Full statement on Trump declining to participate in Fox News/Google Debate  —  As many of our viewers know, FOX News is hosting a sanctioned debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, three days before the first votes of the 2016 election are cast in the Iowa Caucus.

Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says  —  BURNS - Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, the spokesman of the refuge occupation, was shot and killed after he charged police during a roadside stop north of Burns on Tuesday, according to a man on Facebook who claims …

Reid: 'I'm kind of pulling' for Trump  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) backpedaled Wednesday after joking that, among the current Republican presidential field, he's considering backing Donald Trump for the nomination.  —  “Look we've gotten along fine,” the Democratic leader told reporters.

GOP slashes Feb. debate undercard contest  —  ABC News will not include an undercard contest during its Republican presidential debate in February, according to new criteria released from the network.  —  The decision threatens to cut the debate stage to as few as six candidates just three days before New Hampshire primary.

DeLoreans to go back to the future and into production  —  HUMBLE, Texas - The DeLorean is going back to the future and into production.  —  We first saw the time machine three decades ago in the movie, “Back to the Future.”  But the last time a DeLorean was built was about 35 years ago.

Sanders says Obama not trying to ‘tip scales’ for Clinton  —  President Obama isn't trying to tip the scales in favor of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, Bernie Sanders said Wednesday following a meeting at the White House.  —  It was the Vermont senator's first one-on-one meeting …

It's Time to Unlock the Set-Top Box Market  —  Thanks to advances in technology, American consumers enjoy unprecedented choice in how they view entertainment, news and sports programming.  You can pretty much watch what you want, where you want, when you want.

Trump Refuses to Play by the Rules  —  RUSH: You've heard the phrase “the game.”  Every business has aspects of it that are considered the game, and that's the routine.  And the game is characterized by everybody knowing the rules of the game.  People involved in it play by the rules.

Hillary's “blame-men-first” feminism may prove costly in 2016  —  Hillary lags among men, again.  Is it misogyny, or her brand of feminism?  The story too hot for the New York Times  —  During her two presidential campaigns, Hillary Clinton has consistently drawn greater support from women than men.

George Clooney adopts dog no one wanted from Ohio animal rescue … COLERAIN TONWSHIP, Ohio — A shelter dog from Ohio that no one seemed to want has been rescued by a family of A-listers.  —  Nate the terrier was originally rescued from his former owner, who was described as a hoarder.

Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money  —  A CBS News investigation into a charity for wounded veterans, the Wounded Warrior Project, looks into how the charity spends its donation money.  —  What caught our attention is how the Wounded Warrior Project spends donations compared to other long-respected charities.

Bloomberg Editor Quits Over Fear The Company Can't Cover Michael Bloomberg Aggressively  —  “The bottom line is, you can't cover the circus unless you can write about one of the biggest elephants in the room,” said Kathy Kiely.  —  Can Bloomberg aggressively cover Bloomberg?