Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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Police say the attacker detonated an explosive device at the entrance to the embassy in Ankara and a report says two security guards were killed.
2.
Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin and embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the world, dies at 88.
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A new national alert system recently rolled out to cellphones that a child had been abducted has officials worried people will choose to opt out if their phones come to life unexpectedly.
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At 10 a.m., NASA will honor the seven astronauts who perished when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas 10 years ago.
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AP’s Lara Jakes finds that the U.S. is struggling to confront an uptick in threats from the world’s newest jihadist hot spot — North Africa.
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The January employment report released Friday morning showed U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January and hiring was stronger over the past two years than previously thought, providing reassurance that the job market held steady while economic growth sputtered.
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The port, not far from the Strait of Hormuz, gives Beijing another foothold in one of the most sensitive parts of the world.
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Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony is relieved of his remaining duties as church releases thousands of pages of personnel files of priests accused of sexual abuse.
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Grand Central, once in danger of being demolished, is celebrating its 100th birthday with speeches, a brass band and a rollback to 1913 prices.
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James Carville and Mary Matalin are the faces of the host committee for New Orleans’ biggest event in years — the Super Bowl — and say they’re humbled by the gratitude of the locals.
