Construction on single-family homes continues to remain at a stand-still, as inventories overflow the selling market and unemployment remains over 9%.

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An 11th-hour intervention has ended a stand-off overshadowing the creation of Scotland's new single police force.

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And the Scotland stand-off reduced the deficit further to a single point, again from a penalty, after Allan Jacobsen was sin-binned for an over-aggressive clear-out.

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The single chip reduces power consumption by about 20% during both communication and stand-by, as well as decreases the production cost for mobile devices.

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France's National Front has long been anti-euro as well as anti-immigrant, and Marine Le Pen's stand against the single currency contributed a lot to her strong showing in the first round of the presidential election.

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This red-hot stand has just two hot dogs on its menu a single or double.

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Once stand-alone devices are feasible, Quake hopes to combine them into a single chip.

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If multiplayer doesn't stand out as much as it might, blame the enemy AI in the single-player game.

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The pound fell to a 13-month low earlier against the euro but later recovered on weakness in the single currency to stand recently in New York at 89.27 pence.

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