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Melo: Knicks support D’Antoni ’100 percent’

Just ask Mike D’Antoni admitted that he is feeling some heat as his team spins out of control, the embattled Knicks’ coach got some support from Carmelo Anthony.

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Romney says he pays US taxes — about 15 percent (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at the Florence Civic Center in Florence, S.C., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – His wealth and taxes suddenly a campaign focus, Mitt Romney said Tuesday he pays an effective federal tax rate of about 15 percent. That’s far less than if his earnings were wages rather than gains from investments and dividends, and the disclosure under pressure triggered a sharp response from the Democratic White House as well as one of his GOP presidential rivals.


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Romney says he pays about 15 percent in income tax (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at the Florence Civic Center in Florence, S.C., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – After weeks of stalling, Mitt Romney did an about-face on Tuesday and said he will release his tax returns in April and that they will show he pays close to 15 percent of his income in taxes.


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Economy grew at 2 percent rate in third quarter (AP)

AP – The U.S. economy grew more slowly over the summer than the government had earlier estimated because businesses cut back more sharply on restocking of shelves.

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Dow sinks 3 percent as Europe uncertainty deepens (AP)

Trader Michael Zicchinolfi runs across  the floor the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. The Dow Jones industrial average lost more than 240 points in early trading after Italy's borrowing costs soared.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The Dow Jones industrial average is closing with a loss of 389 points after Italy’s borrowing costs soared and talks collapsed in Greece on forming a new government.


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AP-GfK Poll: 37 percent of public back protests (AP)

Mike McCabe, 19, a student at Ithaca College gestures while holding a sign at the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park,  Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP – Most Americans say politics makes them angry. But that doesn’t mean there is wide support for the Wall Street protests against the nation’s power brokers.


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Social Security benefits to go up 3.6 percent (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. Social Security recipients will get a raise in January — their first increase in benefits since 2009. Experts expect the increase will be about 3.5 percent. Some 55 million beneficiaries find out for sure Wednesday when an inflation measure that determines the annual cost-of-living adjustment is released. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)AP – Social Security benefits will go up by 3.6 percent next year, the first increase since 2009 for the one in five Americans who rely on government retirement and disability programs.


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