Mitt Romney is predicting he could reduce unemployment to 6% in four years, but Jeffrey Miron says the U.S. needs to boost the economy at a faster pace

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Opinion: How to get fast GDP growth

The traditional big sources of campaign funds are not delivering for President Obama’s campaign as they did four years ago, leaving the president to rely much more on grass-roots support.

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Obama Campaign Faces Dropoff in Big Donations

A Coleraine man already on parole for grevious bodily harm through dangerous driving is sentenced to four years and ten months for the unlawful killing of Trevor Spiers in December 2009.

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Man sentenced for Spiers killing

March 16 (Bloomberg) — Attorney Lynn Szymoniak had spent a career investigating insurance fraud when a bank moved to foreclose on her Florida home in 2008. Almost four years later, the fraud she said she uncovered by combing through mortgage documents earned her $18 million. Read full article > >

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Bank Whistle-Blower Wins $18 Million Payday in Foreclosure Deal

When two University of Tokyo seismologists released a study last month forecasting that a major earthquake would hit this city of 13 million sometime in the next four years, their prediction grabbed front -page headlines and led television news programs. Read full article > >

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Japan grows uneasy about earthquake forecasts

Just four years ago, shale gas king Aubrey K. McClendon told shareholders of Chesapeake Energy that “finally, we made some new friends this year.” The chief executive sketched a vision of working hand in hand with “leading environmental organizations” on issues “where our interests might be aligned.” He said, “We believe this collaboration is unique in the industry and will benefit both Chesapeake and these environmental organizations for years to come.” Read full article > >

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Alliance between natural gas industry, environmental groups fractures

People about to retire this year expect their pensions to be lower than retirees in the previous four years, with a fifth expecting incomes of less than £10,000.

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New retirees expect lower incomes

After four years in top job.

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L.A. Times Editor Steps Down

Is organization overrated? Every time you turn on cable news or read a blog, you can’t help but hear talk about how important it is for a presidential candidate to have a large and well-funded political organization to win the all-important Iowa caucuses. And yet, former House speaker Newt Gingrich , the Iowa front-runner with just 22 days left before the caucuses, has — at best — a spartan political organization in the state. And four years ago, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee beat out his far more professionally organized rivals to claim victory in the Hawkeye State. Read full article > >

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How much does organization really matter in Iowa?

Overtaking Mozilla four years after debut.

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Chrome Becomes No. 2 Browser

Almost four years after sustaining severe head injuries in an N.H.L. game, the former linesman Pat Dapuzzo is working as a scout for the Maple Leafs. He continues to deal with depression.

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For Ex-N.H.L. Linesman Dapuzzo, Recovery Doesn’t Stop When Injuries Heal

Prosecutors for the state of California ask a judge to sentence Conrad Murray to four years in prison for his role in the death of singer Michael Jackson.

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Prosecutors: ‘Jail Conrad Murray’

LIMA, Peru — A magnitude-6.9 earthquake centered off Peru’s central coast sent people running panicked into the streets Friday in cities badly damaged by a killer quake four years earlier. There were no reports of damage or injuries. People who had lost loved ones and homes in the earlier quake were badly shaken and some broke into tears. Read full article > >

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Magnitude-6.9 earthquake shakes Peru capital; near city hit by 2007 quake

Michael R. Bloomberg secured another four years in office at considerable personal cost, and so far, has received mostly headaches in return.

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Gotham Extra: Mayor Bloomberg and Those Third-Term Blues

The search will go on to find out what happened to Meredith Kercher four years ago in Italy, her family says, as Amanda Knox – cleared of her murder – heads home to the US.

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Kercher family still seek answers