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• 'The Hobbit' holds on at top at N. American box office

  04-01-2015 20:11
  
  Tolkien fantasy epic "The Hobbit" enjoyed a third week at the top of the North American box office, while controversial comedy "The Interview" took in another $1 million in its limited release. Meanwhile, "The Interview," playing in 581 independent movie houses, after threats from hackers who claimed a cyberattack of Sony Studios, which the White House said was orchestrated by North Korea, added $1 million to its two-week theatrical take. In second place for a secon
  
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• Obama back in Washington after 2-week Hawaii trip

  04-01-2015 19:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is back at the White House after spending two weeks with his family in Hawaii.
  
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• Barron's Recap: The Best Income Ideas For 2015 & A Surprising Forecast From Jeff Gundlach

  04-01-2015 18:41
  
  This weekend in Barron's online: where to find the best income investments for 2015, financing social good, the White House economic forecast for 2015, as well as the prospects for shares of BorgWarner, ...
  
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• Watch Mike Huckabee Say Goodbye Fox News; White House Run Next? (Video) — UPDATE

  04-01-2015 16:10
  
  UPDATED, Sunday 7:10 AM:  Fox News Channel's Fox News Sunday hosted conservative talking head Laura Ingraham this morning so she could deliver the news, “The idea that Mike Huckabee is going to be president of the United States? I'll predict that's not going to happen,” adding, "He'd probably have done better serving conservatism if he had run for one of the two open Senate seats in Arkansas over the last few years.” "He decided not to do that, she reminded.
  
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• Mike Huckabee Says Goodbye To Fox News; White House Run Next? (Video) — UPDATE

  04-01-2015 16:10
  
  UPDATED, Sunday 7:10 AM:  Fox News Channel's Fox News Sunday brought in conservative talking head Laura Ingraham this morning so she could deliver the news, “The idea that Mike Huckabee is going to be president of the United States? I'll predict that's not going to happen,” adding, "He'd probably have done better serving conservatism if he had run for one of the two open Senate seats in Arkansas over the last few years.” "He decided not to do that, she remin
  
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• There’s Now An Estimate Of The Sony Hack’s Destruction

  04-01-2015 15:20
  
  REUTERS/Larry DowningU.S. President Barack Obama answers a question after his end of the year press conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, December 19, 2014. The November hack of Sony “resulted in the destruction of about three-quarters of the computers and servers at the studio’s main operations,” David Sanger and Michael Schmidt reported this weekend.  President Barack Obama has blamed North Korea, and on Friday the US Treasury imposed sanctions on 10 senior
  
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• Challenges await each potential GOP 2016 candidate

  04-01-2015 14:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen potential Republican candidates are contemplating White House bids in 2016 in what's shaping up as a crowded and diverse field.
  
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• How the 113th Congress Dodged the Top “Do-Nothing” Label

  04-01-2015 12:30
  
  Congress has stumbled through several years of highly partisan, truncated government, with the Democrats in control of the White House and Senate and the Republicans in charge of the House – with little in the way of truly important legislation to show for their efforts. Now we are entering a new era of divided government, with a Democratic president and Republican Congress, and the question becomes can this system be any more productive?
  
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• N. Korea slams 'hostile' US sanctions over Sony hack

  04-01-2015 07:49
  
  North Korea on Sunday lashed out at fresh sanctions imposed by the United States in retaliation for its alleged cyber attack on Sony Pictures, criticising Washington for refusing a proposed joint investigation. US President Barack Obama last week authorised a new layer of sanctions on several Pyongyang institutions and officials, in the wake of the crippling hacking attack on the Hollywood movie studio. "The persistent and unilateral action taken by the White House to slap 'sanctions&#
  
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• Republican Huckabee quits Fox News as he considers 2016 White House bid

  04-01-2015 04:00
  
  By Gabriel Debenedetti WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee said on Saturday that he was leaving his weekly Fox News show so he can explore a 2016 presidential bid. Huckabee, who vied for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, announced his decision to leave the show on Facebook, then bid his viewers farewell on his final show Saturday night. "I'm not going to make a decision about running until late in the spring of 2015, but the continued (political)
  
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• Watch Mike Huckabee Say Goodbye Fox News; White House Run Next? – Video

  04-01-2015 03:50
  
  UPDATED WITH VIDEO, 6:50PM: Here's the clip of Mike Huckabee's final signoff after doing his Fox News Channel show Huckabee for the past 6 1/2 years. UPDATED, 6:04PM: Mike Huckabee ended his Fox News show tonight by announcing he's ending his run at Fox News. “It has been the ride of a lifetime, and I have never had so much fun in my life,” the former Arkansas governor told his live studio audience on Huckabee. “But I also realize that God hasn't put me on Earth just to
  
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• Watch Mike Huckabee Say Goodbye Fox News; White House Run Next?

  04-01-2015 03:04
  
  UPDATED, 6:04PM: Mike Huckabee ended his Fox News show tonight by announcing he's ending his run at Fox News. “It has been the ride of a lifetime, and I have never had so much fun in my life,” the former Arkansas governor told his live studio audience on Huckabee. “But I also realize that God hasn't put me on Earth just to have a good time or to make a good living but rather God's put me on Earth to try to make a good life. There has been a great deal of speculation as to…
  
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• Potential 2016 contender Mike Huckabee quits Fox News

  04-01-2015 01:48
  
  By Gabriel Debenedetti WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a potential Republican candidate for president in 2016, has decided to leave his weekly Fox News program, he announced on Facebook on Saturday. In the Facebook posting, Huckabee, who ran for the White House in 2008, said he will not decide until late spring whether he will pursue another presidential bid but acknowledged there has been "continued chatter" that he might. Fox News has previously ended
  
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• Huckabee leaving Fox News show ahead of decision

  04-01-2015 01:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Political commentator and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he is ending his six-year run as a TV host on Fox News, a decision that will fuel speculation about the Republican's plans for another White House bid.
  
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• Mike Huckabee Leaving Fox News; White House Run Next?

  04-01-2015 01:25
  
  The former governor of Arkansas is calling it a career at Fox News Channel. The network said Mike Huckabee will announce his exit during Huckabee tonight at 8 PM ET. FNC reported the news during the 5 PM hour, and a spokesman said the split was amicable. Fox News said it will run specials in place of Huckabee's political commentary show for the next few weeks and will be trying “a few new ideas” in its longtime weekend time slot. So what might this mean for the GOP…
  
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