memeorandum: Wayward pig shows up at New Hampshire polling place (Steve Annear/BostonGlobe.com)

7:35 PM ET, February 9, 2016

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Ben White / Politico:

What Clinton said in her paid speeches — NEW YORK — When Hillary Clinton spoke to Goldman Sachs executives and technology titans at a summit in Arizona in October of 2013, she spoke glowingly of the work the bank was doing raising capital and helping create jobs, according to people who saw her remarks.

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton Puzzled by the Phrase ‘Went Viral’ — Hillary Clinton has mastered the art of the selfie on the campaign trail, but she may still have something to learn when it comes to social media lingo. — When a voter approached her at a polling station at Parker Varney School in Manchester …

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Monica Alba / NBC News:

Bill Stumping for Hillary Clinton: 'Sometimes ... I Wish We Weren't Married' — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton embrace during a campaign stop Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Hudson, N.H. Matt Rourke / AP — HUDSON, N.H. — In his last appearance …

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Bloomberg Business:
Home-Field Advantage Is Only Part of Sanders's Appeal in New Hampshire

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton, Wall Street shill? Here are a few facts.

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Politico:

Fox News accidentally reports Donald Trump as the winner in New Hampshire — Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday — according to a premature Fox News report. — Citing every precinct reporting, Fox News' website accidentally published election results declaring Trump …

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CBS News:

CBS News announces Republican debate criteria — CBS News is announcing the criteria for the ninth Republican presidential debate, which will take place at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 13. — In order to qualify for this debate, candidates will have to meet one of the following criteria:

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Donald Trump / WND:
Trump to Savage: Maybe Obama doesn't want to defeat ISIS

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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
New Hampshire Winner Stands to Gain Big Share of State's Delegate Trove

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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
New Trump ad slams Cruz as the ‘worst kind of Washington insider’

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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Whoops! Fox News Accidentally Declares Trump The Winner In NH

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ABC News:

The ABC News Analysis Desk will be updating this page all night with live analysis of the New Hampshire primary exit polls. — Stay tuned! — Get real-time updates as this story unfolds. To start, just “star” this story in ABC News' phone app. Download ABC News for iPhone here or ABC News for Android here.

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CNN:

Early exit polls: N.H. voters concerned with economy, government — Washington (CNN)The early results of the New Hampshire exit polls find a Republican race centered on discontent with both the federal government and the Republican Party, where voters' preferences remained unsettled until the final days of the contest.

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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:

The Anxiety Of Being Marco Rubio — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Millions of people watched Marco Rubio's televised tailspin in the opening minutes of last weekend's Republican presidential debate — but what, exactly, they saw depended on the viewer. — To rivals, Rubio's reflexive retreat …

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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
The Marco Rubio Robot Bull

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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Will Marco Rubio's Fragile Appeal Be Shattered in New Hampshire?

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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Marco Rubio Raises Expectations, Predicts Victory in New Hampshire

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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

This Is How Hillary Clinton Gets the Coverage She Wants — Hillary Clinton's supporters often argue that mainstream political reporters are incapable of covering her positively—or even fairly. While it may be true that the political press doesn't always write exactly what Clinton would like …

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WPTV:

Man accused of tossing gator into Wendy's drive-thru window — Tory Dunnan, WPTV Webteam — Gator wasn't on the menu but one did make an appearance inside a Wendy's just east of Loxahatchee in Royal Palm Beach. And it wasn't by choice. — A Jupiter man threw it through …

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Niraj Chokshi / Washington Post:
Assault with a deadly weapon: Florida man charged with throwing alligator into Wendy's

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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:

Obama's Clean-Power Plan Put on Hold by U.S. Supreme Court — The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a new federal regulation that would cut emissions from power plants, putting a hold on President Barack Obama's most ambitious effort to combat climate change. — The justices heeded calls from utilities …

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Associated Press:
Supreme Court Puts Obama's Clean Power Plan on Hold

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David Brooks / New York Times:

I Miss Barack Obama — As this primary season has gone along, a strange sensation has come over me: I miss Barack Obama. Now, obviously I disagree with a lot of Obama's policy decisions. I've been disappointed by aspects of his presidency. I hope the next presidency is a philosophic departure.

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Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly: David Brooks: Early Adopter

Jeremy Tanner / New York's PIX11:

Rapper DMX found lying ‘lifeless’ in Yonkers hotel parking lot — YONKERS, New York - Rapper DMX is recovering after first responders found his lifeless body in a hotel parking lot Monday night and managed to revive him. — DMX, whose legal name is Earl Simmons, stopped breathing …

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Pete Williams / MSNBC:

FBI formally confirms its investigation of Hillary Clinton's email server — In a letter disclosed Monday in a federal court filing, the FBI confirms one of the world's worst-kept secrets: It is looking into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. — Why say this at all, since it was widely known to be true?

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Jim Woods / The Columbus Dispatch:

Franklin Township man takes his life outside Statehouse — A Franklin Township man killed himself outside the front door of the Statehouse Downtown on Monday evening. — Authorities were called just after 6 p.m. to a shooting, which occurred up the steps and at the entrance to the Statehouse, on the S. High Street side.

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Cruz blocks nominees to the State Department for a third time — Sen. Ted Cruz blocked the Senate from confirming State Department nominees for the third time in the past week, even though the Texas Republican is campaigning in New Hampshire. — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) …

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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:

The Kids Are for Bernie — RINDGE, New Hampshire—Twenty-three minutes into his typically rambling, hourlong stump speech in the arena here, at a private liberal-arts college on the Massachusetts border—after he had decried the Koch brothers and the prescription-drug companies …

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Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal:

The Thorny Economics of Illegal Immigration — Arizona's economy took a hit when many illegal immigrants left, but benefits also materialized — MARICOPA, Ariz.—After Arizona passed a series of tough anti-immigration laws, Rob Knorr couldn't find enough Mexican field hands to pick his jalapeño peppers.

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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

Bernie Sanders is the future of the Democratic Party — Whether or not Bernie Sanders wins in New Hampshire, or wins the Democratic nomination outright, he's already won in another, perhaps more important way: His brand of politics is the future of the Democratic Party.

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Michelle Hackman / Vox:

Donald Trump called Ted Cruz a “pussy” — and the media won't repeat it — There's no way to skirt the word used to describe Ted Cruz at a Donald Trump rally last night: pussy. — Trump was criticizing the Texas senator's unwillingness to support widespread uses of torture when a woman …

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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:

Want to know how N.H. will vote? Look to Laconia — LACONIA, N.H. — As the world's eyes turn to a small New England state Tuesday for the first presidential primary in the nation, experts are looking to a small city that has shown an uncanny ability to predict the results.

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National Review:

Only a Barbaric Nation Drafts Its Mothers and Daughters into Combat — The most disappointing moment of Saturday night's debate came when Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio each embraced the idea that women should register with the selective service, making it possible for America to draft women into ground combat.

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Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast:

Bernie Sanders to Huddle With Al Sharpton — Is the controversial activist and MSNBC host feeling the Bern? Or is he telling Hillary Clinton not to take his endorsement for granted? — The day after he's expected to wallop Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire's primary …