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News Updates from CLG - 19 Jan 2012

News Updates from Citizens for Legitimate Government
19 Jan 2012

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Breaking: Perry drops out of GOP presidential race, endorses Gingrich --Rick Perry suspends his GOP bid for president, endorses Newt Gingrich. 19 Jan 2012

Santorum finished 34 votes ahead of Romney in new Iowa tally; votes from 8 precincts missing 19 Jan 2012 Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum edged Republican front-runner Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses by 34 votes, but can't be declared the winner because results from eight precincts are missing, officials said Thursday. Romney was eight votes ahead of Santorum in the preliminary results of the Jan. 3 caucuses--the much-watched, first-in-the-nation presidential nomination contest. But when the certified tallies were submitted to state GOP officials Wednesday, they showed Romney trailing, 29,839 votes to 29,805. [See: Iowa: 'They don't know where the ballots are, but Romney will win by 14 votes' 04 Jan 2012 Ballots are missing from two counties in Iowa. (Fox News, live report, 01:40 AM ET) 04 Jan 2012 Of course! Even Karl Rove's 10 million dollars/sleazy pac couldn't seal the deal for corpora-terrorist Mitt Romney -- ergo, ballots are 'missing!' Rove is on the air on Fox, citing a 'credible source' explaining how Mitt Romney's vote may have been 'undercounted' in one Iowa county. On Fox, Rove predicted a Romney victory by 14 votes.]

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Support wanes in US Congress for 'anti-piracy' bill 19 Jan 2012 Eight US lawmakers have withdrawn their support for anti-piracy censorship laws, after "blackout" protests on thousands of internet sites. Two of the bill's co-sponsors, Marco Rubio from Florida and Roy Blunt from Missouri, are among those backing away. Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia and blog service WordPress are among the highest profile sites to block their content.

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