BOB SIMON: BRONX BOY

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As CBS News colleague Steve Croft said, Bob Simon used to say he was a Jewish kid from the Bronx. Bob didn't tell you that he was also Phi Beta Kappa, had been a Fulbright scholar, or that he went on to become television's quintessential foreign correspondent.

I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to briefly meet my Tocayo, Bob Simon and I even got to sign the huge welcome home card CBS News gave him, Peter Bluff, Juan Caldera and Roberto Alvarez after they were all released, following 40 days inside a prison in Iraq. Bob was truly a journalism jewel.

THE WIZARD OF OS

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The Oscars are tonight. Watch here: http://liveoscarsstream.com/ or follow all the news that's fit to download on your smartphone, tablet, or computer by visiting: www.doseofnews.com * Entertainment.

BBC News - Oscars 2015: Birdman battles Boyhood http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31551856

And The Oscar Goes To ... http://n.pr/1AviAC5

Oscars promise a night of nail-biting and new winners http://reut.rs/1Febh2m via @reuters

Neil Patrick Harris Admits to Panicking Over the Oscars - ABC News http://abcn.ws/1DHk3ZG via @ABC

All The News Fit To Download

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We are inviting users of the existing DOSE OF NEWS site on smart phones, computers and tablet devices to check out the new responsive solution which we’ve built, that works for everyone on any device.

The feedback we received has been extremely useful and has allowed us to prioritize the next set of features we are delivering on the www.doseofnews.com website.

For instance, many people pointed out the 'breaking news ticker' from the existing site as something that they'd like to see carried forward to the new responsive version. We heard you and we listened.

Lunar New Year Parade

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New York's Chinese and Korean communities together celebrated their favorite period of the lunar calendar, with a parade through the streets of Flushing in Queens.

This joyous and colorful and multicultural parade marked the Year of the Goat, Sheep, or Ram depending on your preference.

SON OF A BUSH

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As this son of a Bush heads towards a possible presidential bid, Jeb is beginning to take fire from those who say his views on immigration, along with his last name, embody a Republican Party establishment that doesn’t truly represent conservatives. Whoever you decide to support... Let Jeb Be Jeb.

The unbearable burden of being Jeb http://bv.ms/1BxDeEE pic.twitter.com/RBDw9HjukK

Jeb Bush's foreign policy team is eerily familiar, in one Venn diagram http://wapo.st/1vFKreA

CNN: Jeb Bush defends NSA dragnet http://cnn.it/1ATT1ME

Winter Weather Woes

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The cold weather continues, with a winter weather advisory in effect ... 1P UNTIL 2A EST SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH A TRACE OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

State of The Bronx

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Another State of the Borough address and Bronx Beep Diaz and this time he spoke from the Mall at Bay Plaza.

During his sixth since becoming borough president in 2009, he said “We move forward, in the spirit of Herman Badillo and Mario Cuomo. We move forward, understanding that we can design and enact a transformative agenda for our future while also respecting the hardships and the glories of our past”

DANGEROUSLY COLD

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New York City Emergency Management has issued a weather alert for dangerous cold temperatures for tonight, followed by a wintry mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain, and rain Saturday, 2/21 through Sunday 2/22.

Low temperatures tonight are forecast around 10 degrees and wind chills near 5 degrees. Saturday wind chills between 0 and 10 degrees can be expected. Light snow will begin late Saturday morning and continue throughout the day, becoming heavier ubtil 7:00 PM.

CRE NIGHTMARE

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Several patients, including a couple who died have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant and a potentially killer Super-bug likely transmitted by contaminated medical instruments at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Officials warn that nearly 200 patients may have been infected by the Super-bug known as Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE.

Individuals may have been infected during complex endoscopic procedures at the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic and bile-duct problems between October 2014 and January 2015.

WEATHER ALERT

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The overall weather pattern through the end of the week will continue to
be featured with a pronounced and anomalous upper level trough over the
eastern half of the country, and a big upper level ridge for the western
states. This will keep most of the West Coast, the Great Basin, and the
Desert Southwest warmer and drier than normal, and the central and eastern
parts of the U.S. much colder than normal.

Over the eastern half of the nation, we all know that it has been quite
cold over the past week. An eddy of the polar vortex is leading to the

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