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Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are doing a lot of travelling this weekend one day after Santorum ripped up his visit to Puerto Rico, Romney arrived on the island ahead of tomorrow’s primary there. NPR’s David Welna reports that Santorum had won and Romney has the back near the Republican establishment.

Mitt Romney is hoping the endorsement of the Puerto Rico’s governor and its top Republican legislators would help and get at least 50% of the votes here tomorrow. If that happens he would win all 20 of the delegates up for grabs. At a rally heard last night, Romney tried to pop up support.

“I ask one thing on Sunday, please go votes and get your friends to vote to gather we will make sure we keep up America the strongest nation on the earth, the hope of the world. I love this nation. I love the people of America.”

While Puerto Rico’s are US citizens whose primary votes help to determine who runs for President. In November they will not be able to actually vote for President. David Welna, NPR News, San Juan, Puerto Rica.

Rick Santorum campaigned in Missouri this morning for today’s caucuses meanwhile Mitt Romney is now cutting short here it is to support Puerto Rico and he’s heading to Illinois for Republican’s vote in their primary next Tuesday.

Utah’s governor has vetoed a controversial abstinence-only sex education bill passed in the recent session of the state’s legislature. Dan Bammes from member station KUER reports the governor could be taken as a substantial political risk.

Governor Gary Herbert announced the veto one day after Utah’s Republican caucuses picked congregation delegates they could vote him out of office even before he gets to a primary. But his spokesperson Allyson Isom says the governor’s office’s received more than 8,000 letters and emails most of them demanding a veto.

“It’s individually and uniquely crafted and often very heartfelt, from parents, from educators, from those who care about Utah’s kids and public policy.”

HB 363 would have capped Utah’s public schools from teaching any method by the abstinence for avoiding pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. For NPR News, I’m Dan Bammes in Salt Lake City.

In Washington, state navies of army staff sergeant Robert Bales describing him as a kindhearted father. Military officials have identified Bales as the suspect in the killings of 16 Afghan civilians last week. Bales has now been held in a military prison at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.

Two car bombs have hit intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital of Damascus. State television in Syria says at least 27 people have been killed and more than 100 others wounded. The violence is in the latest series of attacks against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Government forces have been ridging a bloody crackdown against their knot of a-year-old in the country. Meanwhile, officials in Iraq are warning Iran not to ship weapons to Syria by crossing Iraq’s borders or through its air base. Iran denies the charges. This is NPR’s News.

Germany authorities say John Demjanjuk is dead. Demjanjuk was convicted last year of being a Nazi death camp guard. Demjanjuk was deported in 2009 and stripped of his US’s citizenship retired autoworker was 91 years old.

It looks though North Korea is ready to flux its muscles of a bid on its new leader, North Korea’s space committee says it will launch a satellite next month on the same type of rocket used for long range missiles. Officials in the US and Japan are warning North Korea that such a launch will violate a ban on nuclear admissible testing.

It’s saying Patrick’s Day in cities across the nation are celebrating with parades. NPR’s Allison Keyes takes to a few places where the sea of green is blandy.

The 1000-mile long Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue for the 253rd annual parade are sipping up the back pipes to kilts and the joy of the day. Branda Johnson came from Connecticut telling New Yorker World News.

“As being here once before a long long time ago, I don’t remember being as crowded but this is awesome. I’m so glad to be here and a part of it.”
 
The streets of Hampton Savannah is well for the south longest Patrick’s Day parade. Green clad glamour dashing for the sidelines to clear kisses on soldiers as they march by. And in Chicago for the 57th annual parade there, the river is dyed as traditional color green. Allison Keyes, NPR News.

Also in Chicago, the Prime Minister from Ireland is visiting the city. He’s the guest in today’s Saint Patrick’s Day parade. And President Obama celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day with a pint of Guinness set in an Irish bar on Capitol Hill today. Mr. Obama took his motorcade to the Dubliner Restaurant and Pub well-known watering hall for lawmakers and staffs in DC.

I’m Jim Howard, NPR News in Washington.