DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Former Gov. Mitt Romney placed second in the Iowa Republican caucus, the first nominating contest ahead of the 2008 U.S. presidential election, CNN and ABC news reported on Thursday.
Romney, a former governor from Massachusetts, had campaigned hard in Iowa, hoping to preserve his preliminary front-runner status in the early state contests as he heads into the next major primary vote in New Hampshire on January 8.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable and News Corp's Fox Networks agreed to a brief extension of their current carriage contract on Thursday to avoid a blackout that would have prevented 13 million U.S. homes from seeing TV shows like "The Simpsons" and college and NFL football games.
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