French far-right National Front, Le Pen, come up mostly empty in regional elections

The big winner in French regional elections on Sunday was the center-right Republicans, who are projected to control of seven of France's 13 provinces, including the region that contains Paris, while the Socialists of President Francois Hollande will win five and an unaffiliated nationalist will take the reins in Corsica. The Socialists had won all but one region in the last elections in 2010. Shut out by French voters in Sunday's second round was the far-right National Front, the top vote-gette...