Singer Paloma on standing up to her record label

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Paloma ‘didn’t like first album’

David Cameron praises the record of Tory authorities in cutting waste and delivering “best value” as he launches the party’s campaign for English council elections.

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‘Be proud’, Cameron urges Tories

Two Maryland teachers and a school office worker who pooled their money to buy lottery tickets won the record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot and will split the $105 million prize, lottery officials said Tuesday. Read full article > >

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Mega Millions mystery solved: Three winners claim record-busting jackpot

A winning ticket for the record-breaking $640 million Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Baltimore County, the Maryland Lottery said Saturday.

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Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he was throwing his support behind Mitt Romney because he offered a “stark contrast” to the record of President Obama.

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The Caucus: Rubio Endorses Romney, Dismissing Vice Presidential Talk

Scotland has again broken the record for its highest-ever March temperature, with the mercury reaching 22.9C on Monday afternoon.

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Scots temperatures hit new high

Ahead of two suddenly pivotal primaries in Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday stepped up his criticism of Mitt Romney, arguing that his primary rival has not told the truth when it comes to his record on health care. Read full article > >

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Rick Santorum: Romney ‘doesn’t tell the truth’ on health care

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

To celebrate his record-breaking 30th anniversary in late-night television, “Late Show” host David Letterman brought out longtime staffers (some of whom have been working for him since his morning talk show in 1980) to read the Top 10 list on Wednesday night’s show. Read full article > >

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David Letterman celebrates 30 years in late night as longtime staffers read Top 10 list

The furor over the pardons I recently granted as governor of Mississippi initially focused on numbers. I would like to set the record straight. People thought — incorrectly — that I had let 215 prisoners out of jail because the secretary of state reported that many people received clemency. Read full article > >

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Why I released 26 prisoners

He says he supports veterans, but his record suggests otherwise.

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Santorum Swindled a Veterans Home

SAN FRANCISCO — Salvation Army volunteers around the nation have beaten the charitable organization’s 36-hour record for continuous hand bell ringing without food or sleep. And at least six of them, including a volunteer in San Francisco, were still ringing away next to their red kettles on Saturday morning — more than 12 hours after the record was broken. Read full article > >

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Salvation Army volunteers pass organization’s 36-hour bell-ringing record

WASHINGTON — The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage has dropped to 3.94 percent, the record low set in October. Low rates offer a historic opportunity for those who can afford to buy or refinance. Still, many people either can’t take advantage of the record-low rates or have already done so. The rate on the 30-year home loan fell from 3.99 percent the previous week, Freddie Mac said Thursday. This week’s 3.94 percent average matches the lowest on records dating to the 1950s. Read full article > >

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Average rate on 30-year fixed mortgage ties low of 3.94 pct.; 15-year also hits record

American Crossroads, the largest of a new generation of political interest groups, is seeking to use a loophole in campaign laws to do something that has occupied a gray area of election law: produce advertisements featuring federal candidates and officeholders. That would be a step that Crossroads and other “super PACs” have not taken so far. But the conservative Crossroads says it is just following a precedent set by the Democratic Party, which has spent at least a half-million dollars in recent months on ads featuring Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) talking about his record. Read full article > >

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‘Super PAC’ American Crossroads seeks permission to feature candidates in ads

With pass-happy NFL offenses threatening to rewrite significant portions of the record book this season, defenses are scrambling to find ways to keep pace. Collectively, offenses league-wide have established all-time bests through the season’s first three weeks, with 2,157 points, 153 passing touchdowns and 23,560 net passing yards. Read full article > >

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Defenses try to find ways to cope with ‘new normal’ in NFL’s time of pass-happy offense