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Good morning! Here’s what you missed while the snow fell and the first all-campus parties of the semester raged.

The lead story: Somali terrorist group, and al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabab released a video that made mention of attacks on shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. The Department of Homeland Security denies any known plots to attack malls in America.

The 87th Academy Awards were last night, with Birdman picking up distinctions for Best Picture and Best Director, though The Grand Budapest Hotel went home with the same number of awards (four).

Coming up after the jump: Fighting terror in Australia, a ferry disaster in Bangladesh, bad MDMA at Wesleyan, and more. Continue reading →