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New-home purchases fall, 2011 worst ever for sales (AP)

This Jan. 18, 2012 photo shows a new home in a development in Pleasant Hills, Pa. Fewer people bought new homes in December, making 2011 the worst sales year on record. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP – Fewer people bought new homes in December. The decline made 2011 the worst year for new -homes sales on records dating back nearly half a century.


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Worst celebrity baby names: Bear Blu and Moroccan

It might not be an Oscar — or a Grammy, in Ms. Mariah’s case — but Alicia Silverstone and the diva crooner beat out plenty of tough competitors to receive top honors for this year’s worst baby names.

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Dolan goes from worst to … not the worst

Bask in the glory that is your Garden of Almost-Eden. Your arena is revamped, the Knicks are watchable and the Rangers are winning – really winning this time, not fake winning.

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Black Friday trading: Stocks take dip to end worst week since September

Stocks are closing lower in light trading, ending the worst week for the Dow Jones industrial average since late September.

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For Penn St., a new week after the worst one ever (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2011 file photo, people gather in front of the Old Main building for a candlelight vigil on the Penn State campus in State College, Pa., in support of the alleged victims of a child sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach. As Penn State leaves a harrowing week behind and takes tentative steps toward a new normal, students and alumni alike wonder what exactly that means. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP – For Penn State University, there was the past week — a week of unimaginable turmoil and sorrow, anger and disbelief and shame. And then there is tomorrow.


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Schools fear worst budget cuts ahead (AP)

Student Jayvin Mercado, 9, keeps an eye on his science experiment at Lincoln Middle School Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in Lancaster, Pa. Financial woes have forced school districts to shed thousands of teaching jobs, adopt a four-day school week and cut electives such as art. And the budget situation probably won’t improve any time soon for school districts that rely heavily on state and local tax dollars. But what might happen in a best-case financial scenario that assumes strong economic growth next year? (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Teenage girls in ponytails and boys in long athletic shorts dash across the gym at Abraham Lincoln Middle School, pausing their game of indoor tennis to motion “Y-M-C-A” with their arms as the Village People’s song blares from the loudspeaker.


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24 dead in worst Cairo riots since Mubarak ouster (AP)

Clashes erupt at a protest of a recent attack on a church in Cairo Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Fierce clashes erupted Sunday between Christians protesting a recent attack on a church and the Egyptian military, leaving more than a dozen people dead and scores injured, Health Ministry officials said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)AP – Flames lit up downtown Cairo, where massive clashes raged Sunday, drawing Christians angry over a recent church attack, hard-line Muslims and Egyptian security forces. At least 24 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the worst sectarian violence since the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February.


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