A growing number of primary care trusts are placing restrictions on access to eye surgery, figures obtained by campaigners show.

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NHS trusts ‘ration eye surgery’

A growing number of people are failing to save anything for their retirement – leaving them in a “precarious” position, a pensions provider says.

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A fifth ‘have no pension savings’

A fragile ceasefire is in place in Syria after 13 months of fighting, but both sides report a growing number of violations.

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Violence threatens Syria’s truce

A growing number of states are rethinking the use of long-term isolation and re-evaluating how many inmates require the punishment that’s been long opposed by humanitarian groups.

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Prisons Rethink Isolation, Saving Money, Lives and Sanity

Between redistricting and a growing number of retirements, the face of California’s 53-member Congressional delegation is set to get younger.

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California Congressional Delegation Braces for Change

As the Obama administration forges ahead this spring with plans to wind down mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, community banks and credit unions are bracing for the impact. The government-sponsored entities are the most active buyers on the secondary market for residential mortgages, where a growing number of small financial institutions sell the home loans they originate. Private investors remain largely inactive in acquiring mortgages, leaving originators to question how the industry will function without government support. Read full article > >

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Community banks and credit unions brace for end of Fannie, Freddie

Of the record 40,000 people in New York City’s shelters, a growing number belong to seemingly ordinary families, rushing off to school and work, smartphones in hand.

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Homeless Families, Cloaked in Normality

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes in November rose to the highest level in a year and a half. Normally, such a gain would suggest a turnaround for the depressed housing market. But a growing number of buyers are canceling their contracts at the last minute, making it a less reliable gauge. Read full article > >

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Contract signings for US homes up 7 percent in November, highest since April 2010

A growing number of consumers are committing to new cars without ever getting behind the wheel. Online shopping, improved quality and short-term leases are among the reasons they are comfortable doing this.

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Motoring: New-Car Test Drives Now Seem So 1995

A growing number of lawyers and activists are questioning the willingness of the Egyptian military to ultimately submit to civilian authority.

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Egypt’s Military Expands Power, Raising Alarms

As more Americans turn to government programs for refuge from a merciless economy, a growing number are encountering a new price of admission to the social safety net: a urine sample.

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States Adding Drug Test as Hurdle for Welfare

Call it a revolution. Between the area’s growing number of bike lanes and the seemingly ubiquitous flashes of red-painted metal zipping down Washington’s arteries, the city now buzzes with the distinctive tic-tic-tic of spinning spokes. Women (with skirts carefully tucked under one thigh) head to work on weekday mornings, tourists in American flag T-shirts traverse the Mall and men in suits pedal home during rush hour. Read full article > >

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Get rolling with Capital Bikeshare

Call it a revolution. Between the area’s growing number of bike lanes and the seemingly ubiquitous flashes of red-painted metal zipping down Washington’s arteries, the city now buzzes with the distinctive tic-tic-tic of spinning spokes. Women (with skirts carefully tucked under one thigh) head to work on weekday mornings, tourists in American flag T-shirts traverse the Mall and men in suits pedal home during rush hour. Read full article > >

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Get rolling with Capital Bikeshare

A growing number of designers are using the Web site Kickstarter to get their sketch pad ideas into production, through crowd-sourced financing.

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Design Notebook: On Kickstarter, Designers’ Dreams Materialize

A growing number of designers are using the Web site Kickstarter to get their sketch pad ideas into production, through crowd-sourced financing.

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Design Notebook: On Kickstarter, Designers’ Dreams Materialize