Tuesday, February 9, 2016

New Hampshire Primary: Results and Analysis and other top stories.

  • New Hampshire Primary: Results and Analysis

    New Hampshire Primary: Results and Analysis
    PhotoBernie Sanders, surrounded by members of the news media, took a brief walk through Concord, N.H., after visiting a polling place.Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times Bernie Sanders couldn’t find his getaway car. Shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Mr. Sanders’s S.U.V. pulled into the parking lot beside the Green Street Community Center, a polling place in Concord. Wearing a high-collared charcoal fleece pulled up high under his rabbit white hair, Mr. Sanders, surrounded by an orbit of Secret ..
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  • New York Today: Jokes From the Trail

    New York Today: Jokes From the Trail
    Photo Lots of material here. Credit Richard Perry/The New York Times; Todd Heisler/The New York Times; Damon Winter/The New York Times Updated 12:46 p.m. Good morning on this nippy Tuesday.Cold, cloudy, with a 20 percent chance of precipitation.Today’s forecast for New York City is pretty similar to that for most of New Hampshire, where the presidential hopefuls (a few of whom have ties to New York, of course) have their last-gasp chance to campaign for the country’..
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  • Bernie Sanders Wins Every Demographic Group

    Bernie Sanders Wins Every Demographic Group
    Senator Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton among nearly every demographic group in the Democratic New Hampshire primary, according to exit polls. He carried majorities of both men and women. He won among those with and without college degrees. He won among gun owners and non-gun owners. He beat Mrs. Clinton among previous primary voters and those participating for the first time. And he ran ahead among both moderates and liberals. Even so, there were a few silver linings for Mrs. Clinton. Whi..
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  • Viacom Chief Is Defensive on Its Weak Earnings

    Viacom Chief Is Defensive on Its Weak Earnings
    Photo Viacom shares fell more than 21 percent after it reported a 10 percent drop in profits and a 6 percent drop in revenue in the quarter. Its chief executive blamed “a lot of noise” for the decline. Credit Lucas Jackson/Reuters The turmoil engulfing Viacom deepened on Tuesday as weak earnings and continued concern over the company’s leadership sent shares down more than 21 percent, the lowest level in more than five years. Viacom’s profits plunged 10 percent, and ..
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  • New York City Protest Planned Against Beyoncé's Super Bowl ...

    New York City Protest Planned Against Beyoncé's Super Bowl ...
    The controversy around Beyoncé’s politically charged Super Bowl 50 halftime performance looks set to continue with a protest planned next week outside the National Football League’s headquarters against the superstar’s alleged “race-baiting stunt.” Beyoncé and a troupe of dancers appeared on the field at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Ca. on Sunday night, dressed in black leather and berets, and raised their fists in an apparent homage to the Black Panthers. They also danced in an “X” shape, whi..
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  • 'Frozen' Coming to Broadway in Spring 2018

    'Frozen' Coming to Broadway in Spring 2018
    Photo A scene from “Frozen.” Credit Walt Disney Pictures Prepare your children. Dig out those Elsa costumes. And get ready to surrender, once again, to “Let It Go.” The Snow Queen is coming to the Great White Way.Disney announced on Tuesday that it plans to bring a staged musical adaptation of “Frozen,” the smash animated film with the power ballad that became a global earworm, to Broadway in the spring of 2018.The show will be the ninth musical (and 10th show over al..
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  • Violette Verdy, Ballerina With Flair, Dies at 82

    Violette Verdy, Ballerina With Flair, Dies at 82
    Photo Violette Verdy in 1968. Credit Jack Mitchell/Getty Images Violette Verdy, a French-born ballerina who became one of New York City Ballet’s most acclaimed stars by bringing her deep musicality, effervescent presence and theatrical flair to George Balanchine’s plotless ballets, died on Monday in Bloomington, Ind. She was 82. Her cousin Annick Horville-Chateaureynaud said she died after a brief illness. Ms. Verdy lived in Bloomington and taught at Indiana Universi..
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  • FarmBorough Festival Canceled in New York

    FarmBorough Festival Canceled in New York
    by CMT.com Staff 10h ago Just weeks after tickets went on sale for the second annual FarmBorough Festival in New York City, organizers announced Tuesday (Feb. 9) that the three-day event has now been canceled. Scheduled for June 17-19 on Randall’s Island Park, the festival was to have featured two stages of country music from Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Brantley Gilbert, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Thomas Rhett, a Thousand Horses, Billy Currington, Lonestar, Kacey Musgraves, David Nail, Er..
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  • New York City Police Reorganizing to Focus More on Gangs

    New York City Police Reorganizing to Focus More on Gangs
    The New York Police Department announced on Tuesday that it was reorganizing its investigative operations, a move that senior officials said would allow for an increased focus on gang activity.Under the new structure, nearly all of the department’s investigative units will be brought under the supervision of the Detective Bureau, James P. O’Neill, chief of department, said. An investigative chief will be assigned to each of the department’s eight patrol borough commands and will report directly..
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  • Taming Drug Prices by Pulling Back the Curtain Online

    Taming Drug Prices by Pulling Back the Curtain Online
    Photo Geoffrey, left, and Matthew Chaiken, founders of Blink Health, which helps people find better prices for medicines. Credit Alex Welsh for The New York Times Americans have come to rely on their smartphones to help them do seemingly everything, like hailing a taxi and comparing prices of dog food. But when it comes to buying prescription drugs, consumers still find the process maddeningly antiquated.Now, a few entrepreneurs say they are aiming to fundamentally c..
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