As the presidential campaign veers off onto the Bain Capital ramp, the predictable arguments ensue: Is the turn simply a political attack meant to distract from bad economic news? (So says Mitt Romney). Or is it an important, valid argument at the heart of the contest? (So says President Barack Obama.)

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Borger: Obama’s attacks backfiring?

In about two dozen states across the country, the insurance marketplaces at the heart of the 2010 health-care law remain in limbo, with Republican governors or lawmakers who oppose the statute refusing to act until the Supreme Court decides its constitutionality. Read full article > >

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Republican state officials stall on setting up health insurance marketplaces

Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond’s spiralling sculpture in the heart of the Olympic Park is being unveiled on Friday.

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VIDEO: Time-lapse of Kapoor’s Olympic Orbit

If you have lived a happy, normal, American life, you have probably never heard of something so tedious and alien as a Miscellaneous Tariff Bill. I envy you. But strange as it sounds, the obscure MTB is at the heart of a very small — but very significant — fight for American freedom.

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DeMint: Take politics out of tariff rules

Money is flowing by the barrelful into Mountrail County, N.D., transforming a tiny community into an unexpected oasis of prosperity at the heart of the nation’s biggest oil play.

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In North Dakota, a Great Divide Over Oil Riches

An 18-year-old man who died in an attack in Oxford Street in central London was stabbed in the heart, Scotland Yard says.

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West End victim ‘knifed in heart’

Says gender disparity is at the heart of economic inequality.

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Gloria Steinem Highlights OWS’ Feminist Roots

The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, says France and Germany must pull together to ensure stability at the heart of Europe.

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Sarkozy backs closer German ties

A powerful body which is at the heart of the government’s controversial NHS reforms in England begins work on Monday.

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New NHS Board ‘will compare’ GPs

The trial of two Pakistan cricketers accused of being involved in a betting scam shows the “rampant corruption at the heart of international cricket”, prosecutors say.

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The resilience of Metro riders — both area residents and visitors — was put to the test on Saturday as the system ran Red Line trains on just one track through the heart of the District. “It’s kind of ridiculous, actually,” said one rider on the platform at Metro Center. “We’ve been waiting a half-hour, maybe,” added Mindy Carter of Charlottesville. Read full article > >

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Metro’s single-tracking tests riders

The World Shakespeare Festival is the “trump card” putting “art at the heart of the Olympics”, the head of the Cultural Olympiad says.

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Shakespeare tops London festival

CBI Scotland urges the Scottish government to put measures to aid economic growth at the heart of its upcoming Spending Review.

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CBI urges ministers to aid growth

I have been awarded a golden ticket to the heart of Silicon Valley: the Thiel Fellowship. The catch? For two years, I cannot be enrolled as a full-time student at an academic institution. For me, that’s not an issue; I believe higher education is broken.

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Opinion: College is a waste of time

Researchers use tricky means to accomplish what was thought to be an impossible experiment that gets at the heart of quantum mechanics.

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Team ‘sneaks around’ quantum rule