Hillary gains ground in New Hampshire: poll  —  Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is cutting further into primary rival Bernie Sanders's New Hampshire lead, picking up 7 net points overnight, according to a UMass Lowell/7 News tracking poll released Friday.

John Kasich jokes about Democratic primary run in New Hampshire  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — For John Kasich, there are no Hail Marys planned during his final sprint of the New Hampshire primary.  —  “We're going to do really, really well up here, and there is no doubt in my mind about it,” …

Why can't Hillary Clinton find a good answer on Goldman Sachs?  Maybe there isn't one.  —  Stop a random person on the street, ask them to describe Hillary Clinton's biggest problem as a candidate, and a list that is almost certain to include the following will emerge.

Iraqi migrant rapes a 10-year-old boy at a swimming pool in Vienna and tells police it was a ‘sexual emergency’ because he hadn't had sex in months  —  A 10-year-old boy was so brutally raped by an Iraqi migrant in a swimming pool cubicle that he had to be hospitalised for his injuries.

Illegal immigrant is arrested over murder of American nanny in Austria after she took him in to stop him being deported - and is revealed to have raped underage girl  — Lauren Mann, 25, was found half-naked, face-down on a mattress at her apartment in Austrian capital last month

Jeb Bush enters the final days of his last stand  —  Sitting on his campaign bus — laptop, turkey jerky, and coffee all nearby — Jeb Bush was befuddled over his campaign's failure to capture more attention in the news media.  —  “I could drop my pants,” he said in an interview.  “Moon the whole crowd.

House votes to make ballot collection a felony  —  PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers approved a measure Thursday that would make felons out of people who return the early ballots of others to the polls.  —  The 34-23 House vote, with every Democrat present opposed, was propelled by arguments that the current system is ripe for fraud.

Sick and Tired of ‘God Bless America’  —  THE population of nonreligious Americans — including atheists, agnostics and those who call themselves “nothing in particular” — stands at an all-time high this election year.  Americans who say religion is not important in their lives and who do not belong …

Recipe for disaster: Several cars fall through ice at Lake Geneva's Winterfest  —  LAKE GENEVA — Several cars have fall through the ice at Lake Geneva's Winterfest Saturday afternoon, February 6th.  —  According to the Lake Geneva Fire Department, the cars were all parked on the ice …

Rubio Immigration Record  —  Politico reports:  —  “Arturo Vargas, the executive director for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, said Rubio, the son of Cuban exiles born in Miami, blocked ‘scorched-earth’ legislation that sought to clamp down on illegal immigration.

Trent Lott: I'd have thrown out Cruz for ‘liar’ speech  —  Trent Lott (R-Miss.) says he would take a hard line with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) if he was still running the Senate.  —  Cruz, a presidential candidate, assailed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a floor speech last year …