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A community farm in Cambridgeshire installs a webcam showing lambs being born.

SEATTLE (AP) -- A corrections officer is facing bigamy charges after authorities said a Washington woman using Facebook discovered that she and a potential "friend" were married to him at the same time....

SEATTLE (AP) -- A corrections officer is facing bigamy charges after authorities said a Washington woman using Facebook discovered that she and a potential "friend" were married to him at the same time....

SEATTLE (AP) -- A corrections officer is facing bigamy charges after authorities said a Washington woman using Facebook discovered that she and a potential "friend" were married to him at the same time....

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Snuggling in a blue sleeping bag, Margaret Page and her cat survived 3 1/2 weeks in a rugged New Mexico national forest, even though temperatures dropped below freezing nearly every night....

MINAMI-SOMA, Japan (AP) -- The doctors and nurses at Futaba Hospital pleaded for help as a radioactive plume wafted over their hospital. They had been ordered out but had no vehicles to evacuate the hundreds of patients in their care. After two days of waiting in the cold with no electricity, help finally came....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon is planning to restart programs that would fund military training and equipment in Yemen, nearly a year after they were shut down because of escalating chaos in the embattled country....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tens of thousands of students, most of them disabled, are strapped down or physically restrained in school, and disability advocates hope that a new Education Department report detailing the practice of "seclusion and restraint" will spur federal action to end it....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top U.S. officials all the way up to President Barack Obama are predicting the Syrian regime's days are numbered, but recent U.S. intelligence reports suggest that the Syrian leader commands a formidable army that is unlikely to turn on him, an inner circle that has stayed loyal and a Syrian elite that still supports his rule....

A memorial to the murdered private detective Daniel Morgan is placed in a Powys church yard to mark the 25th anniversary of his death.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- More than a century ago, fearing that his country might be swallowed up in the Great Game rivalry between the British empire to the east and the Russian army to the north, an Afghan king made a radical decision: He banned railroads....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- More than a century ago, fearing that his country might be swallowed up in the Great Game rivalry between the British empire to the east and the Russian army to the north, an Afghan king made a radical decision: He banned railroads....

Update: Romney adds Mariana Islands to win column along with Guam (9 delegates each)

The initial gauntlet of big nominating contests, in addition to "Super Tuesday," are now in the books. Few thought that an interesting grouping of contests being held from March 10-18 would be all that important, but they are.

US Territories: Guam, the US Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands all vote on March 10. Romney is expected to do very well in these three contests and actually started the day off winning Guam by a show-of-hands vote of 215-0. Each of the three contests is worth 9 uncommitted delegates each, but since Romney is likely to win all three it will probably reduce the impact if he loses the only other contest of the day, Kansas. On March 18, another 23 delegates are available in winner-take-all contest in Puerto Rico, another likely Romney win. Romney has the backing of possible VP option Luis Fortuno, the Republican Governor of Puerto Rico. Also voting this Tuesday is American Samoa, which is also favorable to Romney. These victories here could actually reduce the negative impact of losses in other contests. The South Alabama and Mississippi are the big contests of the week, and Romney was originally thought to be a major underdog in both. However, early polls in both contests actually show Romney either ahead or in a statistical tie. Both states deliver delegates proportionally and Romney knows he will pick up a good chunk win or lose. If he wins, however, it could be a sign that this race is coming to an end and voters have come to the "acceptance stage" of the nominating process. Kansas It's true that Guam and all the other territorial contests won't be all that exciting to anyone. Unfortunately, the same goes for Kansas, and that is the one contest where Santorum is expected to do well this week. Romney and Newt have effectively left the state all to Santorum. While Santorum would like a major boost from a victory here, most would view it as a surprise if he did not win the state. The Bottom Line

Romney should walk away with a victory in Hawaii, also voting this week, and most of the 5 US territories. This shows the clear advantage of running a national campaign with broad appeal over implementing a regional strategy as both Gingrich and Santorum have done. He should also pick up a good chunk of delegates in the south and could even pull off an upset win. More importantly, the Romney wins will all come at a very low cost and he has to do very little to win them, which frees up time for him to spend in contests he is expected to lose.

Santorum is trying to switch gears from being a mid-western, blue-collar, labor union guy to one who appeals to southerners. That is a very difficult task, especially as Santorum has focused on being an "I am one of you" campaigner. He has also lost precious time in Alabama and Mississippi by spending most of his post-Super Tuesday efforts in Kansas. If he stays to offer an acceptance speech in the state, that will leave him just two days to head down south, where he will be playing catch-up to Romney and Newt.

Gingrich has lost almost all of the momentum nationwide, but being from Georgia helps him here. It helps Romney, too. While Romney is clearly viewed as an outsider in the south, so is Santorum. And Newt Gingrich is aiming to take full advantage of the situation and toss a few more southern states in his win column.

A Surprisingly Big Week for GOP Candidates originally appeared on About.com Conservative Politics: U.S. on Saturday, March 10th, 2012 at 08:18:28.

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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech officials spent the last four days defending their actions during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, telling opposing lawyers who peppered them with difficult questions that they did what they could under the grim circumstances....

A champion Burmese stud cat whose loud wailing sparked complaints is sent from his Devon home to Yorkshire to give residents "some peace and quiet".

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A Palestinian health official says the death toll from a series of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza strip has risen to 12 militants....

MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) -- A man stabbed a judge and shot a sheriff's deputy with her own weapon in a courthouse struggle Friday, authorities said. A manhunt was under way for the assailant....

Air strikes are launched against suspected al-Qaeda targets in southern Yemen, killing up to 45 militants, reports say.

Star New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees wrote a letter to fans, saying he was never aware of the infamous bounty program that his team had admitted to taking part in.