The “yes” campaign for independence wants one million Scots to sign a declaration of support by the time of the referendum in the autumn of 2014.

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Yes campaign seeks million Scots

A third of children in England cannot swim by the time they leave primary school, according to research from the Amateur Swimming Association.

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Schools ‘fail to teach swimming’

When I was growing up, my friends and I all wanted to be cool — like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro or, of course, the king of cool at the time: Fonzie. (I should note that I grew up in an Italian neighborhood.)

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Opinion: Obama too cool to be prez?

The second week of NBC’s singing competition, “The Voice,” snagged more than 16 million viewers Monday from 8 to 10 p.m. — the time slot in which the network had averaged a measly 5.6 million viewers this season. Read full article > >

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‘The Voice,’ ‘Smash’ hand NBC 2 prime-time wins among young viewers

Tens of thousands of Somalis will have died of starvation by the time the famine in the Horn of Africa ends, the UN tells the BBC.

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Somali famine ‘to kill thousands’

New technology is to be employed to cut down the time that motorways are closed after crashes, the government says.

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3D scanners to cut crash closures

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 — if it isn’t knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists. Unemployment will barely fall from the current 8.6 percent rate, though, by the time President Barack Obama runs for re-election in November, the economists say. Read full article > >

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AP survey: Growth will pick up in 2012, but US economy is vulnerable to turmoil in Europe

Three-quarters of children who make a slow start at primary schools in England fail to catch up by the time they leave, school league table data shows.

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Schools ‘fail slow-start pupils’

“My advice as a historian, when they walked in and said to me, ‘We are now making loans to people who have no credit history and have no record of paying back anything, but that’s what the government wants us to do,’ as I said to them at the time: ‘This is a bubble. This is insane. This is impossible.’” Read full article > >

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Newt Gingrich: historian? (Fact Checker biography)

Julie Hong grew up in the sort of leafy Montgomery County suburb where college is assumed. Her parents had saved for the expense since she was a baby. When the time came, they said she could go wherever she wished. She chose a community college. Comparatively affluent students are picking community colleges over four-year schools in growing numbers, a sign of changing attitudes toward an institution long identified with poorer people. Read full article > >

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Two-year colleges draw more affluent students

This is what you learn in gardening, eventually: If you wait to do something until you think of it, it’s usually too late. By the time the rosebush stirs in April, the season for pruning has passed. The foxgloves of May are planted the previous fall. The turnips of November (singularly delicious) are sown in August. Read full article > >

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When gardening, how to beat the beast of dry shade

By the time the great snowstorm of October 2011 finally ended early Sunday, more than three million customers would find themselves without power.

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October Snowstorm Sows Havoc on Northeastern States

VANCOUVER, B.C. — It wasn’t a secret that the Vancouver Canucks viewed Saturday’s contest against the Washington Capitals as an opportunity to prove themselves and get back on track after two consecutive losses and an indifferent 4-5-1 start. The Capitals talked about bracing for a Vancouver onslaught , but when the time came to do so they looked lost. Read full article > >

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Capitals vs. Canucks: Vancouver takes advantage of poor defense to hand Washington its second straight loss

Function or beauty? Which do I want more in my kitchen ? More than likely you’ll opt for beauty, said Bart Bauer, who’s been designing kitchens in at Chelsea Lumber in Chelsea, Mich., for more than 25 years. In his experience, “about 80 percent of the time, the look wins.” But most homeowners do not realize how much the aesthetics add to the cost. Read full article > >

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House Watch: In kitchens, beauty is costly in cabinet choices

Emancipation was in the air, and Elizabeth Keckley knew it. A former slave herself, she had become dressmaker and confidante to first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, and she was well settled in Washington society by the time the Civil War began. But the plight of other African Americans in the city pained her. Read full article > >

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For freed blacks in the Civil War, Washington was a city of contradictions