1. Clinton trying to get across to women, but votes may go to Sanders.
Hillary Clinton is having an unexpectedly hard time persuading women of all ages to rally behind her cause on the eve of the New Hampshire primary. That became evident when a new CNN-WMUR survey showed Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont beating Clinton among women by eight percentage points. That's a big shift from the results last week in the Iowa caucuses, where Clinton won women by 11 points. Clinton's struggles with women underscore the extent to which she has not yet figured out how to harness the history-making potential of her candidacy in the same way that Barack Obama mobilized minorities and white liberals excited about electing the first black president. Read more.
2. Manhunt for killer of Mercer basketball player ends in Decatur apartment.
Authorities say Damion Henderson gunned down graduate student Jibri Bryan outside a Macon gas mart last Tuesday afternoon. Henderson was on the run for three days when authorities cornered him at an apartment on Gatehouse Drive in Decatur. When authorities broke through the door, Henderson ran with no shoes on his feet to another building. He was found in an abandoned apartment, hiding in a closet, said Deputy John Edgar of the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force. Henderson's arrest Friday, the second in the case, brough to a close the hunt for suspects in the killing of the Savannah man. Read more.
3. DeKalb oversight member can't be removed, says Attorney General Olens.
Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens concluded in a legal opinion Friday that a state senator lacked the authority to remove a member of Dekalb's new government oversight committee. The finding allows the panel to resume its work. Olens wrote the opinion in response to Sen. Gloria's Butler's attempt to remove Harmel Codi from the committee because of her opposition to Interim Dekalb CEO Lee May and concerns about whether she possessed the required professional experience. The committee's main responsibility will be to hire an independent watchdog to find fraud, reduce inefficiencies and expose waste. Read more.
4. A snubbed morning show host's unusual spat with Marco Rubio.
Joe Scarborough, the host of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC has taken offense to Sen. Marco Rubio's repeated refusal to appear on his show, especially since Rubio has appeared on rival cable shows. "Joe sees this as disrespectful given their past relationship," the producer wrote to a Rubio aide who had complained about the show's coverage of Rubio. "It's as simple as that." Read more.
5. Primary highlights Democratic fight over youth.
Hillary Clinton faces the question of whether she can invigorate a bloc of younger voters that she'll need to win her party's nomination. Polls show Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders with a commanding advantage in his neighboring state, and a victory on Tuesday would be a momentous win for his insurgent campaign. The surge of youthful Sanders supporters has already reshaped the Democratic presidential contest. Both are now trying to seize the mantle of hope in that race, in the final days ahead of new Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary. Read more.
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