Cruz: CNBC debate moderators were ‘left-wing operatives’  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says the moderators at CNBC's GOP presidential debate were “left-wing operatives” trying to weaken Republican presidential candidates.  —  He added future debates should be hosted by moderators who have voted …

4 dead after morning shootings in downtown Colorado Springs  —  Gunfire rang out Saturday morning east of downtown Colorado Springs, leaving bullet-riddled bodies lying in the 200 block of North Prospect Street and in front of a Wendy's restaurant on North Wahsatch Avenue.

Is this proof ISIS shot down Russian plane killing all 224 on board?  Terror group releases chilling video as experts say jet did NOT lodge SOS call or have ‘any faults’ that would have caused crash  — The aircraft was reported missing 23 minutes after leaving the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with 224 on board

First on CNN: Trump slams Obama over ground troops in Syria  —  Norfolk, Virginia (CNN)Donald Trump on Saturday knocked President Barack Obama's decision to deploy fewer than 50 Special Operations forces on the ground in Syria, suggesting the strategy is a half-measure.

Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush Draw Contrasts With Each Other at Iowa Event  —  Following their clash at the debate, the two men appeared in Iowa for one of the final multi-candidate events before the state's Feb 1. caucuses.  —  McCormickJohn  —  Two Floridians, Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush …

Hillary Clinton Was Warned Not to Blame Benghazi on Youtube Video  —  Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's embassy in Tripoli, Libya, warned State Department officials in Washington, D.C., not to blame the Youtube video, Innocence of Muslims, for the Benghazi terrorist attack.

German Village of 102 Braces for 750 Asylum Seekers  —  SUMTE, Germany — This bucolic, one-street settlement of handsome redbrick farmhouses may for the moment have many more cows than people, but next week it will become one of the fastest growing places in Europe.  Not that anyone in Sumte is very excited about it.

Bernie Sanders Doesn't Kiss Babies.  That a Problem?  —  Spotted: Bernie Sanders, walking down Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.  Swinging hands with his wife, Jane.  Pointing to buildings.  Looking at the sidewalk.  —  And talking as little as possible to people.  Not asking for a single vote.

Academia's Rejection of Diversity  —  ONE of the great intellectual and moral epiphanies of our time is the realization that human diversity is a blessing.  It has become conventional wisdom that being around those unlike ourselves makes us better people — and more productive to boot.

Donald Trump's ex-wife Ivana slams current spouse Melania: 'She can't talk, she can't give a speech'  —  Ivana Trump has been very supportive of her ex-husband's presidential aspirations, but she isn't endorsing The Donald's wife as First Lady.  —  At a recent event in town …