President Obama could certainly win Arizona, but if he does, it probably won’t be the state to tip the balance.

Read more:
FiveThirtyEight: Arizona Is (Probably) Not a Swing State

With President Obama’s health care law hanging in the balance, a lawyer for the administration faced skeptical questions from the Supreme Court’s more conservative members.

Read more from the original source:
Justices Split in Questions on Insurance Requirement

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun , the NL’s reigning most valuable player, won his appeal on Thursday of a 50-game suspension triggered by a positive drug test in October, a monumental decision that affects everything from the balance of power in the National League to the perceived legitimacy of baseball’s individual awards and the integrity of its drug-testing program. Read full article > >

Go here to see the original:
Brewers’ Ryan Braun wins appeal of PED-related suspension

European regulators have ordered banks to raise capital and shrink their balance sheets, leading to the sale of assets to American businesses and financial firms.

See original here:
U.S. Firms See Europe Woes as Opportunities

There’s a certain symmetry in the fact that the G-20 summit ended Friday in Cannes, France, home of the world’s most famous film festival, just as the European Union Film Showcase arrived at the American Film Institute in Silver Spring . While Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy, George Papandreou and President Obama wrestled with the debt crisis and the future of the euro zone , filmgoers here began to enjoy an upside-down universe on screen, where looming financial and political disasters promise to recede and the balance of power can be at least temporarily tipped. Read full article > >

Read more from the original source:
E.U. Film Showcase: At AFI Silver, balance of power is temporarily tipped

Billy Hunter is the biggest wishbone in pro sports right now. When the NBA union chief walks into a boardroom at a Manhattan hotel Thursday , with only the beginning of the season in the balance, Commissioner David Stern will be tugging on one lapel. NBA players, who will soon start missing paychecks because of their economic stalemate with team owners, will be tugging at the other. Read full article > >

Go here to read the rest:
NBA lockout: Union chief Billy Hunter knows how to fight fairly

The Washington Nationals have missed their best player for more than two months. They’ve missed the buzz in the crowd when Ryan Zimmerman charges a slow-rolling groundball and whips a sidearm throw across the infield, the steadiness he provides in their clubhouse, the fear from the opposing dugout that he might walk to the plate in the ninth inning with the game in the balance. They are on the brink of having all of that for the first time in 58 games, but there is also something simpler that they have been missing. “It’s just having Zim,” Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond said. “It’s like missing your brother for the whole season.” Read full article > >

Read more from the original source:
Nationals eager to welcome Ryan Zimmerman back from DL

New absurdly allegorical paintings by Edward del Rosario Set against monochrome backgrounds, painter Edward del Rosario ‘s fairytale-like scenes depict people counterposed with nature in charmingly unsettling ways. The Brooklyn-based artist has been exploring the subject for the past eight years, each piece adding to a larger meta-narrative that explores the “aftermath of a post-colonial world.” His latest installment of curious paintings will show at L.A.’s Richard Heller gallery in the upcoming exhibition simply titled ” Fable .” An active performance artist while earning his MFA at RISD, del Rosario’s theatrical roots are evidenced by the comedically tense or absurd situations in which he carefully depicts his characters. The melodramatic situations often depict his characters’ misunderstandings of each other and their conflicts over the balance of power. As explained in a 2009 interview with Lowdown Magazine , del Rosario’s performances, influenced by absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco, still inform his painterly study of social interaction and group mentality. “Fable” is on view at the Richard Heller Gallery from 26 March 2011 through 30 April 2011.

Read the rest here:
Fable

The Obama administration says the 2008 rule upset the balance between the rights of patients and health care providers.

Originally posted here:
A Bush Rule on Providers of Abortions Is Revised

With public pressure mounting against the government of President Hosni Mubarak, the future of Egypt, the broader Middle East and international stability hang in the balance.

Read more from the original source:
Opinion: Mubarak should prepare to go

Two days before Tuesday’s midterm elections, Republicans appear poised to capture control of the House and are likely to make substantial gains in the Senate, an outcome that could dramatically alter the balance of power in Washington, according to a Washington Post analysis of competitive seats…

Excerpt from:
Republicans hold edge in final stretch

Three days before voters go to the polls, it looks like there is no more avoiding a landslide defeat for the Democrats. Independents are swinging heavily toward Republican candidates, potentially tipping the balance for four closely-contested Senate…

Read more from the original source:
Independents Swing to GOP

Republicans have placed enough seats into play that Washington is on the brink of a substantial shift in the balance of power.

Read this article:
G.O.P. Is Poised to Seize the House, if Not the Senate

Banks are due to learn the details of a new Treasury levy that is eventually expected to raise about £2.5bn a year from their balance sheets.

View post:
Banks await details of new levy

Hanging in the balance are thousands of jobs and millions in grants that support more than 200 research projects.

Continue reading here:
Stem Cells in Court, Scientists Fear for Careers