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Marco Rubio speaks at a campaign rally in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on March 8, 2016.(Photo: Gary McCullough, AP)
Rubio's last stand? GOP hopefuls debate in Miami
Hot on the heels of Super Tuesday 2, the four remaining Republican presidential hopefuls will meet on the stage Thursday in Miami for their 12th debate. Despite his home-state advantage, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>trailing Donald Trump in the polls just days before the state's March 15 winner-take-all primary.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Some are calling Florida a “last stand” for the fading<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Rubio, third in the delegate count,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>behind Trump and Ted Cruz.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The debate, hosted by CNN, The Washington Times and Salem Media Group, will air at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Prime Minister Trudeau goes to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Washington<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
President Obama will welcome Canada's new Prime Minister<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Justin Trudeau to the White House on Thursday for a state dinner, marking the first official state visit from Canada in almost 20 years. Some not-so-light dinner conversation will include ISIL and climate change, according to the White House. Trudeau, whose<span style="color: Red;">*</span>father is a former prime minister,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>led Canada’s Liberal Party to victory in October.
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The charismatic Canadian prime minister has won hearts over his progressive policies and easy charm. Trudeau hopes to capitalize on the attention to focus "on substance." Video provided by Newsy Newslook
Investors<span style="color: Red;">*</span>look for more stimulus from ECB
Wall Street will be watching Thursday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the European Central Bank meets,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>hopes are that the eurozone's top monetary authority<span style="color: Red;">*</span> will<span style="color: Red;">*</span>twist<span style="color: Red;">*</span>open the taps of stimulus. Such a move<span style="color: Red;">*</span>could boost dangerously low inflation<span style="color: Red;">*</span> throughout the 19-nation<span style="color: Red;">*</span>region. President Mario Draghi<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>has hinted the ECB<span style="color: Red;">*</span>could cut its<span style="color: Red;">*</span>already-negative deposit rate<span style="color: Red;">*</span>even further, which would<span style="color: Red;">*</span>make<span style="color: Red;">*</span>it more expensive for banks to hang on to their cash<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and encourage<span style="color: Red;">*</span>them to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>lend.
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will lead a pivotal ECB meeting Thursday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND, AFP/Getty Images)
More details revealed about North America's wizarding community
In the world of Harry Potter, anyway. J.K. Rowling<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will release another entry in "The History of Magic in North America"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>web series<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>on Thursday. So far, the author has taught us Muggles about what the magical world was like in North America between the fourteen and seventeenth centuries.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Her last entry dove into the beginnings of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (aka the American version of Hogwarts) and the Salem Witch Trials. What new tidbits are coming in this entry? Check the Pottermore site at 9 a.m. ET to find out.
Early North American witches and wizards did not have a fun time.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Pottermore)
LeBron and Kobe's final matchup
The farewells continue for Kobe Bryant. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers star will<span style="color: Red;">*</span>say goodbye<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to LeBron James<span style="color: Red;">*</span>when the Lakers play<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Cavaliers at the Staples Center in what will be the final matchup between two of the game’s greats before Bryant retires.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>They have faced off 21 times in the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>past 13 seasons,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and odds are that James could walk you through each and every one of those games if you asked.
Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers laugh during second half NBA All-Star Game basketball action in Toronto on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Mark Blinch, AP)
Bonus:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>7 volunteers choose jail for new TV series '60 Days In'
Seven volunteers<span style="color: Red;">*</span>go undercover as inmates<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the 12-episode A&E series<span style="color: Red;">*</span>60 Days In, which premieres<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Thursday at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>9 p.m. ET/PT. (It moves<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to 10 p.m. on March 17.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The volunteers, each of whom had no arrest record, were booked on fake charges and held for 60 days in Clark County Correctional Jail in Jeffersonville, Ind.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Each participant could tell<span style="color: Red;">*</span>only two adults<span style="color: Red;">*</span>about their participation on the show.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said he hopes that when the public hears the fake inmates' stories, "maybe it'll start clicking with people that 'That's not a place I want to go.' "
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'60 Days In' is new A&E series follows seven volunteers who agree to go undercover for 60 days in the Clark County jail in Indiana. A&E
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And<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the essentials:
Weather:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Another day of record warmth is forecast Thursday for the eastern U.S. while storms pelt the Mississippi Valley and Northwest.
Stocks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. stock futures were higher ahead of the ECB meeting Thursday.
TV Tonight:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wondering<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what to watch tonight?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>TV critic Robert Bianco looks at DC's Legends of Tomorrow,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Scandal<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Elementary.
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