News 1st Look: Momentum shifts ahead of Florida

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Momentum shifts ahead of Florida

Momentum shifts ahead of Florida
Paterno family: 'Joe continuing to fight'
Official: Bombs kill 156 in Nigeria
6 Marines killed in crash identified
U.S. envoy in Afghanistan to talk peace
Hamas leader to step down
U.S. Jewish paper: Assassins an option
Dutch teen sails solo around globe
12th body found in cruise ship search
Syrian security forces, dissidents clash

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 07:25 PM PST

Newt Gingrich won Saturday's South Carolina GOP presidential primary, marking a stunning turnaround for a candidate whose campaign had been left for dead -- again -- just weeks ago.

Paterno family: 'Joe continuing to fight'

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 07:42 PM PST

Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno, being treated for lung cancer, is in serious condition, a family spokesman said Saturday.

Official: Bombs kill 156 in Nigeria

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 06:02 PM PST

Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew in the northern city of Kano after assailants killed at least 26 people and wounded many others in a hail of gunfire and coordinated bombings of eight government sites.

6 Marines killed in crash identified

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST

The Department of Defense on Saturday identified six Marines who were killed in Afghanistan when their helicopter crashed.

U.S. envoy in Afghanistan to talk peace

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:13 PM PST

America's special envoy to the region talked peace and reconciliation with Hamid Karzai in Kabul Saturday, while the Afghan president made it clear that Afghans should be in the driver's seat.

Hamas leader to step down

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:27 AM PST

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal plans to leave his post, according to a statement released by the group Saturday.

U.S. Jewish paper: Assassins an option

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 02:40 PM PST

The U.S. Secret Service is looking into a controversial column by an Atlanta Jewish newspaper publisher that mulled the assassination of an American president.

Dutch teen sails solo around globe

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:33 PM PST

Some 518 days after she first set off alone in her sailboat, 16-year-old Laura Dekker glided into a Caribbean port on Saturday to complete her historic, and controversial, voyage around the globe.

12th body found in cruise ship search

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:36 AM PST

Somber relatives tossed flowers into the sea near the wreck of the doomed Italian cruise ship a week after the accident that left at least 11 people dead.