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The American Dialect Society has put out its annual call for help in deciding what word it should bestow with the honor. Would a phrase coined for celebrities' fake humility — "humble brag" — be a good choice?

While searching for a way to help her kids pay for college, Anne Marie Blackman spotted a trend she thought she might capitalize on: The holiday-themed sweaters she found online. They didn't seem ugly enough. So, she started My Ugly Christmas Sweater, Inc. for people hoping to win a prize for the scariest holiday sweater at a party.

Analysis by the Tax Policy Center found that under Herman Cain's tax overhaul plan, millionaires would receive a 15 percent tax break, while those making less than $10,000 a year would see the highest percent increase.

Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney appeared locked in a tie for Ohio's Republicans, with the former senator's lead in Ohio shrinking from what it was before the recent Michigan primary which Romney won.

Romney is relying on some of George W. Bush economic advisers to refine his message; Santorum is gaining support from GOP according to a poll, and comedian Bill Maher gave $1 million during a live San Jose, CA stage show to President Obama's superPAC.

The popular British boy band One Direction was formed by Simon Cowell. They've come stateside and now Cowell's Syco Entertainment and Sony Music are being sued by attorneys for another band called One Direction — a pop-rock group formed in 2009 in California.

Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim is a former director of the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization.

Oklahoma’s House budget and appropriations chair said this session is going to be about fixing the state’s finances.Tuttle Republican Rep. Leslie Osborn…

The Georgetown, Ky., facility is Toyota's largest plant in the world. Toyota plans to invest $10 billion in the U.S. over the next five years.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was freed Friday morning after six years in detention. His lawyers say he has left a military hospital where he has essentially been under house arrest.