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Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst (AP)

An auto worker assembles parts on the 2013 Dodge Dart at the Chrysler Plant in Belvidere, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Sergio Marchionne, Chairman and CEO Chrysler Group, announced that Chrysler will add a third shift at the Belvidere Plant to begin production of the Dart. The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP – In the most impressive surge for the job market since the middle of last decade, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.


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NHL hits Bruins’ Ference with 3-game ban

The NHL doled out a three-game suspension to Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference for his dangerous boarding of Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh in New York’s 3-2 overtime win Saturday at TD Garden.

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Republicans rally around Romney after hits on Bain (AP)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks with media during a campaign stop at Cherokee Trike and More in Greer, S.C., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012.  (AP Photo/Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Michael Justus)AP – An array of Republicans and conservatives — including some of Mitt Romney’s sharpest critics — rushed to the GOP presidential front-runner’s defense Thursday to counter efforts to paint the former venture capitalist as a job-killer. Under fire, Romney rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry backed off from directly attacking Romney’s tenure at the helm of Bain Capital.


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America hits the brakes on health care spending (AP)

Chart shows breakdown of healthcare spendingAP – Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation’s economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically low growth, the government reported Monday.


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Seeking NH buzz, Romney hits Obama; rest swat him (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a town hall meeting, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Littleton, N.H.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – Reaching for a big New Hampshire boost, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ran down President Barack Obama’s economic policies on Thursday as his GOP rivals leveled a one-two-three punch at any notion of inevitability for the former Massachusetts governor.


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Stray bullet hits Fla. boy in head

A Florida boy is fighting for his life after being struck in the head by a bullet police believe was fired miles away.

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Mega Millions jackpot hits $206 million for post-Christmas drawing

Sunday is Christmas, but Mega Millions players are betting the biggest present of all will come Tuesday. With no winners in Friday night’s drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot has hit a whopping $206 million for Tuesday’s drawing.

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