharraf delays return to Pakistan

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:17:05 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf canceled plans to return there after he was warned he faced immediate arrest, his party said Friday.

Tibetan protesters clash with police

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:14:16 -0500

BEIJING, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- At least one person was killed when angry Tibetans clashed with police in western China after a man putting up posters was arrested, Tibetan exile groups say.

Pope warns Catholics to hold to doctrine

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:59:58 -0500

VATICAN CITY, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI said Friday at the Vatican the world faces a crisis of faith and warned against indifference to doctrine in the name of religious unity.

Earthquakes hit Italy, Greece

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:45:51 -0500

PARMA, Italy, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Separate earthquakes shook northern Italy and the Greek island of Crete, officials said.

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