Dec 31
DES MOINES, Iowa — In many ways distinctly different, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney took near opposite paths to twin victories in Iowa’s presidential caucuses.
The little-known, cash-strapped Santorum broke through as the leading conservative contender by cutting a painstaking path through every Iowa county. Romney, the GOP’s deep-pocketed national front-runner, wanted to avoid being seen as underperforming and captured the state’s more urban areas with little effort.
Both of their strategies went almost perfectly according to plan.
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Dec 13
Semiretired professional wrestler Hulk Hogan is suing his ex-wife for defamation, claiming she has falsely accused him of physically abusing her and of having homosexual encounters.
Hogan’s suit, filed Thursday in a Florida court, says ex-wife Linda Bollea’s false claims have harmed his reputation, exposed him to distrust, hatred, contempt and ridicule, and hurt his occupation and business, the St.
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Dec 07
A Sacramento prison psychologist faked her own rape in the hope her husband would move them to a safer neighborhood, authorities say. Laurie Ann Martinez even allegedly cut her lip with a pin, had a friend punch her with boxing gloves, and peed her pants to make the attack seem real. Police worked hard on her case until a prison co-worker said Martinez had talked about faking a sexual assault, the AP reports.
Police say Martinez and a friend not only staged the attack, but stole computers, credit cards, and other items from Martinezs home to fake a burglary. Both of them now face conspiracy charges and up to 3 years in prison.
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Nov 30
Police are investigating a serious assault in Tokoroa which has left a woman in hospital.
The 23-year-old victim was found lying on the driveway of a Dalmeny St property yesterday morning. Detective Sergeant Kevan Verry said she would stay in hospital for at least one night.
“She was very distressed, and she was conscious, and she was taken to the hospital immediately. It’s one of those situations where it takes at least a couple of days till the full extent of her injuries are really known.”
Police were investigating the incident, believed to have been about 6am or 6.30am yesterday.
Part of the street was cordoned off and police were making a forensic examination of the scene.
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Nov 18
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is calling on President Obama to block looming military cuts.
The former Massachusetts governor tells supporters in New Hampshire that the deficit-cutting supercommittee in Congress probably won’t come up with a deal before its Wednesday deadline. That would trigger billions of dollars in automatic cuts to the military and domestic programs.
Romney says the president hasn’t done enough to push congress to compromise, and Romney wants Obama to introduce legislation to stop the threatened military cuts.