That data has some investors thinking that stocks may be able to avoid the kind of spring slump that has bedeviled the market in recent years.

WSJ: Dow Closes Above 15000

Will it be that kind of a spring this year?

FORBES: Is The Market On A Spring Slide? These 10 Indicators May Have The Answer

At a time of year when many of us are engaged in some kind of therapeutic spring cleaning, cutting off distractions, decluttering our workspaces and developing systems to keep track of where things go can feel deliciously Type A, and necessary.

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And they're supplemented by more spontaneous acts of charity, the kind that most frequently spring to mind during the holidays.

NPR: Feeding the Homeless on L.A.'s Skid Row

It is these kind of close-knit friendships that spring up from sport and school that is most missed by Bramhall-raised Alex Broadfoot.

BBC: Suburb's residents 'least lonely'

Should I spring for a second Blu-ray player of some kind, or should I just get an upscaling DVD deck?

ENGADGET: Ask Engadget HD: A second Blu-ray deck, or an upscaling DVD player?

With that kind of supply on the market just seven weeks before the start of spring training, expect player costs to drop further.

FORBES: MLB Winter Meetings

It would be difficult to imagine something less likely to spring from a child growing up in industrial Manchester in the 1950s than poetry of this kind.

ECONOMIST: New verse