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As a team that got to the Super Bowl this year tries to get back next year, one of the biggest impediments to playing into February comes from the fact that the team has just played into February. The fatigue can take a toll on a team, and Panthers coach Ron Rivera already is thinking…

The Clippers announced Tuesday they had suspended forward Blake Griffin four games for his role in an altercation with a team assistant equipment manager last month.

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Disney reported its best quarterly earnings ever on Tuesday, driven by the success of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

The operating income in its studio entertainment segment surged 86% to $1 billion dollars.

However, earnings from cable networks, which had been the focus of investors due to struggles at ESPN, declined 5%. 

In after-hours trading, shares of the company were down as much as 5%. 

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NPR's Ari Shapiro and Kelly McEvers read listener comments and one small correction.

New Hampshire voters weigh in on the presidential candidates as they go to the polls on primary day.

Going into the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared poised to defeat rival Hillary Clinton in the state. NPR explores how meaningful such an outcome would be for each campaign going forward.

Everybody slow clap at Ryan Seacrest for this brilliant PR move. 

Before the premiere of E!'s new "relationship rehab" reality show, "Famously Single," two of the series' stars, former Danity Kane singer Aubrey O'Day and Pauly D of "Jersey Shore" have announced that they are, like, totally doing it. 

Disney shares rise after results top estimates

NPR takes a look at what's at stake for the presidential candidates in the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary.

The heads of America's top intelligence agencies — including the CIA, FBI and NSA — gave their latest update on the nature of threats facing the U.S. on Tuesday, from ISIS to Russia to China and others. NPR has the latest on what America's spymasters call the biggest dangers of the moment.

The GOP presidential hopefuls are trading attacks on the use of water boarding and other such harsh interrogation techniques. Donald Trump vows he would revive those techniques as president and has attacked Sen. Ted Cruz for opposing that idea. Many critics and studies, however, conclude that harsh techniques do not work.

The politics surrounding the future of Chicago's public school system are intensifying. Three different players are in a power struggle for control of the system, which is suffering financially.

Baaba Maal is one of the most well-known Senegalese singers today. For over three decades, his music has won him fans all over the world. Music reviewer Banning Eyre says his first album in seven years, The Traveller, is different and surprising.

Deep in the woods of New Hampshire, 20 inmates are engaged in a fierce chess tournament in a secluded prison. The prize may be just a paper certificate, but even then, winning means a lot.

In debates, speeches, and interviews Republican Senator Marco Rubio can't stop repeating himself.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that the president’s budget proposal released on Tuesday expects substantial savings by moving hard-core terrorists to prisons in the United States.

 – Two Nigerians have been sentenced to two years in jail for attempted cash smuggling.  – The two men tried to smuggle cash worth over N1 billion to Ethiopia.  – The trial judge ordered the convicted men to forfeit the cash to the federal government. Two Nigerian citizens, Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland and Ngene Linus Chibuike, […]

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BOGOTA, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the military to intensify operations against rebels with the National Liberation Army, or ELN.

France and Germany pressed the European Union today to speed up plans designed to crack down on the funding of terrorist groups.

NEW YORK (ANP) - De effectenbeurzen in New York zijn dinsdag na een nogal beweeglijke dag met kleine verliezen gesloten. Een rally tegen het einde van de handel kon niet worden vastgehouden. De financiële fondsen op Wall Street gingen verder omlaag en ook de oliesector stond in het rood.

Monsanto will pay an $80 million penalty and several executives will pay smaller amounts to settle federal allegations that the agribusiness giant misstated its earnings by not properly disclosing the costs of a rebate program for its Roundup weed-killer.

The Securities and Exchange Commission says Monsanto didn't properly account for millions of dollars paid to distributors as rebates, which had the effect of distorting the company's earnings reports for 2009, 2010 and 2011. The improper accounting occurred at a time when Monsanto was losing market share to competitors who sold generic herbicides for prices lower than Monsanto sold Roundup, according to an SEC statement.

As he battles charges of securities fraud, former drug executive and Wu-Tang Clan patron Martin Shkreli may also have to defend himself against a federal copyright lawsuit.