Forget dieting dogs and Ferris Bueller — or Mario Manningham’s clutch catch for that matter. As far as Washington was concerned, the biggest moment in last night’s Super Bowl was that Clint Eastwood ad touting Chrysler. Read full article > >

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There was snowshoeing for the younger folks, and spectacular skiing for all. There was free booze and wine each night, courtesy of mega-corporations like Google, McKinsey, KPMG, Deloitte, and Ernst and Young. Perhaps the biggest hit: You could try driving an Audi on a sheet of ice and snow. Read full article > >

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What really happens in Davos

Applications are due to open for custom top-level domain names in what is the biggest change to the web address system in over two decades.

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Metro proposes to increase bus and rail fares by about 5 percent, raise parking rates and eliminate a controversial rush-hour surcharge this summer to overcome a $116 million shortfall in its next operating budget. Riders who use paper Farecards would face the biggest change. Whether going two stops or 10, they would pay one-way flat fares: $6 during rush hour, $4 in off-peak times. For a group traveling together, hailing a taxi might quickly become more palatable. Read full article > >

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A regional breakdown of new car registrations has shown that sales in Northern Ireland fell 11.7% in 2011 – the biggest drop of any UK region.

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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — In what could be the biggest change in a decade in a relationship that has been a mainstay of U.S. military and counterterrorism policy since the 9/11 terror attacks, the United States and Pakistan are lowering expectations for what the two nations will do together and planning for a period of more limited contact. Read full article > >

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Redefined Pakistan-US relationship means less cooperation, lower expectations

Some of the biggest events of 2011 as seen from space

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The head of a giant red deer stag, believed to have been the biggest wild land animal in the UK, is taken down from the wall of a Devon hotel after threats.

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After the biggest rally since the fall of USSR.

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Putin: I’ll Listen to Protesters

Moscow is braced for what the opposition claims will be the biggest demonstration in Russia for 20 years.

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Tens of thousands of schools across the UK are closed as teachers join what is claimed by unions as the biggest public sector strike for over 30 years.

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Up to two million public sector workers start a 24-hour strike, in what looks set to be the biggest walkout for a generation.

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Football coach inks one of the biggest college sports contracts.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A rover of “monster truck” proportions zoomed toward Mars on an 8½-month, 354 million-mile journey Saturday, the biggest, best equipped robot ever sent to explore another planet. NASA’s six-wheeled, one-armed wonder, Curiosity, will reach Mars next summer and use its jackhammer drill, rock-zapping laser machine and other devices to search for evidence that Earth’s next-door neighbor might once have been home to the teeniest forms of life. Read full article > >

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Super-size Mars rover blasts off, biggest robotic explorer ever built to roam another planet

Alabama’s Jefferson County filed for bankruptcy court protection on Wednesday in the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.

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