Mitt Romney is predicting he could reduce unemployment to 6% in four years, but Jeffrey Miron says the U.S. needs to boost the economy at a faster pace

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Opinion: How to get fast GDP growth

Our founding fathers and mothers of American literature mostly made their home in Concord, Mass., during the middle of the 19th century, and besotted English majors have told stories about them over the years: Read full article > >

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Book World: ‘Miss Fuller’ by April Bernard

A judge describes a former union leader as “greedy” as he jails him for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a miners’ charity.

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Ex-union leader jailed for theft

Nearly 5,000 children qualified for gifted and talented kindergarten seats in New York City public schools in the fall, 22 percent more than last year and more than double the number four years ago.

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As Ranks of Gifted Soar in N.Y., Fight Brews for Kindergarten Slots

BELGRADE — Police in Serbia have recovered a painting by Paul Cezanne that was stolen at gunpoint from a Swiss museum four years ago, officials said Thursday. Cezanne’s “Boy in a Red Waistcoat,” which reportedly is worth more than $100 million, was one of four paintings stolen in 2008 from the E. G. Buehrle Collection in Zurich by a trio of masked robbers. Read full article > >

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Stolen Cezanne painting recovered in Serbia

Sixth mass firing in four years.

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Yahoo Lays Off 2,000

Chrysler and Ford said their American sales rose last month to the highest level in at least four years, while G.M. said it sold a record number of fuel-efficient cars.

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U.S. Car Sales Keep Up Their Firm Growth

A Coleraine man already on parole for grevious bodily harm through dangerous driving is sentenced to four years and ten months for the unlawful killing of Trevor Spiers in December 2009.

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Man sentenced for Spiers killing

“When anybody gives you advice about, ‘Oh you should do this, you should do that’ — unless they’ve sat in that cockpit seat and been strafed by friendly fire as well as enemy fire, they don’t know anything about the job,” former Obama White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel insists in “The Gatekeepers,” a multi-episode special on chiefs of staff over the years. Read full article > >

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Discovery ‘Gatekeepers’ special: Hail to the chiefs of staff

A growing and vocal group of conservative Muslims are unhappy with dangdut music. Critics say it has been corrupted by vulgar lyrics and erotic dances over the years.

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The closest that Americans get to a national presidential primary comes every four years when a large group of states hold their primaries and caucuses on the same day.

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The Caucus: Super Tuesday Preview

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Alyssa Thomas scored a career-high 29 points and No. 6 Maryland beat No. 15 Georgia Tech, 68-65 , on Sunday to win the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship. Lynetta Kizer had 11 points and Kim Rodgers added 10 to help the third-seeded Terrapins ( 28-4 ) claim their 10th ACC tournament title and second in four years. Read full article > >

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Maryland women vs. Georgia Tech: Terps hold off Yellow Jackets to capture ACC championship, 68-65

Vladimir Putin declares victory in Russia’s presidential elections, returning for a third term after four years as prime minister.

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Polls open across Russia in a presidential election that sees Vladimir Putin seeking to return to the post after four years as PM.

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Russian presidential vote begins

The Georgetown men’s basketball program will commemorate Jason Clark and Henry Sims ’s four years on the Hilltop on Monday night. But Coach John Thompson III has made it clear he wants everyone’s focus to be forward, not in the rearview. Read full article > >

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Georgetown basketball: Focusing on Notre Dame as seniors are honored