The artwork Orange, red, yellow by Mark Rothko fetches $86.9 million (£53.8m), the highest ever price for a piece of post-war art sold at auction.

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Rothko work hits record $86.9m

A North Pole wedding, the 24 hour TV channel for dogs and the man who jumped off the highest vertical cliff in the UK in this week’s Odd Box.

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VIDEO: Twenty-four hour dog TV – it’s Odd Box

A basejumper takes on the highest vertical cliff in the UK, jumping 1,100ft from St John’s Head on Orkney.

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Hit musical adaptation The Lion King becomes the highest earning show in Broadway history, according to new figures released by Disney.

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Lion King show reigns on Broadway

One fight for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is over. He will be the Republican presidential nominee this fall. But, now a bigger challenge awaits. A slew of recent polling shows him running well behind President Obama and with some of the highest unfavorable ratings of any presidential nominee at this time in the race. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee. Now what?

A series of videos appeared online Saturday purporting to show Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest-ranking member of Saddam Hussein's regime to evade capture, deriding Iraq's current leadership.

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Videos appear to show Saddam official

Chrysler and Ford said their American sales rose last month to the highest level in at least four years, while G.M. said it sold a record number of fuel-efficient cars.

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U.S. Car Sales Keep Up Their Firm Growth

England close day three of the first Test in Galle on 111-2, set 340 to beat Sri Lanka, which would be their highest Test chase.

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England dig deep to retain hope

Former Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) lost an appeal Monday to overturn his 2009 conviction on several bribery charges. The case earned national attention when investigators found $90,000 in bribe money stuffed into the freezer of his Washington home. A legal battle over the raid of his Washington office also reached the highest levels of the U.S. government. Read full article > >

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Former Rep. William Jefferson’s conviction upheld by federal court

The District has one of the highest levels of income inequality among the nation’s cities, with the top fifth earning on average 29 times the income of the bottom fifth. Only Atlanta and Boston showed higher levels of income inequality in 2010, according to an analysis of census data by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Read full article > >

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Income inequality gap in D.C. one of nation’s widest

Republicans and business groups complain that the 35 percent corporate tax rate is among the highest in the world, leaving American companies at a disadvantage.

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Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28%

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which was written by U2′s Bono and The Edge, garners the highest single-week takings of any show in Broadway history.

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Spider-Man makes Broadway history

If you squinted real hard into the cold January rain, New Year’s Day, 2011, offered something approaching optimism for Washington sports fans. Playing their highest-profile game in years — the NHL’s first prime-time outdoor Winter Classic — the Washington Capitals earned a 3-1 victory over the arch-rival Pittsburgh Penguins , creating an indelible, irresistible sporting memory. Read full article > >

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D.C. sports 2011: Worst. Year. Ever.

Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III didn’t dazzle but Baylor still pulled out a thrilling Alamo Bowl victory over Washington in the highest-scoring bowl game in history.

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Baylor 67, Washington 56: Griffin and Baylor Win Record-Breaking Alamo Bowl

Venezuela experienced a record number of murders this year – 53 a day on average – the highest in South America, a campaign group says.

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Venezuela ‘highest murder rate’