To this end, Brazil rested Robinho, bringing in Nilmar up front to partner Luis Fabiano, who scored a hat-trick in that 6-2 win and bagged a brace in their previous group game against the Ivory Coast.

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Teenager Jack Rodwell scored two fine goals and Louis Saha also notched a brace as Everton look set for the group stages of the competition.

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Insurers are "not being shy that premiums are going to increase in 2014, " and are urging brokers to "brace our clients, " said John Lacy, vice president of group benefits at Bouchard Insurance, a brokerage in Clearwater, Fla.

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Brace yourself and make sure no children are looking over your shoulders, because these hoodlums belong to a particularly nasty group called the Christmas Sweater Club and they got in trouble for handing out miniature candy canes.

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