Republican Debate Highlights The Aggression In Candidates

The race for the Republican presidential nomination took a turn toward the surreal South Carolina Thursday, Rick Perry, retired, Newt Gingrich to allegations of an imposing ex-wife and Mitt Romney struggled to prop up a fragile front-runner.

Aggressive debate capped the night of puzzling.

Former Sen. Rick Santorum played aggressor by night, trying to inject in what looked increasingly like a two-way race with little more than a day remaining until the elections in South Carolina open on Saturdays. Romney and Gingrich accused of "playing footsies with the left" when it comes to health services. Both men deny the charges.

The debate began just hours after the first word that Romney had been stripped of his win in Iowa caucuses, only to be stung a few hours after the withdrawal of Perry and the support of Gingrich.

Gingrich, in turn, was accused by an ex-wife to seek an open marriage, to keep your lover.

Watch this video monitor on key issues in the minds of social conservative voters in South Carolina values.

"Newt is not perfect, but that is between us," said Perry, suddenly quit the race just before the first primary in the South.

His decision to end a once-promising candidate left Romney, Gingrich, Santorum and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas rest of the contenders in the race to elect a Republican to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama this fall.

Nine hours after Perry left the stage, the four remaining candidates walked to another for a final pre-primary debate.

Gingrich angrily denounced the media for his ex-wife put front and center in the last days of the race. "Let me be clear, the story is false," he said. Santorum, Romney and Paul directed well away from the controversy. "We're real problems, that's all I have to say," Romney said, but noted that he and his wife, Ann, have been married for 42 years.

The audience gave a standing ovation, Gingrich, when he attacked the media, a reaction can only hope that is reflected in the opinion of voters on Saturday.

The four remaining Republican candidates vigorously attacked Obama, while Santorum, in particular, tried to raise his own profile.

Presented to the audience from the beginning, he referred to his change of fortune in Iowa, where a manifesto of eight votes in the assemblies of the defeat on January 3 was transformed into an advantage late 34 votes - but the Republican Party of Iowa not declare a winner.

Santorum played at both Gingrich and Romney, but seemed to pay more attention to the first. If Gingrich is the candidate of the party, said, "you kind of have the time worrying that something will explode. And we can not allow a candidate."

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Italian Rescuers Find A Third Survivor On A Cruise Ship That Ran Aground

Giglio, Italy - Firefighters worked on Sunday to rescue a crew member with a suspected broken leg dump the old luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, 36 hours after it ran aground in the exercise of more than 4,200 people.

The spokesman Luca Cari told The Associated Press that rescuers had spoken to the person inside the ship, an Italian working group in cabin service. On Saturday night a couple of South Korea in their honeymoon when firefighters rescued the submerged part of the boat heard his cries.

Three people are confirmed dead after the cruise ship ran aground on a huge Friday night, and some 40 are still missing, of.

Police divers and rescue teams on Sunday revolved around the wreck of a ship off the coast of the island of Giglio. The crew dinghies were touching the hull with their hands, near the site of 160 feet (50 meters) long Gash where water flooded and caused the ship to fall on the side.

Coast Guard officials said divers will try to enter the belly of the ship in case someone is still inside.

Coast Guard spokesman Captain Filippo Marini told Sky Italia TV that Coast Guard divers recovered the so-called "black box" with the recording of the details of navigation from a compartment under water now.

Late Saturday, firefighters who had been looking for the Costa Concordia for dozens who remained missing distinct heard screams, "one of a male voice, others in a female voice" from the cruise liner, the Coast Guard officer Marcello Fertitta said.

They turned out to be honeymoon South Korean couples, who have been identified in good conditions, fire Cmdr Prato. Vincenzo Bennardo told The Associated Press from the scene.

The horrific, crazy break free from the extravagance lining was immediately out of a world from “Titanic” for many of the 4,000-plus travelers and team on the send, which ran aground off the German shore overdue Exclusive and made on its side.

Many travelers reported the team just didn't give those good guidelines on how to leave and once the crisis became crystal clear, overdue decreasing the lifeboats until the send was list too intensely for many to be published.

Several other travelers said team associates informed travelers for 45 moments that there was a simple “technical problem” that had triggered the signals to go off.

Passengers said they had never taken part in an evacuation routine, although one had been planned for Wednesday. The vacation started on Jan. 7.

Costa Crociera SpA, which is run by the U.S.-based vacation large Fat tuesday Corp., protected the activities of its team and said it was family interaction with the research. Fat tuesday Corp. published a report revealing consideration that just didn't deal with the suggestions of overdue evacuation.

The leader, Francesco Schettino, was arrested for pondering by prosecutors, analyzing him for alleged wrongful death, breaking send before all others, and producing a shipwreck, state TV and Sky TV said. District attorney Francesco Verusio was offered by the ANSA information organization as saying Schettino purposely decided a path that was too close to shore.

This particular language said two of the verified sufferers were Frenchmen; a Peruvian diplomat recognized the third sufferer as Tomas Alberto Costilla Mendoza, 49, a crewman from Peru. Some 30 individuals were seriously injured, at least two seriously.

The Filipino Office of Overseas Relationships said some 300 of the team associates were People from the philippines and that three of them were seriously injured.

Anello Fiorentino, leader of a boat that works between Giglio and the landmass, said he creates the traversing every day without experiencing issues.

“Yes, if you get near the shore there are coral reefs, but this is expand of sea where all the delivers can properly complete,” he said.

Islanders on Giglio started out up their residences and companies to provide the rapid hurry of heirs.

Rossana Bafigi, who works a newsstand, said she was really shifted by the response of the travelers.

She revealed a be aware eventually left by one German household that said, “We want to pay back you for the disruption. Please contact us; we took use and cookies for the kids. Claudia.”

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Brad Pitt clears Up The Mystery Of His Limp

Although there paraded the likes of George Clooney and Tom Hanks, the only thing that mattered on the Red Carpet Film Festival Palm Springs this weekend was the reason for the limp and cane worn by Brad Pitt. The reason, after several days of speculation in the American press was an accident when the actor of 48 years carrying one of his daughters.

Pitt, who attended the festival to receive an award for his work in 'Moneyball' and 'The Tree of Life', clarified that there was a skiing accident, as he said, but a fall while holding his daughter Vivienne. "It was her or me," the actor told reporters at the famous town in the Californian desert.

Despite being a knee injury, Pitt said he hoped not to have to go under the knife, just at a time that likely will be starring in the major awards of the season as the Golden Globes and the Oscars.

The Oklahoma came from the hand of his wife, Angelina Jolie, who has also enjoyed international attention with his debut behind the camera with 'In the Land of Blood and Honey'. The actress also said it was "too shy" to qualify as a director and screenwriter, "but I moved to work on something that matters to me," he said.

All this amid rumors about a possible extension of the family, after stating in an interview that is open to a new pregnancy. Pitt and Jolie, couples since early 2005 when he shot 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith ', have six children, three of them adopted.

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Shakira's Thong

Shakira and her boyfriend, Gerard Piqué central Barcelona, the Christmas holidays have taken refuge in the mansion that the singer has a heavenly beach in Miami, where he hoped to stay away from paparazzi. This has not happened. The 'Tombola' Peruvian Telefutura channel has captured images of the Colombian star as he took his back, the sun.

They can see the tiny thong that Shakira chose to enjoy the sun bathing and the relaxed attitude of the singer, who left in the background to the Barca player. TV program presenters joked that the garment in question left little room for imagination. Even said that now the other Latin diva, the also singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, has jurisdiction.

In the video for 'Tombola' you can see the admirable figure of the star and an embarrassing detail for the seller who was born in Barranquilla, who was caught on camera just as he was settled at the bottom of her tiny bikini.

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Chacon: "Thanks Alfredo, But This Party Needs A New Time '

Chacon already has computer, courtesy of the party leadership, is about to be based in Calle Ferraz, so this morning was already packing sense enough to take the kick off his campaign to lead the PSOE.

It has in a Madrid hotel in which he presented to the 11 people that attempted to impose on the 38 th Congress and which has left an initial message to Rubalcaba, his rival: "Thanks Alfredo, but this game takes time new. "

The former minister has appeared with municipal power, the only thing left to the socialists, with the exception of the regional governments of Andalusia and the Basque Country. On one side the mayor of Soria, Carlos Martinez, one of the few local leaders of the PSOE in power in a provincial capital. On the other, Aina Calvo, mayor of Palma until last May and one of the leading party in the Balearics.

Chacon, on his arrival at Madrid hotel Cusco | Angel Diaz / Efe

Along with those two, the team is completed by Francisco Caamano Chacon (former Minister of Justice), Cristina Narbona (former Minister of Environment), Jose Borrell (former Minister of Public Works), Javier Rojo (former Senate President), Roberto Jimenez (Vice President and leader of Navarra in the community), Ana Council (deputy Mayor of Aviles), Antonio Lucas (former mayor of Olula del Rio), Mari Luz Rodriguez (former Minister of Employment of Castile-La Mancha) and Frances Baraza (secretary of Cities and Municipal Policy of the party in Murcia).

"We are 12 people with experience, youth and talent," said Chacon, who in his speech made ​​it clear that his goal in the next four weeks will be trying to convey enthusiasm for a party depressed by the defeat of 20-N. We need person "" strong, capable, strong and willing "" to address "the" enormous task ahead ", because" "Spain needs us'" and Andalusia, where there are regional elections in March, "also".

The nods to the Andalusian community are being continued in the speeches of the former minister, knowing that the PSOE's largest federation is key to their chances of being the new party general secretary. Today was not an exception and has repeated that the "priority" "her and her team" is Andalusia."

So are his references to being a "new time" "in the PSOE that she wants to embody, has said a" broken and shared leadership. "And besides, "soon", because Chacon has not forgotten to exercise as opposed to the executive and denounced "the great fraud of this Government," which has given a fiscal ax to the middle classes, referring to income tax rise Rajoy decreed on 30 December.

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Rose Bowl 2012: 5 Things You May Not Know About Wisconsin

As part of our blog bet Hilary off Empire gear, and I wrote a piece for each other site gives 5 ​​things that you do not know....... You can view my presentation on OTE, Hilary representation here.

1. Spetsialnye team is ... special. Perhaps the biggest weakness of Wisconsin heading into the Rose Bowl is the fulfillment of special teams. This was the theme of the season. Drops, kicks returned for a serious long footage, poor lighting strike. In fact, you name it, Badgers have done it. It was hidden during the year largely due to the dominant nature of the crime of Wisconsin, but in close games (see Michigan State during the regular season) he has made all the difference. If Oregon can own special teams, Wisconsin, may be in trouble.

2. Montee Ball is not the only threat to our Rush ... Most of the focus was on crime Wisconsin Montee Ball. And, of course, it should be. He was nominated for the Heisman and has a real beating TD record with his performance in the Rose Bowl. But last year was Ball # 2 / 3 back to John Clay, along with James White. This year, White has been less effective than before and only 600 yards on some of the season and six touchdowns. But, it is even more yards than the primary backs of some teams in the Big Ten (Illinois, Purdue, Northwestern ....). White is equally important as scoring threat on its own is not like a guy who can take some time to put pictures of ball feet. Do you think the ball is dangerous to start the game? Wait until the fourth quarter rolls around and your D-Line will be exhausted while the ball is coming off the sidelines after a good long rest.

3. Only way to beat the Russell Wilson to keep him in the pocket ... By now you probably know that Russell Wilson is a pretty decent defender. Wisconsin is not Stanford - it does not all of our offense, as luck for the Cardinal, - but it's definitely a threat. Montee Ball before really took off, Wilson has been our main contender for Heisman. Although the focus has shifted to the ball, Wilson has got some pretty decent numbers for the season - 72% completion percentage, 2,800 yards, 31 touchdowns to 3 steals ... All that has to do Ducks fans nervous. The thing is, Russell Wilson is the only truly effective when our coordinator is calling game action and roll outs. Our pass defense has been questionable at best for the season, but Wilson's mobility buys him extra time to hit our receivers, when he made it possible. If, however, Crist turns to drop and long fixed-passing games, Wilson and Badgers are vulnerable in many ways than just the bag. At the beginning of the season, Wilson had a problem with intentional grounding penalty. When he was in the pocket too long, and before the intense pressure, it tends to make bad decisions on throws at the same time in the solution box. It's not like a big deal, but this is a significant fine and even gave the opponents of Wisconsin safety case. 

4. Wisconsin is best when in the red zone ... Badgers have one of the leading red zone scoring attack for the season, and fans should be nervous ducks, badgers if ever in the end zone. On the season, Bucky has 96% red zone scoring rate (67/70 attempts), including field goals and touchdowns. But it's not as if the Badgers just really awesome in scoring three - if you take the field goals, Badgers still scored a 87% stake in the Red Zone (61/70). If Oregon is going to beat Wisconsin, they cannot wait for the bus stop to come inside 20 yards.


5. We suck in the second quarter ... But you also ... Wisconsin has been relatively stable with how the game went on throughout the season. We tend to burst out and put a ton of points in the first quarter, holding the opponent down.Purely by the numbers for the season scoring 149 points of Wisconsin in the first quarter to 38 opponents. In the third quarter, the numbers are similar - 143 Badger points to 35 points for their opponents. In the fourth quarter, reducing the number of bits, in part because of Wisconsin taking her foot of gas in some games - only 112 points Badger on 50 points of the enemy.

But in the second quarter. On the second quarter.

Up to this point in the game when the offense score the most points in the Badgers is the second quarter. 96 points were scored by Bucky in that 15 minutes - 3 times more than in the first or third quarter, and almost two times higher than in the final part of the game. Why is it a mystery to me? The strange thing is that Wisconsin is also a lot of evaluation during the second quarter - 176 points on the season. This is not so one-sidedly, as our defensive stats, but there is still a noticeable difference. So what does this mean for games? Well, if there is going to be a change in momentum is likely this will occur in the second quarter. If the game is to release every time, it may already be over...

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