Posts Tagged ‘lead’

Romney jumps to strong lead in Nevada GOP primary (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets supporters after speaking at a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colo., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney jumped to a strong lead in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, reaching for a second straight campaign victory over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.


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Davis, Dujardin win lead honors at SAG awards (AP)

Octavia Spencer, winner of award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role for 'The Help,' left, and Viola Davis, winner of the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role for 'The Help,' pose backstage at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP – Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer were the maids of honor at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, where their Deep South drama “The Help” won them acting prizes and earned the trophy for overall cast performance.


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Tiger shoots 66 to grab share of lead

Tiger Woods shot a 6-under 66 Saturday to grab a share of the lead at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, the latest sign that the 14-time major winner is returning to form after ending a two-year victory drought.

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Romney boasts big money lead as race shifts south (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and wife Ann celebrate his New Hampshire primary election win in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Rivals anxious to end Mitt Romney’s two-state winning streak doubled down their criticism of him as unfeeling toward laid-off workers and out of step with conservative Christians as the presidential race headed to South Carolina Wednesday. Romney made a show of dominance by touting his campaign’s $56 million in fundraising.


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Romney opens lead in Florida

Mitt Romney’s is basking in the Florida sun as the state’s GOP White House front-runner, a new poll shows.

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Badly chosen baby names can lead to low self-esteem, low education and more smoking: study 

Data gathered from nearly 12,000 adult participants found that a bad first name can not only ruin your self-esteem, but it may actually make you lonelier – and dumber, research published in the journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science shows.

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Iowa: Paul, Santorum, Romney lead early vote (AP)

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney poses with residents during a caucus day rally at the Temple for Performing Arts, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP – Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum waged a tense, three-way struggle for supremacy in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses Tuesday night, opening the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama.


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