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A group of visitors pose for pictures and take selfies with the "Punxsutawney Phil" mascot outside the public library in Punxsutawney, Pa., Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Thousands of people come to Punxsutawney for the annual celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob on Feb. 2. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) A group of visitors pose for pictures and take selfies with the "Punxsutawney Phil" mascot outside the public library in Punxsutawney, Pa., Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Thousands of people come to Punxsutawney for the annual celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob on Feb. 2. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

By Associated Press February 2, 2016 2 min read

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. GOP CANDIDATES EYE NEW HAMPSHIRE MOMENTUM AS DEMS GIRD FOR LONG FIGHT

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are emerging from Iowa with claims to the outsider and mainstream mantles in the Republican primary, while the Democratic contest remains a cliffhanger.

2. WHERE NEW DEMOCRATIC ERA IS DAWNING

Led by Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar is preparing to take a leap into uncharted territory, having only known democracy for 14 of its 1,000 years of recorded history.