Santorum Wins in South; Gingrich Falters

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Rick Santorum won the Alabama and Mississippi Republican presidential primaries, strengthening his status as Mitt Romney’s main challenger and dealing a setback to Newt Gingrich.

Romney ran third in yesterday’s races, dashing his hopes for showings in the Deep South that would have cemented his front-runner position for the party’s nomination.