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...John Canally, an economist with LPL Financial, a broker-dealer firm in Boston, is even more bullish: he predicts retail sales could rise as much as 3.5%. If automobiles, gas stations, restaurants and services (such as dry cleaning and hair salons) - which are not included in the NRF numbers - are thrown into the mix, sales could rise as much as 6%, he says. Total retail sales rose 5.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis in December from the same month a year earlier but were off 6.2% in full year 2009 from 2008, according to the Department of Commerce. Canally expects...
...told The Crimson that six candidates—Michael J. Albano, Andrew Bertinalli, Cambridge City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, Daniel C. Hill, Timothy Flaherty, and Benzan—have filed the necessary paperwork to run in the Democratic primary. McNiff added that one Republican, Diane Carell, and one Independent, John Cesan, have also declared their intent...
Hall of Fame coach and legendary broadcaster John Madden, whom NFL commissioner Roger Goodell appointed to help solve the concussion problem, has spent his first year out of the booth developing smart reforms. He points out that today's players wear less padding than they did in the past, either to increase their speed or for fashion appeal. "So the helmet becomes the only protected part of your body," he argues. Madden suggests that if players were required to wear more padding, they'd be less likely to consider their helmet a safe weapon. (See pictures of John Madden...
...Right now, John Paul fans are praying for his rapid rise to sainthood. Benedict has already waived the five-year waiting period after death to start the process. The next step would be beatification, which some predict will happen in October, once a miracle has been officially attributed to his intervention...
...Other eye-opening details of the new book include the fact that in 1981 John Paul forgave his would-be assassin as he was rushed to the hospital after being shot in St. Peter's Square. At first, he believed the gunman had been a member of the left-wing Italian terrorist organization the Red Brigades. (He was in fact a Turkish nationalist named Mehmet Ali Agca, who last week was released from prison.) Also, beyond the self-flagellation, John Paul sought to move closer to God by sleeping on the hard floor of his papal bedroom. The physical suffering...