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n The U.S. added only113,000 jobs in January, re-flecting employers’ reluc-tance to take on new workersdespite stronger economicgrowth. Meanwhile, Fed offi-cials don’t appear inclined toalter their policy course. AI, A2n The Dow rose 165.55 to15794.08, its second consecu-tive triple-digit gain, capping awild week for U.S. markets. B1n Toyota is close to anagreement to pay more than$1 billion to end a U.S. crimi-nal probe of how it discloseddrivers’ complaints of unin-tended acceleration. A1n Charter plans to nominatea full slate to Time WarnerCable’s board, setting in mo-tion a possible hostile bid. B1n A German court slammedthe ECB’s bond-purchase pro-gram but asked Europe’s topcourt to weigh its legality. A18n Bitcoin exchange Mt. Goxhalted customer withdrawals,sending prices of the virtualcurrency sharply lower. B2n J.P. Morgan’s commoditieschief withdrew from a CFTCadvisory panel a day after herappointment was disclosed. B2nArcelorMittal’s loss nar-rowed, but the steelmaker con-tinued bleeding in Europe. B4nGM is bumping up discountson its new Chevrolet Silveradoand GM Sierra pickups. B4

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America’sPower GridUnder Threat

The NSA collects datafrom about 20% or less

of all U.S. calls, suggestingthe program is less perva-sive than widely believed. A1n Syrian civilians besiegedfor more than 18 months in anarea of Homs began beingevacuated under a deal bro-kered by the United Nations.A8n U.N. experts will pressIran this weekend to start ad-dressing Western suspicionsabout the military dimensionof past nuclear activities. A8n House Republicans areweighing a plan to include aduo of unrelated policy mea-sures in a bill raising the fed-eral borrowing limit. A4n America’s top diplomatto Europe lashed out at Rus-sia’s alleged leak of a tappedconversation between herand another U.S. official. A18nA flight fromUkraine landedsafely in Turkey after a trav-eler claiming to have a bombtried to redirect it to Sochi. A10n A former governmentcontractor pleaded guilty toleaking national security in-formation to a reporter. A3n Smartphones and tabletssold in California would have tocontain antitheft technologyunder proposed legislation. A3nThe Yankees’Alex Rodriguezdropped lawsuits againstMLB and the players unionand accepted his suspension.n Died: Maxine Kumin, 88,poet laureate who won thePulitzer for “Up Country.”

Toyota Motor Corp. is close toa deal to pay more than $1 bil-lion to end a U.S. criminal probeof how it disclosed drivers’ com-plaints of unintended accelera-tion, according to people famil-iar with the matter.

An agreement could comewithin weeks barring setbacksand would cap a four-year inves-tigation by U.S. authorities.

There are still a few stickingpoints in Toyota’s negotiationswith prosecutors, people familiarwith the matter said, and anydeal could fall apart. Theamount of the potential settle-ment also could change.

A spokeswoman for Toyotasaid the Japanese auto makerwas cooperating fully with fed-eral prosecutors.

“Toyota continues to cooper-ate with the U.S. attorney’s of-fice in this matter,” said spokes-

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BY CHARLES LEVINSONAND CHRISTOPHER M. MATTHEWS

Toyota Nears$1 Billion DealTo End ProbeOver Recalls

A hiring chill hit the U.S. la-bor market for the secondstraight month in January, re-flecting employers’ reluctance totake on new workers despitesome of the nation’s strongesteconomic growth in years.

U.S. payrolls rose a seasonallyadjusted 113,000 in January afterDecember’s lackluster gain of75,000 jobs, marking the weak-est two-month stretch of job cre-ation in three years, the LaborDepartment said Friday.

Yet the unemployment rateticked down to 6.6%—the lowestlevel since late 2008. The declinecame because more people found

jobs last month as opposed tolast year when it fell in part be-cause of unemployed Americansabandoning their job hunts anddropping out of the labor force.

The soft hiring numbers join arecent cavalcade of mixed eco-nomic data on exports, housingand manufacturing. These trends,coupled with worries aboutemerging markets, have unset-tled investors and stoked doubtsabout a stronger global recovery.

The confounding performancecomes after months of mountingenthusiasm among many busi-nesses, consumers and investorsabout stronger expansion. It in-dicates growth in gross domesticproduct could be settling backnear the 2% pace recorded for

most of the recovery rather thanthe better-than-3% annualizedgain in the second half of 2013.

“The economy got a littleahead of itself late last year,” saidDoug Handler, chief U.S. econo-mist at IHS Global Insight. He saideconomic fundamentals generallyremain strong, “but there areheadwinds in the first quarter.”

The report left several puz-zles unanswered, including thedichotomy of solid growth andweak hiring. Throughout the re-covery, businesses have beenable to boost production at a

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BY ERIC MORATHAND NEIL SHAH

Slow Jobs Growth StirsWorryEconomy’s Anticipated 2014 Breakout Hits a Speed Bump, but Stocks Shrug Off Disappointing Report

MERÅKER, Norway—The distinct smell ofanimal feces and soil fills the air. A slenderfigure, barely illuminated by a white ceilinglamp, bends down and strokes the head of alarge sow. “You are a good pig, aren’t you?”Jan Thomas Jenssen, 17, says softly.

Then he straightens up, pulls down hisgray woolen sweater, and heads off to trainfor cross-country skiing. “My plan is to be-come a farmer, like my dad and his dad be-fore him. But first things first.”

Though too young for the Sochi Games,Jan Thomas is considered a strong prospectfor future Olympic glory. His most impres-sive credential may not be his technique or

recent competitive success, but his birth cer-tificate. He was born in the region of Trøn-delag, a place with short summers of potatofarming and long winters of trudgingthrough snow-filled valleys and ice-coveredfiords, and where Olympic gold is producedat a remarkable rate.

In all, Trøndelag natives have producedmore than a fifth of Norway’s medals overthe history of the Winter Games—eventhough the region accounts for only 8% ofthe country’s total population. At the 2010Vancouver Olympics, they contributed toeight of the country’s nine gold medals.

“How is it possible that an area of about400,000 people can be responsible for eightout of nine gold medals?” said Stig Arve

Sæther, a researcher at the Norwegian Uni-versity of Science and Technology.

Norway itself is a Winter Olympics mar-vel: With only five million people, it has won303 Winter Olympic medals, far more thanany other country on the planet. To find acountry smaller than world-leading Norwayon the all-time Winter Olympics medal table,you have to travel down to Croatia, whichranks 24th with 11 medals.

And this month, Norway is fielding oneof its strongest teams in almost two gener-ations, with some experts considering it thefavorite to win both the highest gold and

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BY ELLEN EMMERENTZE JERVELL

THE TRØNDELAG EFFECT

Why Norway Owns the Winter Games

WASHINGTON—The NationalSecurity Agency’s collection ofphone data, at the center of thecontroversy over U.S. surveil-lance operations, gathers infor-mation from about 20% or less ofall U.S. calls—much less thanpreviously thought, according topeople familiar with the NSAprogram.

The program had been de-scribed as collecting records onalmost every phone call placed inthe U.S. But, in fact, it doesn’tcollect records for most cell-phones, the fastest-growing sec-tor in telephony and an areawhere the agency has struggledto keep pace, the people said.

The dwindling coverage sug-gests the NSA’s program is lesspervasive than widely believed—and also less useful.

“Landlines are going away,and new providers are enteringthe field,” said one person famil-iar with the program. “It’s hardto keep up.”

The agency’s legal orders fordata from U.S. phone companiesdon’t cover most cellphone re-cords, a gap the NSA has beentrying to address for years. Thateffort has been slowed by theNSA’s need to fix a host of prob-lems that it uncovered in theprogram and reported to the U.S.court that oversees NSA surveil-lance in 2009, people familiarwith the matter say.

Moreover, the NSA has beenstymied by how to remove loca-tion data—which it isn’t allowedto collect without getting addi-tional court approval—from U.S.

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BY SIOBHAN GORMAN

NSA GetsOnly 20%Of PhoneRecords

Russians Paint a Pretty Picture in Olympic Opening

SHOWTIME: Fireworks over the Olympic Park mark the finale of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Games. After a scramble to get thefacilities ready, the ceremony offered a high-tech but selective tour through Russian history—and a glitch in lighting up the Olympic rings. A10-13

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Promoters Balk at Honoring Band’s OfferOf Free Admission to Fans Inked With Logo

On a June night in 1998, EricGreene approached the door at anow-defunct Austin, Texas, con-cert venue. Hoping to get inwithout a ticket, Mr. Greeneflashed a little leg. The doormanglanced at his left calf, saw arocket-ship tattoo,and waved him in.

Mr. Greene haddriven more than twohours to see Rocketfrom the Crypt, a SanDiego sextet famousfor sweaty live shows,a prolific output dur-ing its mid-1990s hey-day, and an implicitbargain with its mostfervent fans: Thosewho tattooed its logoto their body couldget into its shows free.

Fast forward 16 years. Therock band is now on a reuniontour. Pent-up demand for thegroup, which disbanded in 2005,

has club shows selling out. Mu-sic-festival promoters have beenunwilling to expand the band’sguest list.

That’s left Rocket from theCrypt unable to make good onits tattoo bargain.

“I find that hard to believe,”says Mr. Greene, now a 47-year-

old promotions pro-ducer for Houston’sNBC affiliate who ishoping the reunitedband schedules a tripto Texas.

Graham Fahey gotthe message from theband itself. The 37-year-old from Brook-lyn waited too long tobuy tickets for a pairof sold-out New Yorkconcerts scheduled forApril. He thought he

had a trick up his sleeve to getin: a rocket tattoo on his leftforearm. Alas, when he reachedthe band’s management to ask,

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