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The Daily 202: Rubio suffers a big setback in New Hampshire, as the governors strike back.

Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
THE BIG IDEA: GOFFSTOWN, N.H.—The three governors still standing in the race for the Republican nomination, each fighting for survival, delivered in the clutch here last night during the final debate before New Hampshire's looming primary.
Donald Trump Was On Fire At Saturday's Debate



North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbours, US

Reuters - ‎5 hours ago‎
SEOUL North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday carrying what it called a satellite, but its neighbours and the United States denounced the launch as a missile test, conducted in defiance of U.N.

Dozens still trapped a day after Taiwan eartquake

CBS News - ‎2 hours ago‎
TAINAN, Taiwan - With anxious families waiting nearby, rescuers on Sunday painstakingly pulled more survivors from the remains of a high-rise apartment building that collapsed a day earlier in a powerful earthquake that shook southern Taiwan and killed ...

For Peyton Manning, Super Bowl is personal test of will

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - For nearly two decades, Peyton Manning has been the biggest of NFL stars. Yet it still is almost unbelievable that Manning, a five-time MVP and future Hall of Famer, is here in Super Bowl 50 at all.

Syrian Refugees Flee Russian Bombs, Push Turkey to Open Borders

Military.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Syrians gather inside a truck on Feb. 6 to protect themselves from the cold weather at Syria's Bab al-Salam border gate with Turkey.

Clinton, Sanders war over Wall Street escalates

CNN - ‎34 minutes ago‎
Rindge, New Hampshire (CNN) The war over Wall Street between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton escalated Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," where both candidates defended their records.

Video shows airport workers with laptop used in Somalia in-flight jet blast

CNN - ‎2 hours ago‎
(CNN) Somali intelligence officials have released a video showing two airport workers handling a laptop believed to have contained a bomb that later exploded in a passenger plane.

Extremists Free Australian Woman Kidnapped in Burkina Faso

New York Times - ‎6 hours ago‎
NIAMEY, Niger - Islamic extremists have freed an Australian woman kidnapped last month in northern Burkina Faso, although her husband remains in captivity despite pleas from the family and efforts by officials to secure his release.

UAE says ready to support anti-IS coalition with troops

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Sunday it was ready to supply ground troops to help support and train an international military coalition against Islamic State in Syria provided such efforts were led by the United States.

Spanish Police Arrest 7 on Suspicion of Jihadi Links to IS

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
MADRID - Spanish police arrested seven suspected members of a jihadi cell linked to the Islamic State group and Jabhat al-Nusra militants during raids Sunday in the eastern provinces of Valencia and Alicante, and in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta.

Senior Falls 4 Stories to Death at Massachusetts University

ABC News - ‎20 minutes ago‎
Authorities say a student has fallen to his death from a fourth-floor window at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. WMUR-TV reports (bit.

2 dead, others wounded, during Orlando nightclub shooting

Washington Post - ‎38 minutes ago‎
ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando police say two people are dead and 10 others have been injured following a shooting inside a nightclub in the tourist district.

Cause of deadly New York crane collapse under investigation

MLive.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW YORK (AP) - It may take weeks to determine why a huge construction crane that was being lowered during strong winds came crashing down onto a street, killing a pedestrian and crushing a row of parked cars, city officials said Saturday ...

Hillary Clinton's Flint water crisis visit drawing supporters, critics

MLive.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak Sunday, Feb. 7, at the House of Prayer church in Flint. (Jake May | MLive.

Why a Recession Could Arrive Without a Yield Curve Warning

Wall Street Journal - ‎Feb 6, 2016‎
Investors may not be able to count on a once-reliable economic warning bell to ring before the next recession. Before every one of the past seven U.S.

Unemployment rate lowest in 8 years

Philly.com - ‎8 hours ago‎
The nation's unemployment rate dropped to 4.9 percent in January, hitting its lowest point in eight years, since February 2008.

Saudi, Venezuela Oil Ministers Hold 'Successful' Talks on Market

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said he held “successful” talks with his Venezuelan counterpart about ways of cooperating to stabilize the crude market, without saying what steps producers should take to shore up prices.

Nasdaq hits 15-month low in Friday freefall

USA TODAY - ‎Feb 5, 2016‎
Wall Street's short winning streak came to a brutal end Friday as a disappointing jobs report sent stocks skidding and the Nasdaq composite to its lowest level in more than 15 months.

Apple now accepting your banged-up iPhone

KBTX - ‎18 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK (AP) - Apple for the first time is accepting banged up iPhones as a trade-in from those wanting to upgrade. Until now, Apple offered credit to iPhone owners only if the device had an intact screen and working buttons.

Twitter's Challenge: Updating a Product Users Love to Hate

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
An uproar this weekend over a possible change to how tweets are displayed gave Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey a stark reminder of how hard it's going to be to fix Twitter Inc. The company has been under intense pressure from Wall Street to make ...

Verizon Accused Of Net Neutrality Foul By Zero-Rating Its Go90 Mobile Video Service

TechCrunch - ‎54 minutes ago‎
Verizon, the parent of TechCrunch's parent AOL, is being accused of violating net neutrality principles by excluding its own mobile video streaming service, go90, from data charges - thereby creating an unequal playing field.

Wevr Raises $25 Million to “Transport” You into a World of Virtual Reality

Bidness ETC - ‎3 hours ago‎
Wevr, is working on its new “beta” virtual reality platform, Transport. Fortune reports that the company has raised over $25 million from its investors, including HTC, Evolution Media Partners, Madison Wells Media, Orange Digital Ventures, and Samsung ...

Editor of Germany's Die Zeit newspaper demands rearmament and war

World Socialist Web Site - ‎Feb 5, 2016‎
With his numerous connections to the highest levels of politics and his membership in Transatlantic think tanks, he speaks on behalf of a ruling class, which, despite horrific crimes in twoworld wars, has once again lost its senses and is preparing to ...

World War Three: Inside the War Room, BBC Two, review: 'gripping'

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎Feb 3, 2016‎
War games. Bit of an oxymoron, isn't it? However, Russia recently having annexed a whole chunk of the former Soviet Union, the prospect of an East-West conflict is less unimaginable now than it has been since 1989.

Books: The year that saw the post-war world change utterly

Irish Independent - ‎Jan 24, 2016‎
At this time the US was the most powerful country in the world; consumerism had surged in the post-war boom, pandering to a new, suburban middle class.

Prominent German journalist beats the drum for nationalism and war

World Socialist Web Site - ‎Jan 26, 2016‎
For example, in 1978 he brought down the Baden Württemberg state premier Hans Filbinger by proving that as a naval staff judge he had passed death sentences against deserting Marines shortly before the end of the Second World War. From 1988, Aust ...

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