A police photographer is being cross-examined on the third day of the trial of two men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius.

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Murder photographer ‘made errors’

Injured servicemembers wait on average over a year to receive an official government disability evaluation, and the wait time increased significantly in 2011 for the third consecutive year, according to testimony to be released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office. Read full article > >

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Wounded servicemembers waiting longer for disability evaluation, GAO says

MIAMI – LeBron James didn’t hesitate. He didn’t massage his answer. Asked after a workout Monday whether he and Dwyane Wade could continue to serve up the otherwordly excellence they offered in the third quarter of Sunday’s series-salvaging defeat of the Indiana Pacers , he said . . . well, heck no. Read full article > >

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NBA playoffs: Can LeBron James and Dwyane Wade carry the load for the Miami Heat?

Olympic gold medallist Jonathan Edwards is set to carry the flame through Ilfracombe on the third day of the torch relay from Exteter to Taunton.

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Exeter leg of torch relay begins

Evangelos Venizelos was to be the third party chief to try to form a coalition from the fractious results of Sunday’s vote and to steer the debt-wracked country toward economic reform.

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Greeks Look to Socialist Leader Evangelos Venizelos to Form Government

Marian Gaborik scored the winning goal in the third overtime as the Rangers took a two-games-to-one lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Capitals.

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Game 3: Rangers 2, Capitals 1 (3OT): Rangers Beat Capitals in 3 Overtimes

When Robert A. Caro published “ Master of the Senate ” (2002), the third volume of his voluminous multi-part life of Lyndon B. Johnson, he said he would finish his labors with just one more installment. But clearly he wasn’t being realistic. Read full article > >

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Book review: Robert A. Caro’s ‘The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson’

Britain’s Heather Watson storms into the third round of the Miami Masters with a superb 6-2 6-1 victory over world number 25 Lucie Safarova.

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Watson thrashes Safarova in Miami

Great Britain’s Andy Murray beats Colombian Alejandro Falla to book a spot in the third round of the Miami Masters.

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Murray eases past Falla in Miami

The teacher, accused of touching and an 8-year-old’s and a 9-year-old’s genitals over their clothes, is the third public-school employee charged with sexual abuse in recent weeks.

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City Room: Queens Teacher Wilbert Cortez Charged With Sexually Abusing Boys

Alastair Cook urges England to show fighting spirit as they bid to avoid defeat – and a series whitewash – in the third and final Test against Pakistan in Dubai.

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Cook seeks character from England

HOUSTON — As the Maryland men’s basketball team played several states away, Shaquille O’Neal Cleare, its most touted prospect in a decade, sat in the third row of a yellow school bus that rumbled over East Texas potholes and past roadside tumbleweed and the occasional skunk. Read full article > >

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Maryland recruit Shaquille Cleare has gone from ‘the bottom’ to a top prospect

The American economy picked up steam last quarter, with output growing at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent, a faster rate than the 1.8 percent of the third quarter.

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U.S. Recovery Slowly Gained Speed in Late ’11, Data Show

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has inserted itself as the third player in a bruising confrontation between military and civilian leaders at a time when Pakistan faces a dizzying array of threats.

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Pakistan High Court Widens Role and Stirs Fears

Today, people all over the world are remembering and honoring one of America’s most inspirational leaders — the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Every January, on the third Monday, Americans celebrate his legacy of motivational advocacy for equality for all. Read full article > >

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George Allen: Fulfilling Martin Luther King’s dream