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Bernie and Trump boast about inspiring new people to head to the polls but less than a week away from the Iowa caucuses, the number of registered voters has decreased in the state over the past year. If the major political parties had some trick up their sleeves to get more voters registered ahead of the Iowa caucus, it hasn't happened yet. With under a week left until people vote for the first time in 2016, the number of registered Democrats and Republicans has remained fairly static in the last six months. So the big crowds at rallies for Bernie...

A hunger-striking Palestinian security prisoner is to remain in Israeli jail despite warnings over his deteriorating health, the country's top court ruled Wednesday. The Supreme Court said it would not release Mohammed al-Qiq immediately but would follow his health on a daily basis. Qiq has been on hunger strike for 63 days over his detention under Israel's administrative detention law and his organs are at risk of failure any day, his legal team claims. The European Union on Wednesday said it was "especially concerned" about his deteriorating health. His lawyer Jawad Boulus asked the Supreme Court to release him but...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Now, while all this is going on, two of the leading socialists in America met at the White House today, Bernie Sanders and Barack Hussein O. Now, I don't know what the occasion was. Do you know why Bernie went there? There's something not right about this. (interruption) Is that what it was? Okay, so Obama praised Hillary, almost sounded like an endorsement. Of course, 'cause did you hear what Hillary's saying? Folks, I'm here to tell you right now, there's not gonna be an indictment on Hillary. The FBI's gonna have to revolt, because it isn't...

Atlantic City's local officials backed a revised plan proposed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday that called for the city to be rescued through additional layers of state oversight and new revenue sources. The plan, which Christie introduced with state Senate President Steve Sweeney and Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian by his side, combines elements of previous proposals to save the distressed gambling hub. [...] Christie's joint plan on Tuesday, which he said he wants to get cleared by the end of February, would allow the state to restructure city debt and terminate municipal contracts, including with labor...

The Wounded Warrior Project, a charity organization dedicated to helping injured former military members, only spends about 60 percent of its donation funds helping veterans. An investigation by CBS News discovered that the Wounded Warrior Project has a dismal record when compared to other similar charities, though the group managed to pull in $300 million just in 2014. The organization apparently raised more than $1 billion since 2003. “Their mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors, but what the public doesn’t see is how they spend their money,” Army Staff Sgt. Erick Millette told CBS News. Millette worked with...

Millions of young adults healthy enough to think they don't need insurance face painful choices this year as the sign-up deadline approaches for President Barack Obama's health care law. Fines for being uninsured rise sharply in 2016 - averaging nearly $1,000 per household, according to an independent estimate. It's forcing those in their 20s and 30s to take a hard look and see if they can squeeze in coverage to avoid penalties. Many are trying to establish careers or just make progress in a still-bumpy economy. The minimum penalty rises to $695 in 2016 for someone uninsured a full 12...

A self-avowed anti-Islam activist who allegedly participated in the militiamen occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon has been arrested. **SNIP** Ritzheimer first became nationally known in May last year when he organized an anti-Islam rally that was held in front of a mosque in Phoenix. At the time, Ritzheimer called it a "freedom of speech" rally to "push out the truth about Islam," and encouraged participants to "utilize their Second Amendment rights" while at the gathering. When local government and civil rights groups overwhelmingly denounced the rally, Ritzheimer declared "I can't let my kids grow up in...

Seeking to push Republican front-runner Donald Trump to join the Fox News debate on Thursday, Ted Cruz's campaign began selling baseball caps Wednesday saying "Make Trump Debate Again." ... This slogan is a variation of Trump's "Make America Great Again" motto...

A national research project is under way to create a small, surgically implanted, and free-standing bioartificial kidney to treat end stage renal disease (ESRD). The bioartificial kidney will give ESRD patients new hope beyond the short-term solution of renal dialysis and the longer-term, but impermanent, solution of a living kidney transplant for which donor organs are limited. As well, the bioartificial kidney is expected to save national health care dollars. VIDEO

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Now, just to review, I understood the point that our first caller was making, Peter from Seattle was his name. He basically said, "Look, Megyn Kelly ought to just bump out of this. This is not about her. It's about the candidates. We got a presidential campaign going on here, and people want to find out what these candidates think, not what the moderators think." His real point was not that she should be gracious and back out. His point was that reporters shouldn't be the ones making news. And on that basis, reporters ought to just...

Jeb Bush ridiculed Donald Trump for planning to skip Thursday's GOP debate here, although he's betting Trump still winds up on the stage. Literally. "I've got a $20 bet he shows up," Bush said during a town hall with employees of Nationwide insurance at the company's headquarters here Wednesday afternoon. Asked by reporters after the event why he thinks Trump might go back on his promise to skip the seventh Republican debate, Bush said, "Because it's in his interest."

Donald Trump may be about to do something that has never been done in the modern presidential nominating era: Win a state primary without a single endorsement from a member of Congress. In a testament to the oddity that is 2016, just days before primary voting begins, Trump -- the GOP frontrunner that the GOP refuses to believe is the frontrunner -- has yet to win the official support of any elected official on Capitol Hill.

If you've ever wondered whether the grass would be greener — or if you literally make more green — by moving to another state or working in tech, we have your answer. We've ranked the average salary of tech workers in all 50 states, using the latest data from a new survey conducted by Dice.com. While you'll need the necessary skills to get your foot in the door of a tech job, this roundup gives you the chance to at least see how your state, and those across the country, stack up. Here's how every state ranks, from those with...

I was curious to see how fox was dealing with the bride who left them story. I tuned into The Five in time for Guttfeld to have a total brakdown saying this was a terror attack on Megan and trump has attacked all media and now needs to be silenced. Greg you're an idiot and I'm now watching CNN because FOX has totally jumped the shark.

British film-goers are unlikely to besiege the multiplexes to see Michael Bay’s new movie, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi, when it goes on release tomorrow, but if you had been in the vicinity of Des Moines, Iowa, two weeks ago, you could have watched it for free. As part of his campaign tour, Donald Trump reached into his deep pockets to fund a special screening of 13 Hours for his supporters at the Urbandale Carmike Cobblestone 9 multiplex. “Mr Trump would like all Americans to know the truth about what happened at Benghazi,” explained the presidential candidate’s representative....

- PROGRAMMING ALERT - DONALD TRUMP JOINS BILL O'REILLY AT 8 PM ET ON 'THE O'REILLY FACTOR' TO DISCUSS TRUMP'S DECISION TO SKIP THE FOX NEWS/GOOGLE REPUBLICAN DEBATE TOMORROW NIGHT

From 30th Street Station, the train glided northwest out of Philadelphia, tracing the arc of the freeway. Near the old Schuylkill River Bridge, it jogged right, gathering speed, bound for the New Jersey border. Had you been standing anywhere near the tracks, you would have heard Amtrak 188 before you saw it, in the hum of the rail bed and the metallic shiver of the electricity in the overhead catenary wires. And then you would have felt it, in the vibration of the earth: the combined weight of a 98-ton locomotive and seven 50-ton cars, carrying a total of 258...

The Apple story is all screwed up right now. The iPhone is out of growth, so Apple wants to be seen as a services company like Amazon, Facebook, or Google. For Apple, services include things like app sales, iCloud revenue, Apple Pay, Apple Music, and iTunes. This is a wonderful idea, but there's a problem: Apple's services revenue is tied to the strength of its iPhone business, which is projected to drop this year. Apple can argue that it will be able to squeeze more revenue out of its installed base, but on its earnings call the company said the...

Yvonne Chouteau was the epitome of a prima ballerina in the eyes of artist Mike Larsen. “When you were in her presence with her, she was THE prima ballerina. There's no other way to describe her. … We watched her move, and we could see her on stage all those years ago,” he said. “Truly, I cannot describe the loss. It seems like recently we have lost so many legends. And Yvonne was one of those. She was one of the legends — and not just in Oklahoma.” Chouteau, one of the five American Indian ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained...