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• NBC/WSJ poll: Gingrich leads Romney, but badly trails Obama

    Newt Gingrich leads Mitt Romney among Republicans, but he is the weakest of the Republican candidates tested against President Obama, according to an NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday evening. Gingrich leads Romney 37 percent to 28 percent nationally amo …

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• NBC/WSJ poll: Obama benefits from growing economic optimism

    Americans are growing more optimistic about the state of the economy and direction of the country, according to a new NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll out Wednesday evening, and President Obama is receiving better grades on his handling of the economy and job as a result …

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• Rio de Janeiro getting a makeover

  Rio de Janeiro has long been a tropical flower with thorns. Set in one the world’s most stunning natural locations, the pulsing metropolis has suffered from persistent crime and weak infrastructure. Most recently, three downtown buildings collapsed on Jan.

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• What did you think of President Obama's State of the Union speech?

  Click for the full address and analysis from NBC News' political team

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• American hostage in Somalia rescued by US Navy SEALs in overnight raid

  Updated at 7:15 p.m. ET: Navy SEAL Team 6, the unit that killed Osama bin Laden, also rescued an American and a Dane held hostage in Somalia, U.S. officials said, but the same service members were not involved in both missions, U.S. officials said.

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