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12:00 pm
Wed January 11, 2012

GOP Candidates Turn Focus To S.C. Primary

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GOP candidates Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum all show up in Columbia, S.C., for the next primary. For more, Audie Cornish talks to NPR's Brian Naylor.

Latin America
11:59 am
Wed January 11, 2012

Pope To Visit Cuba To Endorse Church's Growing Role

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Pope Benedict XVI will travel in March to Cuba, where he's expected to endorse the growing dialogue between the church and the state. In this photo on Wednesday, an employee from the Rome's Bio Park Zoo holds a rare Cuban crocodile as he meets the pontiff at the Vatican. The crocodile will be returned to Cuba around the time the pope visits the island.
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By Nick Miroff

When Pope Benedict XVI goes to Latin America in March, Mexico is an obvious choice with nearly 100 million Catholics.

But communist-run Cuba is also on his itinerary. The 84-year-old pontiff does not travel often, and this leg of his trip will be a strong show of support for Cuba's church leaders and their growing role in pushing President Raul Castro's government for change.

More than anywhere else in Cuba, the Santa Rita church in Havana's Miramar district is the place where religion and politics intersect.

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Election 2012
11:51 am
Wed January 11, 2012

Election 2012 Moves On, And America Yawns

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A man walks past campaign workers touting their candidates during voting in the New Hampshire primary, at Webster Elementary School in Manchester on Tuesday.
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Susan Gayhart stations herself outside the polls at a fire station in Canaan, N.H., on the morning of the primary.
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Tuesday was an exciting night for Mitt Romney in New Hampshire. In mid-Ohio, not so much.

By about 9 a.m. Wednesday, the bankruptcy of a local barbecue restaurant chain was one of several stories ranked higher in the "most popular stories" list on The Columbus Dispatch's website than anything coming out of the GOP primary.

For many people, the election so far just hasn't been that interesting — and it might be even less so if Romney again rakes in the chips in South Carolina next week, adding to the perception that his nomination is virtually a done deal.

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All Tech Considered
11:48 am
Wed January 11, 2012

Man And Machines: Beyond Touch

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A demonstration of Oblong's g‑speak SOE (spatial operating environment), technology that was featured in the film Minority Report.
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Attendees try a prototype 3M Touch Systems projected capacitive display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Analysts say the way we interact with computers and other devices will be radically different in a few decades.
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Nest's thermostat observes patterns in your house, then programs itself.
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By Steve Henn

Computer chips and technology are invading all sorts of previously dumb devices. Phones are now smart. Cars are becoming connected computers on wheels. Call it the computerization of everything. But how we interact with these machines is bound to evolve.

At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, touch pads are everywhere — in phones, in tablets and laptop screens. And Brad Feld has had enough.

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It's All Politics
11:26 am
Wed January 11, 2012

In South Carolina, Perry, Gingrich Go On The Attack

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Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign event at the Laurel Creek Club in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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By Eyder Peralta

As we noted earlier, all the candidates today are in South Carolina and it did not take long before the gloves came off and as Ron previewed earlier the hardest punches came in relation to Mitt Romney's business ventures.

We've looked around for what the candidates are saying at their different campaign stops. Here's a round up, which we'll add to as the candidates make more stops:

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