Unemployment remained above 8%, until last month, for the longest period since the Great Depression.

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Last month, in the longest article in the history of Time magazine, Steven Brill asked a simple question: why are health care bills so high?

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America's expansion has just entered its 107th month, making it the longest on record.

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Car sales in India declined for the sixth straight month in April, the longest stretch in at least 16 years, hit by high borrowing costs and an economic slowdown, according to SIAM, the industry body.

WSJ: Renault, Nissan Expanding Capacity of India Joint-Venture Plant

Scotland's overall manufacturing output in October fell for the fourth month in a row, the longest continuous period of decline since the 2008-09 recession.

BBC: Scottish bank notes

Gold prices ended February with a loss, the fifth month in a row to do so and the longest losing streak since 1993, according to Deutsche Bank.

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It was the third straight month with a return of more than 1%, the longest such streak in three years.

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Wilkinson, 24, the club's longest-serving player, has agreed a 12-month contract extension which will keep him at the club at least 2012.

BBC: New deals for Diao and Wilkinson

When Louisville played at Notre Dame a month ago it took five overtimes before the Fighting Irish won 104-101 in the longest regular-season game in Big East history.

NPR: No. 8 Louisville Beats No. 24 Notre Dame 73-57

Not content with being the record holder for the longest space flight by a female, Williams wants to compete in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon next month.

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