Romney brushes off rivals' barbs in NH debate (AP)

MANCHESTER, N.H. ? Mitt Romney brushed aside rivals' criticism Saturday night in the opening round of a weekend debate doubleheader that left his Republican presidential campaign challengers squabbling among themselves and unable to knock the front-runner off stride.

Three days before the first in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, Romney largely ignored his fellow Republicans and turned instead on President Barack Obama. "His policies have made the recession deeper and his policies have made the recovery more tepid," he said, despite a declining unemployment rate and the creation of 200,000 jobs last month.

Over the course of the lively 90-minute debate, there were attacks aplenty as Romney's five rivals vied to emerge as his principal rival in the primaries ahead. The former Massachusetts governor won an eight-vote victory in the Iowa caucuses last Tuesday and is far ahead in the pre-primary polls in New Hampshire.

That leaves his pursuers little time to stop his rise, and, all but conceding New Hampshire to the former governor of next-door Massachusetts, they're mostly focusing their efforts on the South Carolina primary on Jan. 21

Texas Rep. Ron Paul assailed Rick Santorum as a "big government person," an allegation the former Pennsylvania senator disputed. Santorum finished a close second to Romney in Iowa this week, with Paul coming in third.

Paul, who has called former House Speaker Newt Gingrich a "chicken hawk" who has not served in the military, drew withering criticism in return. "I personally resent the kinds of comments and aspersions he routinely makes," Gingrich said.

Paul got the last word, saying emphatically, "When I was drafted I was married and had two kids, and I went." He was an Air Force surgeon in the Vietnam War era.

Gingrich was fourth in Iowa, Perry fifth and Minnesota rep. Michele Bachmann, who has since quit the race, was last. Huntsman did not compete there, hoping to make a splash in New Hampshire.

Romney appeared uncertain only once, when he was asked if states have the right to ban contraception. He avoided a clear answer, suggesting the question was irrelevant.

"No. States don't want to ban contraception," he said. In a ruling in 1967, the Supreme Court said married couples have a right to use contraception, a finding that has been expanded in subsequent opinions

Romney, who often touts his business background, was attacked in the opening moments of the debate.

Santorum went first, dismissing him as a mere manager. "Being a president is not a CEO. You've got to lead and inspire," he said.

Gingrich followed a few moments later, referring to published accounts that described how some workers were laid off after Bain Capital, the firm Romney once led, invested in their companies and sought to turn them around.

He said Romney should be judged on the basis of whether "on balance, were people better off or worse off by this style of management."

Unruffled, the former Massachusetts governor retorted that Bain had created 100,000 jobs on balance, and that a businessman's experience was far better to fix the economy that a lifetime spent in Washington, D.C. "I'm very proud of the fact that the two enterprises I led were successful," he said, referring to Bain and another firm.

More than an hour later, Romney turned one question about his vision for the country into an attack on Obama that is part of his standard campaign speech. While his rivals stood by silently, he accused the president of trying to turn the United States into a "European-style welfare state."

Perry, who flirted with quitting the race after Iowa, emphasized that he was an outsider in the race as he sought to lump his rivals into one, unappealing category.

"I think you've just seen a great example of why I got in the race. ... I'm the only outsider," he said as he watched Santorum, Paul, Gingrich and Romney clash.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman dismissed much the back-and-forth as "insider gobbledygook ... a lot of political spin," saying he would focus on more important questions such as national security.

He drew one of the few barbs that Romney directed at a fellow Republican during the evening.

"I'm sorry, Governor. You were the last two years implementing the policies of this administration in China. The rest of us on this stage were doing our best to get Republicans elected across this country and stop the policies of this president from being put forward."

There were a few light moments.

At one point, Paul was interrupted by a bell meant to indicate his time to speak had expired. "There it goes again," he said.

Santorum replied instantly: "They caught you not telling the truth, Ron."

The intramural skirmishes reflected the state of the race ? Romney the acknowledged front-runner under attack from his rivals, who face an increasingly urgent need to emerge as his main conservative challenger.

The debate at Saint Anselm College was the first in more than three weeks, and the first since Bachmann dropped out of the race. The candidates faced a quick turnaround for the second debate, set for Sunday morning in Concord.

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David Snodin: The Best Villain Ever?

Longer ago than I willingly disclose, as a stagestruck schoolboy, I queued for a night and a day to see Laurence Olivier's "Othello" at the Old Vic in London. It was a production that sparkles in my memory even now - together with Michael Redgrave and Olivier in "Uncle Vanya," Scofield's "Lear," David Warner's "Hamlet," Peter Brook's "Midsummer Night's Dream," and many more. Bliss was it then to be alive and in love with theater!

I went to the stage door afterwards, with a throng of similarly awed acolytes, playbill at the ready. I never got the great man's autograph, but I hung around a while and got Frank Finlay's. Finlay, I remember, was shambling and graciously bewildered that I'd waited for him. Maybe I enthused too much, probably bobbing about him and telling him how sensational he was. But he was sensational. And Iago after all is the part, isn't it? Ask any actor.

Surely he's the most seductive villain in theater. I'm biased, as I've spent a lot of time with him in recent years while working on "Iago: A Novel" [$28.00, Henry Holt and Co.]- perhaps more than is healthy; but then he does have a way of getting into your head and sticking around, which is precisely what he wants.

What is it that makes this fearsome creature, he who says he 'lacks iniquity', so damnably likeable, or even, dare I venture, sexy?

To begin with, he talks to you - yes, you. Not at you, like most soliloquisers, or to everyone in general, or to himself (Hamlet being the best exemplar of that). It's as if he's putting a hand to the side of his mouth, drawing you close. Here, he seems to whisper, this is between you and me, don't tell anyone else. He wants you to share in his villainy. And you do. He's saying, in effect, look how stupid these people are, you're not like them - you're clever, like me. And you rather agree with him. You become complicit, guilty by association. You feel curiously privileged, even as you realise that what he's doing to you is exactly what he's doing to the other characters in the play. It doesn't matter that he's bad. You're hooked.

Aside from this awful collusiveness, he comes across, at least when he's with others, as a regular guy, someone who's fun to have around. He's not ugly, he doesn't creep or skulk, there's nothing sly about him, like some commonplace baddie. And unlike the Macbeths or the hunchback Richard the Third, he's not royalty or rich, so you can't distance yourself as you can with them once things become uncomfortable. He's a soldier, he's been about. He was a very good soldier. He's tough. He can crack a good joke, and sing a good song. He is, unforgettably, 'honest Iago'. He's probably set quite a few hearts fluttering in his time (Emilia's for one). Yes he's sexy.

And he's not technically a murderer, or not a premeditative one. He kills his wife Emilia, but he does it impulsively to get her to shut up. He has a stab at Cassio but only wounds him. He's no psychopath. If anything he's a sociopath. He likes to see people destroy themselves.

And there's the nub of what drives him. I don't think he's psychotic from the start, or as some would therefore have it 'evil'. His first plan is vague and unformed. He wants to shame Othello and to demote Cassio, whom Othello has unaccountably promoted over him - and simply, as far as Iago can tell, because Cassio is good-looking. Iago also thinks that both Othello and Cassio have slept with Emilia, though this is a throwaway notion; rather as if Iago wishes it might have been so.

In fact, Iago is predominantly motivated, in my view, by jealousy, the very feeling he so brilliantly wheedles into almost everyone else; 'the green-eyed monster'. He's jealous of that 'daily beauty' that others have, their effortless aptitude and self-assurance, which come with the status that he'll never enjoy. Aren't we just a bit with him there? You could say it's a class war he's fighting. It's only when the initial plan starts to solidify, and becomes the success that even he didn't predict, that he turns into a dealer in death. He's enjoying himself too much to stop. He's found power at last.

Is he gay, as has sometimes been posited? I'm not sure it matters, and Iago, if he knew the modern meaning of the word, would certainly deny it (and probably kill you for suggesting it). If he's in love with Othello, and maybe even Cassio, it's out of a desire to be them, I think, rather than to be with them, so to speak.

More crucially, and here I must tread cautiously as I seem to be defending him quite a lot, is Iago a racist? An actress friend said she'd never forgive Iago for calling Othello an 'old black ram tupping your white ewe'. Well, my answer is that Iago merely says it, as he says most things, to inflame suspicion in another character, in this case Desdemona's father, who is unquestionably a racist.

But what do I know? Finally we must base our opinion of Iago on what he does, but more vitally on what he tells us - and as I've already clarified, I hope, we can't trust a word of what he tells us. That on its own makes him the very best villain there could be, does it not?

Thanks to Iago's guile I've developed something of a taste for Shakespeare's bad guys. His next villain was Edmund in "King Lear" - interestingly, directly afterwards, and there are many similarities; the same self-reliance, the same existential philosophy that it's you against the world, and that if you put your mind to it you can be better than any divinity. But having done Iago, I couldn't do Edmund; I'd be treading too familiar ground.

So for my next book (another friend has jovially suggested that this could become a franchise), I've picked someone else from Lear - a woman who has no soliloquies as such, but whose only aside is unsettling. When her younger sister announces that she feels sick and that she may be dying, Goneril mutters (to us and nobody else): 'if not, I'll ne'er trust medicine'. Doesn't that send an Iago-like chill through you?

I still have the playbill of "Othello" with Frank Finlay's signature and I treasure it.

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JD Sports close to Blacks Leisure deal - source

Retailer JD Sports Fashion is close to sealing a deal to buy Blacks Leisure after the outdoor goods group goes into administration, according to a source familiar with the situation.

In a process known as a pre-pack administration KPMG will shortly be appointed as Blacks' administrator before most of the firm's trade, brands and assets are immediately sold to JD Sports.

The source said on Friday JD had out bid Sports Direct, Britain's biggest sporting goods retailer, entrepreneur and Dragons' Den TV star Peter Jones and a fourth unnamed suitor.

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Jones said on his personal Twitter feed that he would not be buying Blacks.

Shares in JD closed up 11.4 percent at 751.75 pence.

Earlier on Friday Blacks said it would go into administration and then be sold within days.

(Reporting by James Davey; editing by Kate Holton)

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Analysis: U.S. casinos, vendors eye big online-poker stakes (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? Louis Castle has been preparing for this moment for months.

Even before the Justice Department effectively gave the green light for states to legalize online gambling, the Shuffle Master Inc chief strategy officer had assembled a design team for a multiplayer gaming platform, kicked off a hiring plan, and made preparations to launch the company's maiden interactive division this year.

"Come February, you'll see a lot of activity in Nevada around legal online gaming. Some people will jump, we'll certainly be ready," said Castle, who joined Shuffle Master in October from Zynga. "The question is which companies will want to go first.

"It's just got accelerated. 2012 is going to be a banner year in many ways."

Castle and Shuffle Master aren't alone. The door for legal Internet wagering in the world's largest economy just opened a crack, and casino operators, suppliers and vendors are eager for a piece of the $35 billion global market.

Reversing a five-decade-old policy and energizing an industry struggling to revive growth, the Justice Department declared just days before Christmas that only online betting on sporting contests is unlawful.

Industry executives and experts say the policy statement in theory allows states to unilaterally legalize some forms of online gambling in 2012, from lotteries and progressive slots to poker. That will accelerate efforts by the likes of MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, International Game Technology and Shuffle Master to jump onboard.

Analysts say the Justice Department decision is a net positive for MGM, Wynn and other major U.S. gaming industry operators with deep customer databases, offering those gamblers an additional venue to play.

Plans include partnering with companies already operating offshore gambling sites, many based in the UK.

MGM and Boyd Gaming have joined with online poker company Bwin.party Digital Entertainment to operate in the United States. Wynn had a partnership with PokerStars, but the deal was scuttled after U.S. prosecutors charged the online company in April with violating U.S. laws.

Nevada and the District of Columbia are far ahead in legalizing Web poker, but analysts say other cash-hungry states from Iowa to California could move very quickly and Americans could log on to the first U.S. gambling sites as early as this year.

Some states have long pushed for lotteries to go online, arguing that it will draw new players and get them to spend more. The National Association of Convenience Stores has protested -- loudly -- that this could wallop small businesses who depend on the foot traffic generated by selling lottery tickets.

But it is poker that the major corporations are eyeing. Industry executives estimate the $5 billion to $6 billion U.S. poker market -- virtually all of which nowflows overseas -- could balloon to $10 billion annually. Sterne Agee analyst David Bain said U.S. Web poker could yield an initial $1.5 billion in operating earnings annually, with the pie growing over time.

"In my opinion, 2012 is going to be known as the year the online gaming industry in America was really born. I'm sure at least two states are going to join Nevada in approving online gaming," said U.S. Digital Gaming Chairman Richard Bronson.

"The Justice Department essentially opens the frontier to new settlements. Now states can go ahead and approve online gaming with the certainty of it being legal in our country, which is a far cry from the multitude of illegal operators who have been poaching American players for years."

Wall Street cheered the Justice Department memo, sending shares of MGM and Wynn Resorts up by 3 to 5 percent the day the news broke.

GAMBLING AND ITS EVILS?

The biggest advocates of online poker -- the game that will kick off what they hope is widespread Internet gambling on everything from blackjack to roulette -- are forming ranks against opponents warning of social ills, addiction and the difficulties of shutting out minors or verifying location in an era of ever-increasing smartphone and tablet Internet access.

The National Council on Problem Gambling puts the annual social costs of gambling-related addiction, bankruptcy and crimes at $7 billion.

But Caesars Chairman Gary Loveman said in an interview that momentum will build for federal legislation -- even in a politically charged year -- because Americans can already gamble freely on hundreds of foreign-operated websites, meaning billions of dollars go overseas every year.

Caesars and MGM -- arguably the two biggest names behind the "pro" camp -- pledged to continue pushing for federal legislation but vowed not to get left out should states begin to break off and do their own thing.

Shuffle Master had already been counting on legalization of some sort in 2012 or soon after. It has a team and hiring plan in place to design a simple-to-use multiplayer gaming platform -- steps it could accelerate quickly, Castle said.

It joins IGT, Bally and other gambling equipment makers applying for Web gaming licenses in Nevada, UBS analyst Robin Farley said.

"Americans are buying a service that only non-Americans sell," Loveman argued in an interview. "I don't think there are substantive obstacles. There's just the question of momentum."

ON THE BANDWAGON

Nevada has already legalized online poker and is expected to issue licenses next year. The District of Columbia has passed similar legislation.

Consulting firm H2 Gambling Capital projects that Internet betting operators will win more than $35 billion globally from gamblers this year. It estimates that for online poker, just 37 percent of an estimated 2011 total of nearly $5 billion took place within regulated markets.

Industry insiders and analysts say that while the Justice Department memo will apply pressure for federal legislation -- something most industry operators want -- it stops short of opening the floodgates to online gambling.

Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson, for one, has said he is morally opposed to online gambling and does not believe technology has advanced enough to prevent the underage from participating.

Some argue that is why federal legislation and regulation is needed. Should the U.S. Congress drag its heels on passing potentially divisive legislation in a politically charged year, cash-hungry states facing a deficit of $40 billion or more in 2012 are expected to follow Nevada's example and green-light in-state online poker or lotteries.

"If there is not a federal bill, then you will see individual states each passing unique sets of rules," Loveman said. "It's obviously a far less rational way to proceed, and it runs the risk of not addressing the illegal operators in any way."

Castle also stressed the industry wants more certainty.

"It just got accelerated. 2012 is going to be a banner year in many ways -- either it's going to march forward and it happens everywhere, or there's going to be a lot more legislation that muddies the picture more," he said.

"I don't think running in half-cocked is going to be rewarded."

EASING INTO IT

With the U.S. appearing to ease its stance, states facing widening budget shortfalls are seen as more open to online gaming as one of a plethora of revenue-enhancing programs.

Industry consultancy Union Gaming said the Justice Department memo could signal an immediate opportunity for so-called "wide-area progressive" slots. Interstate use could boost earnings for equipment makers like Shuffle Master and IGT by 1 to 2 percent, according to analyst Bill Lerner.

But legalizing online gambling is no magic bullet to fill state coffers. Gabe Petek, senior director of public finance for Standard & Poor's Investors Services, said the resultant revenues will likely not be large enough to address structural problems in budgets, or cover major shortfalls. He estimates 17 states alone need to make up for a combined $40 billion deficit this year.

"I just wouldn't think this is going to be an avenue to balance state budgets. It's not going to make the difference in state fiscal situations," he said. "It's unlikely to solve the majority of any of their problems, and most states are still forecasting budget gaps for their upcoming fiscal years."

Others caution that the variety of influential interest groups ranged against online gambling mean any windfall is far from certain, or at least will be a long time coming.

Federal prosecutors earlier this year accused the owners of three of the largest Internet poker companies of tricking regulators and banks into processing billions of dollars in illegal gambling proceeds.

That crackdown scuttled the partnership between PokerStars and Wynn Resorts.

There is also a big unknown: a future U.S. president could reverse the Justice Department stance and send the industry back to the drawing board.

"Obviously, this is not the desired outcome, as a patchwork of varied state regulatory schemes will create the possibility of under-regulated situations in which consumers (and operators) will be vulnerable," MGM spokesman Alan Feldman said.

"That said, should the Congress fail to act and states take matters into their own hands, we would have no choice but to seek opportunities for our company."

(Editing by John Wallace)

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CloudOn briefly offers Microsoft Office to iPad users with full Dropbox support, then ?sells out?

CloudOn, a free iPad app that offered Microsoft Office functionality with Dropbox support, appeared briefly in the App Store yesterday before going up in a puff of smoke a short

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OSU women fall to Texas Tech in Big 12 opener

Oklahoma State (8-2, 0-1 Big 12) trailed by eight points early in the second half, but the Cowgirls held Texas Tech (13-0, 1-0) to one basket over the next 8 minutes for a 39-34 lead.

Texas Tech took the lead for good with 3:30 to play on a 3-pointer by Mary Bokenkamp. Oklahoma State pulled within a point with 15 seconds left before a pair of free throws by Monique Smalls gave the Red Raiders their three-point lead.

Kendra Suttles led Oklahoma State with 13 points.

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Senegal's N'Dour drops music for election "buzz" (Reuters)

DAKAR (Reuters) ? Senegal's Youssou N'Dour has taken his music to audiences around the world but says his decision to stop singing and run for president was prompted by a nagging sound straight from the streets of his West African nation.

"For over 15 years I have heard this buzz going about for me," N'Dour said at his headquarters in a chic suburb of the capital Dakar, adorned with awards including a gold-plated Grammy for his 2004 album "Egypt."

"An overwhelming majority of the Senegalese people have asked Youssou N'Dour to run as president ... I said 'yes' and I agreed to be a candidate," he said in an interview with Reuters and the African news agency APA.

After months of speculation, N'Dour, 52, announced his plan to run in a February 26 election late Monday. But whether the co-writer of the 1994 hit single "7 Seconds" has time to translate his domestic popularity into votes is far from certain.

A successful businessman with his own newspaper, television and radio channel, N'Dour already leads a grassroots citizen movement and has long been a conduit for criticism of incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade, who wants to extend his 11-year rule.

The 85-year-old Wade is a skilled political operator with decades of experience and his hands firmly on the machinery of power, while N'Dour must join a crowded pack of over a dozen presidential rivals.

In a country which treasures intellectuals and whose first post-independence president was the poet and linguist Leopold Sedar Senghor, N'Dour's relative lack of formal education is another potential handicap he knows he must overcome.

"For 50 years the people have seen Senegal run by what I would call traditional politicians and they have had enough," he said of a country where formal jobs are scarce and most of whose 12 million population are living on a few dollars a day.

"They want something new and I am the model," said N'Dour, peering through austere, thick-rimmed spectacles.

The February vote will be watched throughout Africa after a string of marred elections, from the deadly post-poll dispute that blew up in Ivory Coast just over a year ago to Democratic Republic of Congo's flawed attempt at democracy last November.

Wade's decision to run for a third term is in itself controversial, with opponents arguing it breaks rules limiting presidential terms to two mandates. Wade says a first term starting in 2000 pre-dated those rules and so does not count.

Government proposals last year to change election rules prompted opposition allegations it was trying to rig the election and were hastily dropped after they led to some of the worst street violence Senegal has seen.

Some fear more unrest if Wade is deemed eligible to stand again in a legal ruling due at the end of the month, or if the election itself is not seen as credible.

N'Dour, who like Wade predicts an easy victory for himself, said he rejected violence but warned the Senegalese were becoming impatient for change.

"The last thing I want to do is set fire to this country I love so much ... But do you think the people will accept a rigged election? No."

(Writing by Mark John; Editing by Matthew Jones)

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Videocon to bring Mozambique gas to India

Videocon Industries, which has 10 per cent interest in a Mozambique oil and gas block operated by joint venture partner Anadarko Petroleum, wants to bring its share of gas to India and sell it here. The discovered Mozambique block is named Barquentine-3. Plans for commercialising the gas discovery there are slated to be disclosed on January 17. Bharat Petro Resources, a 100 per cent subsidiary of BPCL, holds another 10 per cent stake in the discovered Mozambique block.

Venugopal Dhoot, chairman at Videocon Industries said, ?We will bring our share of natural gas from the mega field to India and sell it here through long term contracts.? He stating that details would be decided by the consortium partners only after January 17, 2012.

Analysts view the development as positive for Videocon. Harinder Kumar, head of research at Elara Capital says, ?Although it would be early to say what the contracts would be based on, but it is expected they would be on import parity and would provide Indian companies the much needed resource security.?

AK Prabhakar, head of research at Anand Rathi said that Videocon is currently undervalued due to corporate governance issues and investors reservations towards the stock.

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Google: Android 4.0 'Holo' theme to be mandatory on all devices with Android Market

Google is rightfully proud of its native theme in Ice Cream Sandwich. Dubbed Holo, it's intuitive, functional and -- dare we say it -- downright sexy. Now, in an effort to provide all users with a consistent interface, the company is making the theme essential for all Android 4.0 devices that come bundled with the Android Market. That's right, the stock, undiluted experience. Don't be alarmed, though, because manufacturer customizations aren't going anywhere, and the changes aren't terribly drastic. In fact, for users of Sense, TouchWiz and the like, Google is issuing architectural mandates that will make it dead simple for independent developers to create apps that fit nicely into these customized environments, complete with the proper widgets and colors. In other words, app designers may effortlessly choose between Holo or the manufacturer's default theme when considering the software's interface -- although, we'd really love to see this decision extended to end-users. Meanwhile, it seems terribly unlikely that Google's new mandate will bring choice to the home screen, keyboard and dialer as well. We can only hope, right?

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