In another sign of Washington’s growing influence as a theater town, the Kennedy Center’s highly regarded revival of “Follies” garnered an impressive eight Tony Award nominations Tuesday, making it potentially one of the most highly decorated shows of the 2011-12 Broadway season. Read full article > >

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Tony Award nominations: Led by ‘Follies,’ Washington lights up Broadway

NEW YORK — The worst week for the stock market in two months ended with a whimper in thin trading Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 4.8 percent this week, while the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 4.7 percent. Both had their worst weeks since Sept. 23. Major indexes wavered throughout Friday’s session, which was shortened because it’s the day after Thanksgiving. Worries about Europe’s debt crisis flared up again after Italy had to pay 7.8 percent to borrow for two years at a debt auction. It’s another sign that investors are increasingly hesitant to lend to European countries. Read full article > >

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Stocks fall in light trading session as Europe fears linger; Dow drops 4.8 percent for week

In another sign of deteriorating U.S. influence in Iraq, the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has returned to the country from exile in Iran, where he went in 2007 after his Shiite militia fought many off-and-on battles with U.S. forces. Sadr…

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Anti-U.S. Cleric Returns to Iraq

Yet another sign that the iPad is the future of personal computing: Steve Jobs unveiled a new Apple operating system for Mac computers on Wednesday, and it takes what’s best about the iPad: New features in OS X 10.7 Lion include multi-touch gestures,…

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The announcement is another sign of the Obama administration’s newly assertive posture over China’s trade and commercial policies.

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U.S. Plans Inquiry on China’s Subsidies of Clean Energy

The two countries agreed to hold a series of reunions in another sign of tensions easing.

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Koreas Agree to Resume Reunions