STOCKHOLM — Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for overturning a fundamental assumption in their field by showing that the expansion of the universe is constantly accelerating. Their discovery created a new portrait of the eventual fate of the universe: a place of super-low temperatures and black skies unbroken by the light of galaxies moving away from each other at incredible speed. Read full article > >

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3 U.S.-born scientists win physics Nobel for revealing universe’s expansion is getting faster

Binges by Manchester City and other rapacious clubs have become known as financial doping, jolting the sport on and off the field as a continental economic crisis hampers many teams.

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Manchester City Antes Up for a Seat at Soccer’s Power Table

PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia Eagles lost their second straight game and might have suffered an even more significant setback here Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Quarterback Michael Vick exited the lineup with a broken right hand during the Eagles’ 29-16 loss to the New York Giants . Vick left the field in the second half and the Eagles announced that he was undergoing X-rays in the locker room on his right (non-throwing) hand. Vick returned to the game temporarily but was replaced by backup Mike Kafka. The Eagles announced that Vick had a broken hand. It was not immediately clear how long he might be sidelined. Read full article > >

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New York Giants top Philadelphia Eagles, 29-16, as Michael Vick breaks hand

I think I’ll do this one scattershot-style, because really there’s no headline to be had here. Mitt Romney is easily the best in the field at doing this; he’s really the only one up there who seems even remotely well-cast as a presidential candidate. Of the rest, I suppose Rick Santorum shows pretty good statewide-debate-level chops, and Ron Paul certainly has his Ron Paul thing down cold. The other six are just awful at it. Read full article > >

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Debate wrap up (Or: Rick Perry is really bad at these things, isn’t he?)

Players know. That’s the bottom line. They know when a corner is cut or when a principle is violated and turns into lip service. They know who doesn’t work quite as hard, and who is chronically late, and they know how those little things turn into big things on the field, compromising performance and corrupting the locker room. Players know — and what the Washington Redskins know is that they finally have good habits, and they no longer have false hope. Read full article > >

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Washington Redskins 2011: No more false hope

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The clouds and misty rain that shrouded Kenan Stadium for most of Saturday afternoon were about as apt a metaphor for the state of college athletics — and for the two teams engaging in a desultory football game down on the field — as was likely to be found anywhere in the ever-changing world of the alleged “student-athlete.” Read full article > >

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Saturday was eventful for the ACC on the field and in the news

British artist Richard Hamilton, whose work was considered groundbreaking in the field of Pop art, has died at the age of 89.

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‘Pop Father’ Hamilton dies at 89

Britain’s reigning heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis leads the field on day three of the World Athletics Championships in Daegu.

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Live – World Athletics day three

There is, in these early moments before the field is culled, an inevitable “Gilligan’s Island” aspect to presidential debates: a motley crew of off-beat personalities stuck together for what can seem like an interminable period. Thursday’s Republican debate in Iowa was “Gilligan’s Island-Family Edition.” There was Grumpy Grandpa, Newt Gingrich, griping about gotcha questions and — there he goes again — Lean Six Sigma. Scary Weird Grandpa, Ron Paul, popping off about how we don’t really need to worry about Iran anyway. Read full article > >

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Ruth Marcus:
Gilligan’s GOP Island

The P.G.A. Championship sets aside 20 spots in the field of 156 for working everyday golf pros, who usually spend their time giving lessons or working in the pro shops at local courses.

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At the P.G.A. Championship, the Pros Play With the Pros

Fernando Alonso heads the field for Ferrari in an action-packed practice for the Canadian Grand Prix.

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Alonso on top in Canada practice

Jonny Murtagh produces a masterful ride on Dancing Rain, to stun the field and win the Oaks at Epsom on Friday.

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Dancing Rain storms to Oaks win

Messi is an agile, darting virtuoso tethered to a soccer ball with an almost preternatural sense of the field.

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Lionel Messi: Boy Genius

JERUSALEM — Pressed at home and abroad to take the initiative and break the impasse in Middle East peacemaking, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington this week with demands and hints of compromise, while accusing the Palestinians of slamming the door on peace. But with no bold plan of his own to put on the table, Netanyahu has drawn fire from domestic critics who say he risks leaving the field open to the Palestinians, whose drive for recognition of statehood at the United Nations in September is gathering steam. Read full article > >

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Netanyahu, headed to Washington, is pressed to take initiative in peace process

The Broadway show “The Book of Mormon” leads the field with 14 nominations. Read full article > >

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2011 Tony Awards nominations