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WASHINGTON (AP) — About 4 in 10 Nevada Democratic caucus-goers said they want the next president to be more liberal than the current one, while about half want a continuation of President Barack Obama's policies, according to early results of an entrance poll of Democratic voters arriving at caucus sites in Nevada. The top issues named by early arrivals at the Nevada caucuses were the economy, followed by income inequality and then health care, according to the entrance poll. About half of early... Читать дальше...

[...] make that two gripping murder cases, as the series offers two separate storylines linked by location and by the dogged crime-solving presence of Detective Sergeant Susan Reinhardt (Rosie Cavaliero, “Little Dorit”). [...] when she’s not eating to smother her sadness over losing her ex, she’s stalking him. In the first half of the miniseries, a detective in a neighboring community named Marcus Farrow (John Simm, “Life on Mars”) is investigating the discovery of murdered crime boss named Omer Hassan. Читать дальше...

Giants to monitor Cueto after his long 2015 postseason run After overseeing the Giants through three World Series since 2010, the coaching and training staffs are well-practiced in altering pitchers' offseason and spring-training routines to protect arms that toiled an extra month the season before. [...] Righetti said the Giants might let Cueto throw one or two extra bullpen sessions before he starts live batting practice against Giants hitters, when competitive adrenaline kicks in and pitchers... Читать дальше...

Junna Ige and Maykel Solas opened with the “Diana and Acteon Pas des Deux,” a classical showstopper with a triumphant score by Cesare Pugni. Carreño, a thrilling Acteon while a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, adapted the choreography by Petipa and Vaganova to his own Cuban style - huge leaps for a newly finessed Solas, grand arabesques and balances for Ige, who danced with refinement and the confidence of the huntress. The six men and six women devoured the Finnish choreographer’s postmodern take on neoclassicism... Читать дальше...

SYCAMORE, Ohio (AP) — A teenager posing as a state senator toured a high school and spoke to a class, and school officials didn't realize they were fooled until weeks later, authorities in Ohio said. Mohawk Local School District officials said Izaha Akins, of Marion, Ohio, visited the high school in December and claimed to be a lawmaker replacing another senator. School officials say Akins knew that Burke was scheduled to speak to a class Jan. 14, and called to bill himself as Burke's replacement as senator and available to speak earlier.

That old man — a haunted, haunting figure — sits at the center of “Champion,” the engaging and inventive “opera in jazz” by composer Terence Blanchard that opened a two-week run Friday night at the SFJazz Center in a dexterous production by Opera Parallèle. A world champion welterweight and middleweight from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Griffith fought an infamous 1962 title match against Benny “Kid” Paret in which he pummeled his opponent into a fatal coma. The combination of Griffith’s conflicted... Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In nearly two years since New York colleges were told to adopt policies defining consensual sex and rights of rape victims, the number of schools under federal investigation for handling of sexual violence increased from four to 25. Experts say the dramatic increases reflect better reporting rather than an actual uptick in sexual violence on college campuses. The federal directive in April 2014 says that under Title IX, the civil rights law prohibiting gender-based discrimination... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A dozen police officers shot and killed a homicide suspect during a gun battle along Interstate 5 in Washington state Saturday morning, authorities said. The suspect exited the highway and then got back on heading north, at which point the pursuing officers forced his car to spin out near an exit for Tillicum, said Lakewood Police Lt. Chris Lawler.

The Joplin Globe reported (http://bit.ly/1R87Rp0 ) local school districts have spent more than $100 million on construction safe rooms since the tornado, which killed 161 people and destroyed schools, homes and businesses. Besides several safe rooms at Joplin schools, school districts in Webb City and Jasper in Missouri and Galena and Baxter Springs in Kansas have also constructed at least one community safe room since the tornado. A shelter at the K-1 building provide classroom space, while shelters... Читать дальше...

Blumenthal says he has seen "the financially crippling effects of student loan debt" and how students and parents are working second and third jobs to pay off the loans. Blumenthal is supporting federal legislation that would make two years of community college free, allow borrowers to refinance their existing loans and expand existing public service loan forgiveness programs.

Do you have what it takes to be the next San Francisco Poet Laureate? Mayor Ed Lee and the SF Poet Laureate Nominating Committee put out a call Thursday for nominations to the post. Candidates have to meet a daunting set of standards; they must have published "one full length book (minimum 48 pages, not self-published or vanity press) and/or professional digital recording of performance with text (not self-produced) or 20 or more published poems in established publications, print or online, over the past five years. Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago music history professor has been honored with an award for his work cataloging all of the music ever written about Abraham Lincoln and now hopes to make his findings available to the public. Roosevelt University assistant professor Thomas Kernan started the work with his dissertation for his Ph.D. at the University of Cincinnati. James Cornelius, curator of the Lincoln collection at the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, said Kernan's work shows that... Читать дальше...

The Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, reports that Izaha Akins said in a brief interview he was showing that rural schools don't think they are at risk for security breaches, but that they can happen. Ohio school officials say a young man posing as a state senator toured a high school and spoke to a class, and they didn't realize they'd been fooled until weeks later. According to news media reports, Mohawk Local School District officials say the 18-year-old visited the high school in Wyandot County... Читать дальше...

Ted Cruz has taken time away from campaigning in South Carolina to attend the funeral Mass in Washington for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The Republican presidential candidate plans to be back in South Carolina later Saturday to await the results. Bush says he's going to "work hard for the day" and await results after the polls close at 7 p.m. He says "it's interesting that a lot of people claim they're undecided this late." Rubio is trying to rebound after a disappointing fifth-place finish in New Hampshire ... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Air Force veteran charged with trying to join the Islamic State will be among the first Americans to go on trial as a result of the U.S. government's pursuit of dozens of suspected sympathizers of the militant group.

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has ruled that six executives of China's state-owned ICBC bank in Madrid should be detained pending a judicial probe into suspected money laundering and tax fraud, a court statement said Saturday. The Chinese embassy in Madrid said in a statement that the Chinese government "requires Chinese companies to maintain a strict compliance of the law." China's Deputy Foreign Minister Liu Xing spoke Friday with Spain's embassy official Jose Luis Garcia Galan to convey his... Читать дальше...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Long-time Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni was on Saturday declared the winner of the country's disputed presidential election, but the main opposition party rejected the results as fraudulent and called for an independent audit of the count. Museveni's ruling party, the National Resistance Movement, urged all candidates to respect the will of the people and the authority of the electoral commission and accept the result. The voting on Thursday was marred by lengthy delays in the delivery of polling materials... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Major repairs aren't stopping Old Ironsides from commemorating the 201st anniversary of its final major battle of the War of 1812.

(AP) — Work on Interstate 65 in central Indiana is creating problems for first responders who have to maneuver fire trucks and ambulances around construction zones to reach accident scenes. On several occasions last year, Franklin emergency workers stopped their vehicles on the opposite side of the interstate and then crossed the median on foot to reach accident sites, Franklin Fire Department spokesman Brad Epperson said. State transportation officials plan to consider input from emergency crews... Читать дальше...

MEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a Long Island woman has been arrested for leaving the scene of a crash that killed one person and injured three others. Suffolk County police say 61-year-old Kathy Horan was driving east on Granny Road when she hit a group of people who had pulled over.

IUKA, Mississippi (AP) — The Latest on a standoff in northeastern Mississippi that ended with gunfire that killed the suspect and a law enforcement agent, and the wounding of three others (all times local). A coroner in Mississippi has identified a law enforcement agent and a suspected gunman who were killed when a standoff in the northeastern part of the state ended in gunfire. Coroner Mack Wilemon says it followed an hourslong standoff that developed as a result of some kind of domestic dispute. Читать дальше...

Voters across South Carolina are casting ballots for the Republican nomination for president in the state's traditional first-in-the-South primary. South Carolina GOP party leaders are predicting closer to 650,000 votes cast Saturday. Since starting the first-in-the-South primary in 1980, the party long prided itself in picking the eventual GOP nominee. Parker said the United States needs to get tough on terrorist groups like ISIS and stop illegal immigration, which he said is costing the country jobs. Читать дальше...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's Volvo Cars says it is recalling 59,000 cars in 40 markets because of faulty software that can briefly shut down the engine and electric system while driving. Group spokesman Stefan Elfstrom says the recall affects only five-cylinder diesel models from its 60 and 70 series built from mid-2015.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a hallowed place where popes have prayed and pilgrims have flocked, Washington is capping two days of official mourning for Antonin Scalia with a funeral Mass for the late Supreme Court justice. Paul Scalia, a Catholic priest serving the diocese of Arlington, Virginia, also planned to deliver the homily as politicians, friends and family joined in honoring one of the country's most influential conservatives. Several federal judges who are considered possible replacements for Scalia also were at the Mass... Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — German police are defending officers' handling of an incident in which a mob blocked a bus carrying asylum-seekers outside a refugee home. Chemnitz police chief Uwe Reissmann said police didn't have enough officers to keep the protesters away from the bus and deemed it necessary to get the migrants, who didn't want to disembark and two of whom made provocative gestures, into the building quickly.