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The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part	1	-	$34.72M
What Men Want	2	-	$18.23M
Cold Pursuit	3	-	$11.03M
The Upside	4	2	$85.66M
Glass	5	1	$98.33M
The Prodigy	6	-	$5.85M
Green Book	7	6	$61.38M
Aquaman	8	4	$328.45M
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	9	5	$179.83M
Miss Bala	10	3	$11.89M
A Dog's Way Home	11	8	$38.94M
They Shall Not Grow Old	12	10	$13.6M
Escape Room	13	9	$54.62M

billboard top rock

1	Panic!AtTheDisco:High Hopes
2	Marshmello&Basti:Happier
3	floracash:You'reSomebodyElse
4	ImagineDragons:Natural
5	CageTheElephant:ReadyToLetGo
6	YoungTheGiant:Superposition
7	Muse:Pressure
8	TheGloriousSons:S.O.S.(SawedOffShotgun)
9	Mumford&Sons:GuidingLight
10	The1975:LoveItIfWeMadeIt
11	VampireWeekend:HarmonyHall
12	GretaVanFleet:You'reTheOne
13	DeathCabForCutie:NorthernLights
14	BarnsCourtney:"99"
15	Ghost:DanceMacabre
16	Shinedown:GetUp
17	SHAED:Trampoline
18	Houses:FastTalk
19	morgxnFeaturingWALKT:Home
20	Judah&TheLion:OverMyHead
21	RivalSons:DoYourWorst
22	FosterThePeople:WorstNites
23	PapaRoach:WhoDoYouTrust?
24	Weezer:Can'tKnockTheHustle
25	Godsmack:WhenLegendsRise

slashdot

-	Gravitational Wave Detectors Upgraded To Hunt For 'Extreme Cosmic Events'
-	Researchers Are Working With NASA To See If Comedians Help Team Cohesion On Long Space Missions
-	New Drug Rapidly Repairs Age-Related Memory Loss, Improves Mood
-	Samsung's New Galaxy Tab S5e Is Its Lightest and Thinnest Tablet Ever
-	18,000 Android Apps Track Users By Violating Advertising ID Policies

sportsnet

-	Talbot trade signals Oilers’ focus on clearing salary
-	What trading Cam Talbot to Flyers means for Edmonton Oilers
-	Oilers’ Puljujarvi bereft of confidence after another soul-crushing night
-	How Leafs’ Matthews developed the most unique shot in hockey
-	NBA all-star weekend highlights embrace of drama-centric era

canoe

-	2nd arrest in robbery that led to NYPD friendly fire death
-	Employee being fired kills 5 at Illinois business
-	Drew Barrymore hasn’t had a good date in almost 4 years
-	Jennifer Aniston’s plane loses wheel during flight to 50th birthday celebrations
-	Canada’s Stephen Ames, Sandy Lyle share PGA Tour Champions lead

cnet

-	Twitter hides tweet that appears to be from Iran's supreme leader
-	Google reportedly scored tax breaks using secret shell companies
-	Apple to buy AI voice startup PullString, report says
-	Enter to win* a streamer and DC Universe merch!
-	Toy Fair 2019: Nerf Fortnite, Barbie turns 60 and more

reuters

-	HNA cuts stake in Deutsche Bank to 6.3 percent: SEC filing
-	China-U.S. trade talks 'making a final sprint': state media
-	Payless ShoeSource to start liquidation sales at stores
-	Starboard gauges Bristol-Myers shareholder support for Celgene deal
-	Analyst View: Investors divided over Mexico's bailout of state oil company

cbc

-	Liberals risk 'brand damage' over Wilson-Raybould controversy, says former Martin government official
-	As Trump declares emergency over border wall, he undermines his own case
-	A life of wandering the world: The best of Joe Schlesinger's writing for CBC
-	How California is building its own wall of resistance against Trump
-	Gunman who killed 5 at Illinois workplace 'was being terminated,' police say

space

-	Space junk harpooned like whale in orbit-cleanup test
-	Farewell, Opportunity: Rover dies, but its hugely successful Mars mission is helping us design the next one
-	From Chelyabinsk to Cuba: The meteor connection
-	Image: Visualization of orbital space debris
-	Six things to know about NASA's Opportunity Mars rover

science daily

-	Graphene-based wearables for health monitoring, food inspection and night vision
-	Genetic vulnerability to menthol cigarette use
-	Drug to rejuvenate muscle cells
-	Open-science model for drug discovery expands to neurodegenerative diseases
-	Hope for fighting disease known as Ebola of frogs

new scientist

-	AI autotune makes your terrible karaoke singing more tolerable
-	Fears of OpenAI’s super-trolling artificial intelligence are overblown
-	A dialect quiz shows we still cling to our regional identities
-	The children striking over climate change speak to New Scientist
-	Russia’s plan to unplug from the internet shows cyberwar is escalating

Sat Feb 16

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Sun Feb 17

A mix of sun and cloud
high: -8 c

Mon Feb 18

Cloudy
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Tue Feb 19

Sunny
high: -10 c

Wed Feb 20

Cloudy
high: -9 c

Stocks

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CSCO	49.43	+0.60 (1.21%)
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AAPL	170.42	-0.83 (0.49%)
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NXPI	93.04	+0.46 (0.49%)
QCOM	51.98	-0.10 (0.19%)
TSLA	307.88	+3.38 (1.10%)
AMZN	1607.95	-19.91 (1.24%)
NFLX	356.87	-1.60 (0.45%)

Word of the Day

gibbous

adjective (JIB-us)

1 a : marked by convexity or swelling

b of the moon or a planet : seen with more than half but not all of the apparent disk illuminated

2 : having a hump : humpbacked

"What's done cannot be undone." - William Shakespeare

science blog

-	Why Some Brain Tumors Respond to Immunotherapy
-	The Curious Case of the Cassowary Casque
-	‘Lack of cleaning’ in brain cells is central to Alzheimer’s disease
-	Latest plan for California high-speed rail: Build incrementally

Born on this day

- Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia
- Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
- Paul van 't Veer, Dutch journalist/writer (Het Vrije Volk)
- Jack Levy, mechanical engineer
- Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host
- Aleksandr Shaparenko, USSR, 1K kayaker (Olympic gold 1972)
- Roman Tam, Hong Kong famous singer (d. 2002)
- Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen), born in Schoonebeek, Netherlands

Weather fact of the day

Today in History

- Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
- Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Iceland's first football club is founded
- "La Jetée", French film directed by Chris Marker, starring Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich and Jacques Ledoux, is released
- Karlstad skates world record 10 km (14:12.14)
- French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
- Netherlands sweeps the medals in the women's 1,500m speed skating at the Sochi Winter Olympics; Jorien ter Mors wins gold ahead of team mates Ireen Wüst and Lotte van Beek
- Charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)
- Hal Porter, Australia, writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase)
- Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone
- Cathy Freeman, Australian 100m/200m/400m (Olympic silver 1992, 96), born in Mackay, Queensland