Musical hit Matilda is the toast of this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards, becoming the most recognised single production in the event’s 36-year history.

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Musical hit Matilda is the toast of this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards, becoming the most recognised single production in the event’s 36-year history.

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Andy Murray commits to playing at Queen’s Club until 2016, while the BBC extends its deal to cover the event for a further five years.

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A major exercise testing security and emergency services in the event of a terror attack during the Olympic and Paralympic Games is to take place later.

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DURHAM, N.H. — The libertarian prophet of American decline arrived at the Granite State auditorium Friday evening with no fanfare and few bodyguards. “Dr. Paul?” said a man near the door, who in the past three years had gone from believing in Barack Obama to believing that the country is sliding toward total economic and social collapse. Christopher Way, 32, a technician for the event, held out a microphone to the man he hoped would become president. Read full article > >

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New Hampshire primary: A Ron Paul convert questions how to play a role in a future he sees as bleak

DURHAM, N.H. — The libertarian prophet of American decline arrived at the Granite State auditorium Friday evening with no fanfare and few bodyguards. “Dr. Paul?” said a man near the door, who in the past three years had gone from believing in Barack Obama to believing that the country is sliding toward total economic and social collapse. Christopher Way, 32, a technician for the event, held out a microphone to the man he hoped would become president. Read full article > >

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New Hampshire primary: A Ron Paul convert questions how to play a role in a future he sees as bleak

To some, SantaCon is a merry expression of holiday cheer, and a good way to make friends while getting into the Christmas spirit. To others, it’s the worst kind of flash mob: drunk, garishly costumed people who think they’re way funnier than they actually are. SantaCon, the event where folks dressed as Santa Claus go on a holiday bar crawl, is a love-it-or-hate-it holiday tradition, with observers strongly divided between “naughty” and “nice.” Read full article > >

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RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan — The day Masahiro Osada’s Chinese restaurant reopened, the mayor showed up for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. A local TV station covered the event on its evening news. Osada spoke of the courage it took to resume business in a tsunami-devastated town whose recovery remains in doubt as skeptical residents move elsewhere. Read full article > >

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In tsunami-hit Japan, a Chinese restaurant makes a stand for hope

In April, former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine hosted President Obama at his home in Manhattan for the first fundraiser of the president’s reelection campaign. To many power brokers in Washington and on Wall Street, the event signaled the former senator’s desire to return to Washington, perhaps even as Treasury secretary during a second Obama term. Read full article > >

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Jon Corzine’s remarkable descent

A House subcommittee explored the agreement that put private investors ahead of the government in the event of liquidation.

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Solyndra’s Restructuring Was Unusual, but Illegal? Not Clear

Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed tied the knot Saturday after almost three decades together, in a ceremony that — like their engagement — was filmed for their A&E reality show, “Gene Simmons Family Jewels,” which returns to the airwaves tonight. The timing of the event has led some, including , ironically, fellow reality-TV bride Khloe Kardashian, to speculate that the wedding was held solely to amp up TV ratings. Read full article > >

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First lady Michelle Obama will serve as honorary chair of the National Cherry Blossom Festival next year, organizers announced Wednesday, adding that the event will be expanded from two weeks to five. The 2012 festival marks the 100th anniversary of the planting of the famous Japanese cherry trees in Washington, and the organizers hosted a luncheon Wednesday to unveil special centennial aspects to the celebration. Read full article > >

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SDLP MP Alasdair McDonnell has written to the party’s branch chairmen inviting them to nominate him for the leadership in the event of a contest.

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With the first day of school two days away, D.C. public school officials on Saturday made a final push to spruce up 105 campuses with the help of more than 4,100 volunteers. The annual Beautification Day was all about last-minute details. The volunteers — the biggest group since the event started six years ago — painted doors, planted flower beds and replaced chalk boards with dry-erase boards. The workers included members of the Washington Capitals hockey team, the D.C. United soccer team and the D.C. National Guard, as well as a son of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Read full article > >

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With the first day of school two days away, D.C. public school officials on Saturday made a final push to spruce up 105 campuses with the help of more than 4,100 volunteers. The annual Beautification Day was all about last-minute details. The volunteers — the biggest group since the event started six years ago — painted doors, planted flower beds and replaced chalk boards with dry-erase boards. The workers included members of the Washington Capitals hockey team, the D.C. United soccer team and the D.C. National Guard, as well as a son of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Read full article > >

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