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

Weather forecasters are predicting that the record for the hottest UK October day will be broken.

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October’s weather nudges records

Let us state, for the record, that “ Terra Nova ” and “ Lost ” are not the same show. For example, in “Terra Nova,” everyone appears to know the answer to the question “ Guys, where are we ?” Thus far on “Terra Nova,” no one has miraculously regained an ability to walk . And, at least in the pilot for the dinosaur-filled Fox drama, none of the characters routinely refer to their fellow Terra Novians using clever, pop culture-infused nicknames . Read full article > >

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‘Terra Nova’ and ‘Lost’: A list of the similarities

The first full trailer for “ The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 ” has been released. No, this is not another teaser where we mostly see the back of Kristen Stewart’s head as she walks down the aisle. (Although, for the record, we get that again here, too.) This is two minutes and 30 seconds of the lovely pasty-whiteness of the Swan-Cullen wedding, hot and heavy honeymoon action between Bella and Edward (some of which we saw during the Comic-Con “Breaking Dawn” panel ) and, yes, Bella’s freakishly expanding baby bump. Read full article > >

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‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1’: The full trailer arrives

The Edinburgh Fringe announces another record breaking year for ticket sales as it draws to a close.

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Record year for Edinburgh Fringe

The prison population in England and Wales hits another record high, according to figures from the Ministry of Justice.

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Prison numbers reach record high

Girls increased their lead over boys in top-grade GCSEs, in another record-breaking year.

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Gender gap widens for top GCSEs

The Mississippi River broke the record set in Vicksburg during a 1927 flood, and waters were expected to keep rising.

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Record Water for a Mississippi River City