In a large yet cozy house in North Arlington, Christen Bensten has a lot going on. Between carpools and ballet classes for three children under the age of 5, Bensten is painting old furniture, selling it online and blogging about it all as fast as she can. “I always wanted to be a writer,” she says. She never dreamed she would be writing about furniture rescue through a blog called Blue Egg Brown Nest . Read full article > >

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An Arlington blogger’s home renovation

News from Tina Brown.

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Exciting Changes at The Daily Beast

Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren (D) raised a whopping $5.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, her campaign announced today. Sen. Scott Brown (R) raised $3.2 million for the race against Warren in the past three months — a respectable total for a Senate candidate but one that pales in comparison to Warren’s haul. Read full article > >

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Elizabeth Warren raised $5.7 million in fourth quarter

Convicted fraudster and Lib Dem donor Michael Brown has been arrested in the Dominican Republic after going on the run, police say.

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Fraudster donor held in Caribbean

Gov. Jerry Brown called on California voters to approve $6.9 billion in temporary new taxes, including a surcharge on big earners.

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Jerry Brown Asks California Voters to Pay $6.9 Billion in New Taxes

LACONIA, N.H. — Superficially, something’s not right. It’s the snow. There isn’t any. The fields are brown and raw; the mountains have no life to them. Ponds have frozen, and rafts of ice navigate the smaller rivers, but the political placards that are supposed to be stuck in snowbanks are instead planted in dirt or attached to guardrails. It doesn’t look like a New Hampshire primary. Read full article > >

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New Hampshire’s primary scene is smaller, but it’s still a big stage

Your free time this upcoming weekend may be consumed by the holidays, but it is still a weekend after all. Hurry up and finish your shopping, light your menorah or tree, wrap your presents and head out to the best events this weekend, a list of which we have compiled for you . Check out a few highlights here. Read full article > >

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Plan your holiday weekend: Wu-Tang Clan, James Brown Death-mas

It is 50 years since the publication of the groundbreaking book Sex and the Single Girl, written by Helen Gurley Brown, without which Bridget Jones and Carrie Bradshaw would not exist.

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Sex and the Single Girl turns 50

NEW YORK — A woman burned to death in the elevator of her Brooklyn apartment building Saturday after a man ambushed her, sprayed her with liquid and set her afire with a Molotov cocktail, police said. The unidentified man was waiting for 64-year-old Doris Gillespie, when the elevator doors opened to her floor of the Prospect Heights building. The man sprayed her with an accelerant and set her on fire, New York City police spokesman Paul Browne said. Read full article > >

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Woman burns to death after being set on fire in elevator of her NYC apartment building

Despite a troubled life, Robert Brownjohn made era-defining graphics for, among others, James Bond movies and the Rolling Stones.

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Design: The Man Who Broke the Record on ‘Let It Bleed’

Former Information Commissioner Richard Thomas criticised prime ministers Gordon Brown and David Cameron for failing to tackle data theft.

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Ex-watchdog rebukes politicians

Former Information Commissioner Richard Thomas criticised prime ministers Gordon Brown and David Cameron for failing to tackle data theft.

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Ex-watchdog rebukes politicians

Leads Sen. Scott Brown.

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Elizabeth Warren Up 7 in New Poll

EDITOR’S NOTE : It’s the best-received “Peanuts” story we ever told. So to start a holiday tradition here, Comic Riffs is “rebroadcasting” this “Charlie Brown Christmas” tale, which we first shared last year — which now has several new additions to the story. And “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” of course, airs tonight at 8 ET on ABC . Read full article > >

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‘A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS’: The gospel truth behind how a humble ‘Peanuts’ holiday classic defied the odds

Each of the top presidential candidates already has at least one super PAC raising unlimited funds to support his or her campaign. Now some members of Congress are getting in on the action, too. Several new super PACs have sprung up in recent months with the explicit aim of helping a particular lawmaker, including Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.). There are also super PACs that have formed to oppose the reelections of Sens. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.). Read full article > >

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Congressional incumbents start attracting ‘super PACs:’ The Influence Industry