The February 7, 2015 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 37 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 11 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, February 7, 2026, 118 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, February 7, 2027, in 246 days. You have lived for 4,136 days, or about 99,282 hours, or about 5,956,976 minutes, or about 357,418,560 seconds.
Date: 07 February 2015
By EMILY STEEL
Emily STEEL
NBC announces it will conduct internal investigation of Brian Williams, news anchor who admitted to misleading public when he described being in helicopter that was forced to land due to enemy fire in Iraq in 2003; investigation will cover Iraq incident as well as any others that seem problematic.
Date: 08 February 2015
By EMILY STEEL
Emily STEEL
Brian Williams says he will step down as news anchor for NBC's Nightly News following controversy over his account of being shot down in helicopter over Iraq in 2003; Williams will be replaced by Dateline anchor Lester Holt while NBC carries out investigation.
Date: 07 February 2015
By HUW RICHARDS
Huw RICHARDS
Date: 08 February 2015
By CHOE SANG-HUN
Choe SANG-HUN
North Korea reports that it has successfully launched new antiship missile.
Date: 08 February 2015
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Eric LICHTBLAU
News Analysis; amid ceremonies marking liberation of Auschwitz it is important to remember that many Holocaust survivors remained in camps for displaced persons, often on sites of concentration camps and often for years; part of reason this situation persisted is that some American commanders, Gen George S Patton among them, were anti-Semitic.
Date: 08 February 2015
By DAN BILEFSKY and MAÏA de la BAUME
Dan BILEFSKY
Profile of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who has been forced into spotlight after terrorist attack on French newspaper Charlie Hebdo; insiders say since attacks, Hidalgo has remained the same tireless and ambitious politician even as she embraced her new role of 'comforter in chief' to city.
Date: 08 February 2015
By KATE MURPHY
Kate MURPHY
News Analysis; revenge is pervasive theme in contemporary culture, and is central to many books, films, hit songs and television programs, but there has been surprisingly little research done on topic; what research has been done suggests that revenge rarely makes avenger feel better.
Date: 08 February 2015
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Elisabeth ROSENTHAL
News Analysis; experts say Affordable Care Act has exacerbated trend in commercial insurance industry toward policies that are more complicated in order to reduce costs of premiums; while law has been shown in numerous studies to reduce national health costs, it has also made it harder to define what is affordable to individuals.
Date: 08 February 2015
By JACOB BERNSTEIN
Jacob BERNSTEIN
Profile of publisher Judith Regan, who, eight years after her contentious and well-publicized exit from News Corporation, is making a comeback with new publishing imprint called Regan Arts.