Delayed spring weather may be part of the cause for the Mets dipping attendance figures, except for the fact that the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox are playing home games in front of over-capacity crowds in cities that are not immune to the cold.

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The club did not reveal the financial figures behind the new deal, except to say it was "a multi-million pound shirt sponsorship".

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They are identical except for one factor: one makes more than six figures a year, while the other is unemployed and lives at home.

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Figures from the Bank of England show that bank lending to business, except for property lending, fell in the last nine months of 2009.

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Census figures show that people born in foreign countries are an increasing part of the population in every state except one, West Virginia.

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