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Stocks jump after strong jobs report (AP)

In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, trader Luigi Muccitelli, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Optimism over upcoming U.S. jobs figures helped stocks and the euro to rally on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, despite further evidence that the 17-nation eurozone is heading for recession. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – U.S. stocks jumped sharply in morning trading on news that the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in 2 years. The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 150 points.


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Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst (AP)

An auto worker assembles parts on the 2013 Dodge Dart at the Chrysler Plant in Belvidere, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Sergio Marchionne, Chairman and CEO Chrysler Group, announced that Chrysler will add a third shift at the Belvidere Plant to begin production of the Dart. The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP – In the most impressive surge for the job market since the middle of last decade, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.


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Trump endorses Romney after a puzzling Vegas day (AP)

Donald Trump greets Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, after announcing his endorsement of Romney during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP – With his trademark flair for spectacle, Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday on the famed Las Vegas strip — just hours after Newt Gingrich’s advisers were spreading the word that The Donald would be anointing him instead.


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Egypt police, protesters clash after soccer riot (AP)

Egyptian protesters stand on a cement block barrier separating the interior ministry from Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Egyptian police fired tear gas Thursday at thousands of demonstrators outside the Interior Ministry protesting the security forces' failure to prevent a soccer riot that killed more than 70 people.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP – Anger over a deadly soccer riot erupted in fresh clashes that injured nearly 400 people Thursday as security forces fired tear gas at fans and other protesters who accused police of failing to stop the bloodshed.


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Egypt soccer fans rush field after game, 74 dead (AP)

Egyptian fans clash with riot police following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.  Some dozens of Egyptian soccer fans were killed Wednesday in violence following a soccer match in Port Said, when fans flooded the field seconds after a match against a rival team was over, Egypt's Health ministry said. (AP Photo)AP – At least 74 people were killed and hundreds injured after soccer fans rushed the field in the seaside city of Port Said Wednesday following an upset victory by the home team over Egypt’s top club, setting off clashes and a stampede as riot police largely failed to intervene.


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Egypt soccer fans rush field after game, 73 dead (AP)

Egyptian fans clash with riot police following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.  Some dozens of Egyptian soccer fans were killed Wednesday in violence following a soccer match in Port Said, when fans flooded the field seconds after a match against a rival team was over, Egypt's Health ministry said. (AP Photo)AP – Soccer fans rushed the field after the home team won an unexpected victory over Egypt’s top club Wednesday, setting off clashes and a stampede that left at least 73 people dead and 1,000 injured in a Mediterranean port city, officials said.


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Student arrested after trying to take loaded gun into Bronx school 

A Bronx student was arrested after trying to bring a loaded handgun into school Tuesday, authorities said.

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