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GREENLAND<\/strong>. Trump wants to buy Greenland from Denmark. Denmark says it\u2019s not for sale<\/a>: \u201cTalk of a Greenland purchase was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters that the notion had been laughed off by some advisers as a joke but was taken more seriously by others in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n PAUL KRUGMAN<\/strong>. Trumpanomics is a flop<\/a>: \u201cNeither I nor anyone else is predicting a replay of the 2008 crisis. It\u2019s not even clear whether we\u2019re heading for recession. But the bond market is telling us that the smart money has become very gloomy about the economy\u2019s prospects.\u201d<\/p>\n BH90210<\/strong>. Here\u2019s what Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth and the others are getting paid for the reboot<\/a>.<\/p>\n IN-N-OUT<\/strong>. Jeffrey Epstein \u201crecruiter\u201d Ghislaine Maxwell spotted at L.A. burger joint<\/a>.<\/p>\n RASHIDA TLAIB<\/strong>. Congresswoman cancels visit to Israel after ban easement<\/a>: \u2018Israel\u2019s interior ministry announced Friday that it would allow Tlaib to enter the country as a private citizen to visit her aging grandmother, after it banned her and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from going on a political trip amid pressure from President Trump. In a statement Friday morning, Tlaib said that she \u201cdecided to not travel to Palestine and Israel at this time. Visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions meant to humiliate me would break my grandmother\u2019s heart.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n IOWA<\/strong>. Buttigieg plays catch-up up to rivals<\/a>: \u201cThe 37-year-old mayor has yet to snag a single in-state endorsement in Iowa, and while his campaign has 57 staffers on the ground, it expanded to that number only recently. It\u2019s a sharp contrast to other top Democratic candidates, who made investments in Iowa last winter to try to identify supporters and build a foundation for 2020, knowing the results here will shape the rest of the fight for the Democratic nomination.\u201d<\/p>\n TEXAS<\/strong>. Homophobe Allen West launches bid for GOP Chair<\/a>.<\/p>\n NORTHERN IRELAND<\/strong>. Asher\u2019s Gay cake case going before European Court of Human Rights<\/a>: \u2018The owners of Ashers bakery in Belfast won a Supreme Court appeal last year over a claim that they had discriminated against a customer by refusing to make a cake iced with a pro gay<\/a> marriage message. Now that ruling is to be challenged, on the basis that it \u201cfailed to give appropriate weight\u201d to the human rights of Gareth Lee, who first brought legal action.\u2019<\/p>\n RUSSIA<\/strong>. Gay couple had to flee for caring for their adopted children<\/a>: \u2018The revelation that Vaganov and his partner, Evgeny Erofeyev, have been raising their adopted sons together for nearly a decade put them squarely in the crosshairs of the Russian authorities. Since then, the couple<\/a> have had to flee the country with their two sons, accused of breaking Russia\u2019s infamous \u201cgay propaganda law<\/a>\u201d simply by letting their children know that they are married.\u2019<\/p>\n GOOGLE PLAY<\/strong>. App store accused by Hornet of anti-gay bias<\/a>: \u201cA popular gay<\/a> social network has accused Google of discrimination after its app was removed from Google\u2019s Play store several times without warning. Hornet said Google often employed moderators in Malaysia, where same-sex<\/a> relationships are illegal, to vet apps.\u201d<\/p>\n