U.S. revenue in stores open at least 14 months rose 0.9 percent, the best performance in 11 quarters, Joly pointed out in an interview with the AP.

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In one respect it is even more extensive and demanding: AP classes are typically in one subject, targeted at only the best high school students, and designed to produce maximum results on a single year-end SAT test.

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She also received a 1999 Florida AP Award for Best Spot News and was a 1993 Fellow from the International Radio and Television Society.

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In late October, when Notre Dame was 6-0 and slotted 5th in the AP poll and BCS standings, it was ranked as the second-best selling school in the country on Fanatics.com, one of the largest online retailers of officially licensed sports merchandise.

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