Guests arriving early for Victoria Beckham’s show this morning at the New York Public Library were treated to cups of hot tea served in clear glass mugs.

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On the Runway Blog | Fast Fashion: The Beckhams, in Close Proximity

While Republicans scoff at health-care compromise.

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Catholic Group Backs Obama

Blue Ivy Carter, the much-heralded baby daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z , has officially made her public debut. The president and first lady of hip-hop have shared their first baby photos via Jay-Z’s Web site, Life + Times , an apparent follow-up to Beyonce’s public appearances earlier this week, her inaugural ones since giving birth . Read full article > >

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Blue Ivy Carter: The first photos of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s baby have been revealed

Blue Ivy Carter, the much-heralded baby daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z , has officially made her public debut. The president and first lady of hip-hop have shared their first baby photos via Jay-Z’s Web site, Life + Times , an apparent follow-up to Beyonce’s public appearances earlier this week, her inaugural ones since giving birth . Read full article > >

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Blue Ivy Carter: The first photos of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s baby have been revealed

The Duchess of Cambridge carries out her first solo public engagement, attending a preview of a new Lucian Freud exhibition in central London.

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Kate attends Lucian Freud preview

Rick Santorum’s trio of victories in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri on Tuesday is shifting the Republican presidential contest into a state-by-state fight for delegates that could last much longer than initially anticipated. Read full article > >

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GOP presidential race could turn into a regional delegate battle

The speaker said House Republicans would push to change the administration’s rule that religious institutions must offer insurance plans that cover birth control.

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Boehner Vows to Fight Contraception Rule

“ Luck ,” HBO’s new gritty, realistic (if somewhat confusing) horse racing drama, is in hot water with PETA, after it became public that two horses died during the filming of the series’s first season. As Entertainment Weekly reported , the pilot — which fictionalized a horse being injured and euthanized in one scene — did not carry the American Humane Association’s stamp to assure viewers that “No animals were harmed” during filming. That’s because a horse suffered a severe fracture while filming a race sequence and had to be euthanized. The same fate befell a second horse during episode seven’s filming. Read full article > >

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‘Luck’ in hot water with PETA over two euthanized horses

Whatever your perspective on how likely Mitt Romney was to lose the Republican nomination race prior to Tuesday evening, it should be acknowledged that he had about the worst results conceivable.

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FiveThirtyEight: G.O.P. Race Has Hallmarks of Prolonged Battle

Whatever your perspective on how likely Mitt Romney was to lose the Republican nomination race prior to Tuesday evening, it should be acknowledged that he had about the worst results conceivable.

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FiveThirtyEight: G.O.P. Race Has Hallmarks of Prolonged Battle

Rick Santorum wins Minnesota and Missouri’s Republican presidential nominating contests and is also declared the winner in Colorado.

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Santorum’s hat-trick stuns Romney

Updates and analysis from Times reporters on the Republican contests.

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The Caucus: Updates from Republican Contests in Minnesota, Colorado, and Missouri

Three days after House Republicans presented a plan for transportation funding, the bill had weathered a hail of criticism, including charges that it would gut the funding guarantees on which mass transit has relied for 30 years. Read full article > >

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House Republicans’ transportation bill survives a beating in committees

A new bill which could aid publication of a secret legal report on the Lockerbie bomber may fail to work properly, it is claimed.

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Concern over Lockerbie report law

A Republican fund-raising advantage among outside groups has led the White House to change course and use surrogates to encourage donations to a “super PAC.”

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With a Signal to Donors, Obama Yields on ‘Super PACs’