Romney Lists Potential Running Mates

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a breakfast with local residents, Thursday, March 29, 2007, during a campaign stop in Bluffton, S.C. (AP Photo by Stephen Morton) (Stephen Morton - AP)

His campaign said Food Network producers traveled to Arkansas last fall to interview him about the state's efforts to reduce the number of overweight children.

"Removing vending machines from elementary schools, conducting body-mass-index testing and working to increase physical activity in the schools has played a big part in increasing health awareness among children," said the former governor.

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ Gov. Jon S. Corzine on Monday will endorse New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, according to two people close to the campaign.

The governor will make the endorsement at Elizabeth City Hall, along with Rep. Rob Andrews and other Democrats, The Associated Press has learned.

The people confirming the announcement would not allow their names to be used because of concern over upstaging the governor. A spokesman for Clinton's campaign would say only that she would be in New Jersey on Monday for a major campaign announcement, and Corzine spokesman Anthony Coley refused to comment.

Corzine's endorsement could prove key to Clinton because New Jersey plans to move its presidential primary to Feb. 5, grouping it with other states early in the primary season.

Clinton and Corzine worked together in the Senate before Corzine left to become governor. Hillary and Bill Clinton campaigned with Corzine during his run for governor in 2005.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani says British Prime Minister Tony Blair shouldn't back down on his refusal to negotiate the release of 15 British sailors and marines detained in Iran.

"I urge Tony Blair to stand up to them," Giuliani said after shaking hands and dining at a barbecue restaurant Thursday evening in downtown Oklahoma City.

Blair has said he will not negotiate with Iran for the release of the sailors and marines, and Giuliani said the British leader should remain strong.