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• Initially Roth, 50, was worried something had happened to her elderly mother. Then she saw the message: "Emergency Alert: Amber Alert. An Amber Alert has been issued in your area. Please check local media."
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Fox News' Geraldo Rivera weighing US Senate run in NJ; 'Buckle your seat belts,' he says
• NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Geraldo Rivera, who hosts a weekend show on Fox News Channel, said Thursday he's seriously thinking about running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey.
• "Buckle your seat belts!" said Rivera before announcing, on his radio show on WABC-AM in New York, that he is "truly contemplating" a Senate bid.
• He said he has spoken to some people in the New Jersey GOP about a run, but he didn't say what they told him.
• Rivera got a mixed response when he asked his 30,000 Twitter followers how they feel about him challenging either Sen. Frank Lautenberg or Newark Mayor Cory Booker.
• At 89, Lautenberg is the oldest sitting U.S. senator. The Democrat hasn't said if he will seek re-election.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Friday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2013. There are 333 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members.
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• On this date:
• In 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, since only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.)
• In 1861, Texas voted to leave the Union at a Secession Convention in Austin.
• In 1862, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was (Continued on page 30)
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