Confidence among the nation’s single-family home builders rose in January for the fourth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Home Builders/ Wells Fargo Housing Market Index released Wednesday. Read full article > >

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Home builders’ confidence grows in January

The World Boxing Association orders an immediate rematch between Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson, according to Khan’s promoters.

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The philosophers were in town last week, swarming the Marriott Wardman Park hotel for the American Philosophical Association’s annual conference, at which the meaning of a great many things was debated, including the meaning of meaning (“What Is Meaning?” Hall IV-F, 9-11 a.m.), and a great many thoughts were thought, including thoughts about thought (“Thinking About Thinking,” Hall IV-J”). Read full article > >

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A law school in Tennessee reflects the problems many such schools face: meeting stringent, and costly, American Bar Association rules, while also trying to be affordable to students.

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For Law Schools, a Price to Play the A.B.A.’s Way

There’s been a scramble to snap up domain names for the Internet’s newest designation — .xxx — but not necessarily from those you’d expect. Adult sites have reserved their spot in the newly labeled section of the Web, but so have companies, charities, celebrities and politicians. Try “ barackobama.xxx ,” “ angelinajolie.xxx ” or “ redcross.xxx ” and you’ll find yourself faced with a black screen with gray type stating: “This domain has been reserved from registration.” In other words, someone’s made sure those brand names are protected from the association with porn. Read full article > >

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When it comes to warding off premature death, how fit you are may be more important than how much you weigh. Research published Monday afternoon in Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Association followed 14,358 middle-aged men (median age 44) over 11.4 years. Those who became more fit (according to measurements of aerobic intensity on a treadmill) or maintained fitness were at lower overall risk of death and also of dying from cardiovascular disease during the followup period. Read full article > >

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Fitness matters more than fatness, study suggests

States are caught in a fiscal vise as weak economic growth, dwindling federal help and increasing appeals from hard-pressed local governments squeeze their budgets. Things have improved since the worst of the recession, but states still face a dire fiscal situation, according to a report to be released Tuesday by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO). Read full article > >

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The CMA Awards ceremony Wednesday was a homecoming of sorts for Faith Hill. After a five-year absence from the CMA stage, the 44-year-old singer debuted her new single, “Come Home.” She was welcomed back with a standing ovation. It’s been over a decade since Hill won a Country Music Association Award, taking home female vocalist of the year in 2000. Her last album, a Christmas record, was released in 2008. Hill plans to release a new album early next year, according to People. Read full article > >

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A giddy Taylor Swift won her second entertainer of the year award and rising sibling act The Band Perry was the night’s top winner as The Country Music Association Awards celebrated the young women of country music on Wednesday night. Swift was rewarded for an amazing year during which she brought country music to the Far East, scored hits all around the world and continued a run that’s made her country’s hottest young star for several years. She’s just the second woman to win the award twice, joining Barbara Mandrell. Read full article > >

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You go girl: Taylor Swift, The Band Perry big winners at the CMAs

Sharon Bialek, a Chicago woman who worked at the National Restaurant Association in the mid1990s has come forward to say that Herman Cain sexually harassed her while she was looking for a job. In graphic detail, Bialek described an encounter with Cain that happened in July of 1997 in Washington D.C. that left the woman shaken and embarrassed. Read full article > >

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Whatever else one might think of Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s outspoken year as chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, this much almost certainly will be true after Tuesday: The bleeding has stopped. The last two gubernatorial races to be decided this year are on the ballot Tuesday, and unless recent polling is wildly off, the Democratic incumbent is likely to win comfortably in Kentucky, and the Republican nominee in Mississippi is expected to coast. Read full article > >

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Good news for O’Malley: Democrats fare better in governor races than in 2010

The Treasury should pay the £5.5m bill which councils face for altering parking meters to accept new coins, the Local Government Association has said.

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Treasury ‘should foot coin bill’

The board members of the National Restaurant Association knew they wanted Herman Cain to run their organization in 1996. He was a hero in the restaurant world, so they offered him perks, including a luxury D.C. apartment and weekly first-class tickets from Washington to Omaha, where his wife was living. Read full article > >

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The R&A, golf’s ruling body in much of the world, and the United States Golf Association amended nine principal regulations of the Rules of Golf, the bible of the game.

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Golf Adjusts Some Penalties, and It Only Took Centuries

As you know, I sometimes worry aloud about my profession. Beset by financial pressures in a bewildering new digital world and waging a fevered, desperate battle to keep readers and attract new ones, journalism seems to be cheapening itself. Thus, I was delighted to discover that there is an organization that could prevent this from happening: the Online News Association . An industry watchdog! Read full article > >

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Gene Weingarten: Modern journalism meets LOLcats