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Top 100 news stories of the century
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And the word(s) of the year are ...
... The word of the year, chosen by Oxford University Press to capture the ethos of 2011, is "squeezed ... middle." The word of the year, which is obviously a phrase of the year, is chosen each year by U.S ... . lexicographers. British wordsmiths choose their own word of the year for the dictionary
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Illegal alien charged with killing girlfriend's toddler
... A 23-year-old man charged with killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter appeared before ... for the beating death of 3-year-old Athena Angeles. Read the whole story at WVIT-TV
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Year-end tax tips to maximize your money
... SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – This year, last-minute year-end tax planning is a little ... easier. Unlike last year, old-school strategies such as bunching deductions make a lot of sense
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Acts 18:11
... So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. –Acts 18:11
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How will the bug bite?
... , 1900, was a Monday; Jan. 1, 2000, is a Saturday. If the computer thinks the year is 1900 (as non ... . It is a leap year. Most people assume that every fourth year is a leap year. However, every fourth turn ... -of-the-century is a leap year, too. The year 1900 was not a leap year; the year 2000 is. Therefore
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World begins ringing in 2012
... around the world looked forward to bidding a weary adieu to a year marred by natural disasters ... and economic turmoil. Some in Europe were already tamping down their hopes for a year that promises
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Unused vacation worth billions
... There's still a month to go before the end of the year, but most Americans will let their last ... remaining vacation days go unused. The average American worker earned 14 vacation days this year ... they left on the table last year. Read the whole story at CNN/Money.
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Poll: Most Americans find hope after bad 2011
... , according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, though most say 2011 was a year they would rather forget ... . Nearly seven in 10 say the year gone by was a bad one, more than double those who consider ... for the nation, and more, 78 percent, are hopeful about the year their family will have in 2012. Read the whole story at CBS News.
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0.0%? S&P 500 perfectly flat for 2011, Dow up 5.5% for year
... The stock market has ended a tumultuous year . . . right where it started. The Standard & ... it started the year, ending up, oddly enough, with a 0.00% change. For the last day of trading before ... the new year, the S&P closed at 1,257.60, up 5.4 points or 0.4% for the session. Read the whole story at Associated Press