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2 February

China car market world’s largest in 2014

Shanghai—A total of 23.72 million automobiles were produced and 23.49 million sold in China last year according to figures released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

2 February

Toyota argues case in fatal car crash

MINNEAPOLIS— A Toyota Motor Corp. lawyer has told a Minnesota jury deciding whether the automaker is responsible for a crash that killed three people that the car couldn’t have accelerated so quickly if the driver hit the brakes as he claimed.

2 February

Global freedom suffers decline

Alexandra Olson / The Associated Press NEW YORK—Global freedom has suffered a disturbing decline with 60 percent of the world’s population, or 2.6 billion people, living in countries that are not completely free, according to a report released Wednesday.

2 February

Nigeria troops repel Islamist attack

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Nigerian troops Sunday repelled Islamic extremists who attacked from four fronts on Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeast Nigeria, with several civilians killed by aerial bombs and grenades and mortar shells on the ground.

2 February

World remains a dangerous place, Japan learns in a brutal fashion

TOKYO—The Japanese, who inhabit one of the safest countries in the world, have been reminded in brutal fashion that the world is a dangerous place.

2 February

Legazpi City: The city of fun and adventure

Nightlife is fascinating in Legazpi City, which has lively places where one could go to, like videoke bars, music lounges and night clubs, most of which are found along a major highway in Barangay Bogtong, on the outskirts of the commercial center.

2 February

What can Apple do next after setting iPhone record?

Brandon Bailey / The Associated Press Apple said sales of Macintosh computers were up 9 percent in the last quarter. The company increased its share of the personal-computer (PC) market at a time when overall PC sales were declining. Apple no longer reports separate numbers for its iPod music players.

2 February

Cookies made perfect

CHEF MOM / Adoree Chong-Uy The past few weeks have led us to a lot of questions about cookies, specifically drop cookies and rolled cookies. We have compiled some of them that we deem commonly experienced by a lot of bakers.

2 February

Modesto’s ‘Rewind: Drawings, Lithographs & Paintings 1983–2008’ at MO_Space

Fernando Modesto’s latest solo exhibition at MO_Space, titled Rewind: Drawings, Lithographs & Paintings 1983–2008, is a partial survey of the widely acclaimed artist’s drawings, lithographs and paintings that were created within a 25-year period.

2 February

Dylan sings Sinatra in ‘Shadows in the Night’

Review by David Bauder / The Associated Press Bob Dylan has never called Shadows in the Night (Columbia) a Frank Sinatra tribute album. The idea seems nuts: One of the last century’s greatest songwriters challenging, perhaps, its greatest voice, on Sinatra’s turf. No wonder it was the butt of jokes before anyone heard a note.

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February, 2015