January 20, 2012

Another candidate is out of the Republican race for president. Texas governor Rick Perry has called it quits before Saturday’s South Carolina primary. Perry is giving his endorsement to former House speaker Newt Gingrich. He and former senator Rick Santorum are now battling to become the conservative alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney. Source Link

The company whose name meant photography for over a century has filed for bankruptcy as a victim of the digital age. Eastman Kodak was never able to crack the market for digital photography to replace their film business that dwindled in the past decade. Kodak is hoping to survive by selling its patents for imaging technology. Source Link

A new study claims you shouldn’t blame junk food in schools for making kids fatter. Researchers found that  students in middle schools that sell soda, chips and candy were no more likely to be obese than those in schools that ban those items. One theory is that children have little time to eat at school, so it’s their eating habits elsewhere that matter more. Source Link