On Monday night, the Washington Times announced that it would conduct an inquiry into the work of longtime columnist Arnaud de Borchgrave, following allegations that he’d lifted material from other sources on the Internet. Ed Kelley, the paper’s top editor, said that the allegations about de Borchgrave’s work “ require attention .” Read full article > >

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Dwyane Wade and LeBron James led Miami’s explosive third-quarter comeback against the Pacers, combining for 70 points as the Heat rallied from an 8-point halftime deficit.

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Game 4: Heat 101, Pacers 93: N.B.A. Playoffs — Wade and James Bounce Back to Help Miami Tie Series

The author of “Friday Night Lights” goes on the road with his young-adult son, a savant with serious intellectual deficits, and writes an unflinchingly honest memoir.

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Books of The Times: ‘Father’s Day’ Is Buzz Bissinger’s Memoir About His Son

The European Commission said on Friday that Spain was on course to miss its deficit targets for this year and next by wide margins.

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European Union Issues Warning Over Spanish Deficit

Mike Woodson, the Knicks’ interim coach, now has to deal with Amar’e Stoudemire’s newly lacerated hand in addition to a 2-0 deficit against the Heat.

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On Pro Basketball: For Knicks’ Mike Woodson, the Test Keeps Getting Tougher

A euro zone strategy to cut deficits has come under increasing strain from slowing economies, gyrating financial markets and electoral setbacks.

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Call for Growth Puts Pressure on German-Led Austerity

Councils in Wales deny lobby group Taxpayers’ Alliance claim they face a “ticking time tomb” of pensions deficits measured in billions.

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In other economic reports, the United States government also said the February trade deficit was lower and wholesale inflation in March was flat.

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Claims for Jobless Benefits Rise

The UK’s trade deficit widened to £3.4bn in February from £2.5bn in January as exports of goods to non-EU countries dropped, figures show.

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UK trade gap widened in February

The Republicans have a problem: Their budget promises don’t add up. They’ve committed to new tax cuts. They’ve proposed spending more on defense. They’ve promised they won’t change retirement programs for the current generation of seniors. But they’ve also promised to cut the deficit, and fast. Read full article > >

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No free lunch in Republican budget

President Obama’s landmark health-care initiative, long touted as a means to control costs, will actually add more than $340 billion to the nation’s budget woes over the next decade, according to a new study by a Republican member of the board that oversees Medicare financing. Read full article > >

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Health-care law will add $340 billion to deficit, new study finds

RALEIGH, N.C. — A spirited run through the NCAA women’s basketball tournament concluded resoundingly on Tuesday for second-seeded Maryland , which was unable to overcome a double-figure deficit in the first half that kept expanding during an 80-49 loss to No. 1 seed Notre Dame in the Raleigh Region final at PNC Arena. Read full article > >

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Maryland women’s basketball is blown out of NCAA tournament by Notre Dame in Raleigh Region final

The House could vote for the first time this week on a bipartisan deficit-cutting plan, modeled on the suggestions of a presidential commission chaired by former senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and former White House official Erskine Bowles, that calls for both spending cuts and new tax revenue. Read full article > >

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House could vote this week on budget plan modeled on Simpson-Bowles ideas

Learning to drive is hard and scary for many teenagers, but the challenges are significantly greater for adolescents who have attention deficit disorder.

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A.D.H.D. Challenges Those Seeking Driver’s License

RALEIGH, N.C. — For most college basketball teams, playing catch-up isn’t exactly a blueprint for winning. For the fifth-ranked Maryland women , it’s when they thrive. That doesn’t mean Terrapins Coach Brenda Frese prefers to be behind, but the results are indisputable when her charges are faced often with substantial deficits. Maryland’s latest offering came in an 81-74 victory over Texas A&M , when the No. 2 seed erased an 18-point shortfall to advance to the regional semifinals for the fourth time in Frese’s 10 seasons. Read full article > >

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Maryland women’s basketball team follow trail to victory