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Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - The Day's Most Fascinating News from Dave Pell Wednesday, January 31, 2018 1 THIS SOTU SHALL PASS Dicky Durbin, Pocahontas, Sneaky Dianne Feinstein, Jeff Flakey, Liddle Bob Corker, Little Marco, Lyin' Ted, Crazy Bernie, and Crying Chuck were all in attendance as President Trump used his first State of the Union address to call for more unity. These speeches are wildly over-covered and soon forgotten. In the end, the biggest news of the night may have been that the president didn't tweet for at least 90 minutes. + Here are five big moments from the address. + SOTU Faced? The tone was different, the content was familiar. And the truthfulness? Check out the fact-checks from WaPo and AP . + WaPo : "The speech offered a window into what might have been, if he had stuck to script and sho...

2.5 percent A email Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 By Walt Hickey Y ou're reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 2.5 percent Percentage of mutual funds that have a woman as the sole fund manager, compared to 77.9 percent of funds that are managed exclusively by men. [ Bloomberg Gadfly ] $19.99 Amount charged for Tinder Plus for people aged 30 and up, compared to $9.99 and $14.99 for younger users of the product. A California appeals court ruled 3-0 Monday that the company can't do that, and that the pricing strategy is "prohibited arbitrary discrimination." [ SF Gate ] 30 percent Scrap aluminum that was recycled last year was the equivalent of 30 percent of U.S. consumption, as metals are really where the recycling business has shined. A quarter of U.S. zinc is from recycled material, as is 30 percent of cobalt. This could be a big deal as electric car production accelerates. [ Bloomber...

Inside the hidden extremist message in Trump's state of the union. No Images? Click here   By Lauren Weber     Wednesday, January 31 'THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF TRUMP'S STATE OF THE UNION IS WHAT HE DIDN'T SAY' Here's how the president presented immigration  as a violent threat. While Trump talked about a large number of natural disasters -- even acknowledging Puerto Rico hurricane victims -- he did not mention climate change . Sen. Bernie Sanders was the only politician to mention that in his recorded response . Critics pointed out Trump only spent 49 seconds on the opioid crisis, which is killing 64,000 Americans a year. And Rep. Joseph Kennedy III (D-Mass.) denounced Trump for "turning American life into a zero-sum game" in the official Democratic response . [ HuffPost ] [ T...