Frankel records his ninth career win with victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at the inaugural British Champions Day.

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E lizabeth Warren , Harvard law professor and former Obama administration regulator (for consumer protection), is modern liberalism incarnate. As she seeks the Senate seat Democrats held for 57 years before 2010, when Republican Scott Brown impertinently won it , she clarifies the liberal project and the stakes of contemporary politics. Read full article > >

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Elizabeth Warren and liberalism, twisting the ‘social contract’

Ballplayers master the appearance of cynicism. The years in the minors, the certainty of eventual injury, the grind of a career that can last thousands of games almost ensures it. Except on the occasions when they drop their armor entirely because the stakes are too high, the excitement too genuine. For weeks in the Washington Nationals’ bullpen, the same subject has kept coming up: the night, the game and the moment that Stephen Strasburg returns. And now, rain willing, it is scheduled for Tuesday night at Nationals Park.  Read full article > >

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Excitement about Strasburg’s return cracks ballplayers’ cynical armor

So You Think heads a field of seven for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

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So You Think heads field at Ascot

Lord Alan Sugar explains why he has made a fundamental change to the stakes on this year’s series of The Apprentice.

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Lord Alan Sugar explains why he has made a fundamental change to the stakes on this year’s series of The Apprentice.

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Sugar set for Apprentice shake-up

In the aftermath of last week’s deal on current-year spending, President Barack Obama and top lawmakers are launching into the next round of budget battles, where the stakes are much higher. (April 11)

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In the aftermath of last week’s deal on current-year spending, President Barack Obama and top lawmakers are launching into the next round of budget battles, where the stakes are much higher. (April 11)

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The most recent round of United Nations-led climate change negotiations began this week in Cancun, and although international expectations are muted this year, the stakes are still high. As Mother Jones ‘ Kate Sheppard explains ,”The 2010 meeting could make or break the future of global negotiations.” read more

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If Cancun Climate Talks Falter, Blame the US

The haunting portrait of a young, disfigured Afghan woman on Time magazine’s cover this summer issued a stark reminder that the stakes in Afghanistan are high — and that the consequences of failure are brutal, especially for women.

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Afghanistan must embrace women’s rights