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South Korean K-Pop girl group Apink performs during Hallyu Dream Concert in Gyeongju, South Korea Oct. 6, 2013.(Photo: Ahn Young-joon, AP)
South Korea resumes anti-North broadcasts
In response to North Korea's claim that it successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb, South Korea resumed cross-border propaganda broadcasts on Friday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>North Korea considers the loudspeaker<span style="color: Red;">*</span>broadcasts an act of war because they are meant to raise questions in North Korean minds about the infallibility of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, whose birthday is said to be on Friday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>One of the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>biggest weapons in Seoul's propaganda arsenal is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>its homegrown K-Pop music<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— light pop tunes that may capture more northern ears than attacks on the regime's human rights abuses.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>South Korea stopped the broadcasts in late August after it agreed with Pyongyang on a package of measures aimed at easing animosities that had the rivals threatening war.
A picture released by the Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling North Korean Workers Party, on Sept. 8, 2015, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center front, and Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, second from right, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and first vice-president of the Council of State, watching an art performance by the Moranbong Band and the State Merited Chorus in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sept. 7, 2015. Bermudez led a Cuban delegation to North Korea to mark the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between North Korea and Cuba. <span style="color: Red;">*</span> Rodong Sinmun, European Pressphoto Agency
Men and women pump their fists in the air and chant "defend!" as they carry propaganda slogans calling for reunification of their country during the "Pyongyang Mass Rally on the Day of the Struggle Against the U.S.," attended by approximately 100,000 North Koreans to mark the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War at the Kim Il Sung stadium, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The month of June in North Korea is known as the "Struggle Against U.S. Imperialism Month" and it's a time for North Koreans to swarm to war museums, mobilize for gatherings denouncing the evils of the United States and join in a general, nationwide whipping up of the anti-American sentiment.<span style="color: Red;">*</span> Wong Maye-E, AP
North Koreans gather in front of a portrait of their late leader Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il, right, paying respects to their late leader Kim Jong Il, to mark the third anniversary of his death, Wednesday Dec. 17 at Pyong Chon District in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea marked the end of a three-year mourning period for the late leader Kim Jong Il on Wednesday, opening the way for his son, Kim Jong Un, to put a more personal stamp on the way the country is run. <span style="color: Red;">*</span> Kim Kwang Hyon, AP
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Jobs report could shed light on slowing economy
The monthly jobs report is always on investors' must-know list. But the suspense is really building for today's 8:30 a.m. ET release, thanks to cratering stock markets in the U.S. and across the globe. The cause of much of the stock pain, market instability in China, is now another worry on top of concerns from some experts that the U.S. economy may be sputtering. But those domestic doubts may go away if economists' projections of a healthy 200,000 new jobs in December are affirmed by today's Labor Department figures.
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Chinese shares plummeted 7% in just 30 minutes of trading, but how should the average investor react? Charisse Jones with five tips for the every day investor.
AT&T to stop offering two-year contracts
AT&T on Friday will stop offering two-year contracts to subsidize new smartphone purchases. AT&T customers will now only be able to get new phones —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>even flip phones or "dumb" phones —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>by paying the full price or paying in installments over time. Once the norm, two-year contracts have been phased out in the mobile industry in favor of selling devices at full price to consumers, typically through monthly installments over two years, or offering cheaper monthly plans without a contract.
Verizon and Sprint announced in August they would no longer sell contracts. T-Mobile got rid of contracts more than two years ago.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Mark Lennihan, Associated Press)
David Bowie releases new album, 'Blackstar,' on his birthday
David Bowie’s birthday is Friday, and he’ll mark his 69th year by releasing a new album, Blackstar. USA TODAY Life music writer Elysa Gardner calls it “an unqualified triumph” and gives it four out of four stars. The album, produced by Bowie and longtime colleague Tony Visconti, is “texturally adventurous, sonically stunning and full of both ambivalence and yearning.” <span style="color: Red;">*</span>Recommended downloads include<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Lazarus,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Dollar Days<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>I Can't Give Everything Away.
David Bowie's career has spanned nearly 50 years.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Jimmy King)
Tucson<span style="color: Red;">*</span>marks anniversary of Giffords shooting
At 10:10 a.m. MT on Friday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>thousands of bells will ring at once across Tucson to mark the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>five-year anniversary of the shooting that severely wounded Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and left six people dead. Giffords suffered a severe brain injury after the shootout<span style="color: Red;">*</span>during<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and resigned from the House in January 2012.<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>In the five years since the horrific scene unfolded, some of the survivors, including Giffords,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>have become fierce gun control activists. This December, the former congresswoman<span style="color: Red;">*</span>penned an emotional op-ed in USA TODAY<span style="color: Red;">*</span>imploring Congress and President Obama to work to curb gun violence.
Former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 5, 2016, prior to President Obama's announcement of a more sweeping definition of gun dealers.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Carolyn Kaster, AP)
And<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the essentials:
Weather:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Snow will fly across portions of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the western and central U.S. on Friday, while the East will see typical early January temperatures.
Stocks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. stock futures pointed higher<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Friday, while Chinese stocks rebounded, a day after trading was suspended following a 7% plunge that kicked off a global rout.
TV Tonight:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wondering what to watch this weekend? TV critic Robert Bianco looks at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>White House and the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Golden Globes.
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Contributing: The Associated Press
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