Hot Tickets: Jim Gaffigan, The Roots, Brad Paisley, Neil Diamond

We?ve got an all-star lineup for you this week, as some big acts have announced they?re coming to town.

Comedian Jim Gaffigan will perform two sets at the Warner Theatre, at 7 and 10 p.m., on Feb. 25. Tickets go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. through Live Nation and cost $39.75-$49.75.

The Roots , one of the hardest working bands in show biz, are coming for a two-night stand, on Dec.29 and 30, at the Fillmore Silver Spring. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Live Nation. Each show costs $45.

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How companies plundered retirement accounts for gain

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RETIREMENT HEIST

How Companies Plunder and Profit From the Nest Eggs of American Workers

By Ellen E. Schultz

Portfolio. 245 pp. $26.95

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Tehran embassy: Rescuing the British ambassador?s dog

After Tuesday?s storming of the British embassy in Tehran by young militants, European countries are mulling whether to pull their diplomats out of Iran. Britain has already ordered its staff to leave. The staff complied, but not before one special rescue mission: retrieving the British ambassador?s dog.

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Au revoir, e-mail! And this from an IT boss

Thierry Breton, chief executive of IT services company Atos SA, refuses to e-mail, which, he says, cannot replace the spoken word. The bon mot, it seems, is best delivered in person.

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Muslim Brotherhood says leads Egypt's vote count

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood's party said on Wednesday its alliance was leading in Egypt's election, which would give the nation's oldest Islamist group a powerful parliamentary platform to challenge the authority of ruling army generals. State television said first-round results in Egypt's first free election since army officers ousted the king in 1952 would be issued on Thursday, a day later than scheduled because of a high turnout in the largely peaceful poll. ...

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Why African Americans aren?t embracing Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street might seem like a movement that would resonate with black Americans. After all, unemployment among African Americans is at 15 percent, vs. almost 8 percent for whites. And between 2005 and 2009, black households lost just over half of their median net worth compared with white families, who lost 16 percent, according to the Pew Research Center.

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Defense, prosecution agree Ehrlich campaign manager approved robo-calls

State prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed on one key revelation Tuesday in the opening statements of a trial to determine whether robo-calls made during Maryland?s gubernatorial election last year were intended to suppress black voter turnout.

Paul E. Schurick, former governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.?s (R) campaign manager, approved the calls, which were placed to homes of tens of thousands of African American Democrats in Prince George?s County and Baltimore while the polls were still open on Election Day.

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