The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported in early March that 2011 has tied with 2006 for the record low sea-ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean (in the satellite record).

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Ripken gave the Orioles record attendance and invaluable press coverage, but en route to those gains demanded the star treatment anyone in their right mind knew he deserved.

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At best, then, universal coverage has a mixed record in controlling health care spending increases, even after resorting to rationing.

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"Campaigns are constantly trying to influence the coverage, off and on the record, " said Sam Feist, CNN's senior executive producer of political programming.

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The venue will be a European city chosen for steady winds (the five finalists, including Lisbon and Marseilles, have a ten-year record of at least 90% wind reliability) so TV coverage can be promoted without fear of canceled races.

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Recent years have witnessed a dramatic decline in both volume and extent, with the 2012 coverage - like the Southern Hemisphere - setting a "record" for the modern era at 3.41 million sq km.

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Based on Howard Bryant's book "The Last Hero: The Life Story of Henry Aaron, " the film will trace the two years from 1972 to 1974 during which Aaron chased, and bested, Babe Ruth's record -- an accomplishment that was met with both breathless media coverage as well as death threats.

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In normal times David Cameron's criticism of Labour's economic record would have had to include some scathing personal criticism or devastating new statistics for it to get any coverage beyond a nib (news in brief).

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