Emergency workers stand in and around a burnt Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro North Railroad commuter train near the town of Valhalla, New York, February 3, 2015.

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• Madigan, DOJ & States announce $1.375 billion settlement with Standard & Poor's
  Lawsuits by Madigan, DOJ & States prompt S&P settlement for misleading investors in lead up to economic collapse
   

'Frozen' still hot as Disney profit beats forecasts

A girl poses with an Olaf plush toy from Disney's Frozen toy line at the Toys R Us store in Times Square in New York November 27, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

• Futures dip after two-day run; ADP data on tap

• GM reports much higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit

• Staples agrees to buy Office Depot for $6.3 billion

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Local

• Go Red For Women on Friday, February 6th
  Heart Disease takes the lives of 1in 4 people each year
  Learn the risk factors and symptoms of heart disease during American Heart Month

• 78 percent of Illinois consumers who signed up for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace are getting financial assistance to lower monthly premiums    
  As the Feb. 15 deadline approaches, HHS encourages consumers to enroll in a quality, affordable coverage through the Marketplace

• Health Department announces now excepting Medicare Part D and shingles vaccine is now available  

• Logan County Department of Public Health food inspection scores

• Births at ALMH

National, International

• Roche study shows Gazyva offers strong benefits as lymphoma drug

• Blood from Ebola survivors could help spur new disease treatments

U.S. leaders, 2016 hopefuls back inoculations amid debate

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is shown in this photo tweeted by his office being inoculated on February 3, 2015. REUTERS/Sen. Rand Paul/Handout
 

• New Jersey Governor Christie ducks media after vaccination comments

• Genmab data points to early bone cancer drug launch: analysts

• U.S. FDA approves Pfizer's high profile breast cancer drug

House votes to repeal and eventually replace Obamacare

Paul Wheeler waves a flag while standing with a small group of demonstrators outside of the HIlton Hotel and Suites prior to former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, president of the The Heritage Foundation, speaking at a "Defund Obamacare Tour" rally in Indianapolis August 26, 2013. REUTERS/Nate Chute

• Screen time may damage teens’ sleep

• Britain votes to allow world's first 'three-parent' IVF babies

Medical pot vending machine debuts in Seattle

A view of the screen of a ZaZZZ vending machine that contains cannabis flower, hemp-oil energy drinks, and other merchandise at Seattle Caregivers, a medical marijuana dispensary, in Seattle, Washington February 3, 2015. REUTERS/David Ryder