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Baseball spring training: The facts, from history to cheap seats

Spring training is when players shed the winter rust by limbering up on warm, sun-baked diamonds, sign autographs galore, and provide hope that this may be their team’s year. As preseason games between major-league teams begin on Saturday, here are a few facts to give you some background on spring ball.

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The Buffett Rule: Tax reform or political gimmick?

As last-minute tax filers sweat the IRS, Democrats are pushing – and the GOP is resisting – the Buffett Rule, which would mean higher tax rates for millionaires (like Mitt Romney and Barack Obama).
Baseball spring training: The facts, from history to cheap seats

Spring training is when players shed the winter rust by limbering up on warm, sun-baked diamonds, sign autographs galore, and provide hope that this may be their team’s year. As preseason games between major-league teams begin on Saturday, here are a few facts to give you some background on spring ball.
Diggin' It
How one gardener deals with weeds in the lawn

When your lawn is invaded by nutsedge, oxalis, and other weeds, what do you do? One gardener picks her battles.
Tropical Storm Lee could hit as near-hurricane with 20 inches of rain

Tropical storm Lee is expected to form from what is now tropical depression 13. It could hit the Gulf coast over Labor Day weekend. Warnings for tropical storm Lee stretch from Sabine Pass, Texas, to Pascagoula, Miss.
As hurricane Katia picks up steam, potential tropical storm forming in Gulf

Hurricane forecasters now have two storms to watch: Hurricane Katia could be on its way to becoming a category 3 storm, while a storm system in the Gulf could organize into tropical storm Lee within 48 hours.
Katia shaping up to be major hurricane, impact on US unclear

Katia is set to become a category 1 hurricane Wednesday and could be a category 3 Sunday. But the track gives little hint of whether tropical storm Katia will hit the US.
Stir It Up!
Chilled soup: green garlic vichyssoise

Green garlic is a seasonal treat and combines with leeks and potatoes for a delicious chilled soup.
Culture Cafe
'Super 8' star Joel Courtney talks about his debut film and J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams’ new discovery, Joel Courtney, talks about keeping the secrets of ‘Super 8,’ feeling the shock waves from massive explosions and hitting Abrams with the perfect April Fools prank.
Editor's Blog
After Osama bin Laden, you can feel history shift

Old globes are comforting relics. They show how old rivalries and threats fade -- just as today's will do.
Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantánamo Bay detainee case

The Supreme Court turned aside a second appeal from five Uighurs, held at Guantánamo Bay's prison camp since 2002 despite admissions from the Bush administration that they are neither enemy combatants nor connected to Al Qaeda or the Taliban.
Stir It Up!
Meatless Monday: Veggie pot pie

A medley of vegetables wrapped in a hot pastry crust.
Insider trading: Ex-Goldman director is charged

Insider trading charge brought against Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs board member.
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Google: the artful tax dodger?

Congress is debating trimming the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent. But unless it closes tax-dodging loopholes and widens the corporate tax base, it hardly matters.
Commonwealth Games: Too old to play? Not here.

The Commonwealth Games in India give a sporting chance to older athletes who may never be Olympians but have the competitive spirit and the skill to compete alongside of younger athletes.
Tropical Storm Lisa forms as Hurricane Igor lashes eastern Canada

Tropical Storm Lisa formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, while Hurricane Igor swept past Newfoundland. One early prognostication on Tropical Storm Lisa says it might not make landfall.
Hurricane Igor heads north, all the way to Greenland?

Hurricane Igor had weakened to a bottom-tier hurricane by the time it brushed past Bermuda. Forecasters say Igor could still pack strong winds as it becomes a post-tropical depression over Greenland Thursday.
Hurrican Igor pounds Bermuda, knocks out power

Hurricane Igor, now a Category 1 hurricane, blew through Bermuda on a northeast track. High winds and flooding knocked out electricity to 30 percent of the residents. Most tourists fled the island before Hurricane Igor arrived.
Hurricane Karl gains power, heads toward Mexico Gulf coast

Hurricane Karl has ramped up to a Category 3 storm with winds of 120 m.p.h., and is bearing down on Vera Cruz, Mexico. Mexican authorities are evacuating oil platforms in the Gulf and residents are preparing for Hurricane Karl's arrival.
Hurricane Julia joins Igor in the Atlantic as Karl greets Mexico

Hurricane Julia became a Category 4 storm Wednesday. Tropical storm Karl is expected to reach hurricane status by the time it makes landfall in Mexico Saturday morning. Igor could brush Bermuda by Sunday.
Hurricane Igor: Will it reach Bermuda?

Hurricane Igor could weaken and be over Bermuda by Sunday, forecasters say. But the path could change.
Hurricane Julia forms in the Atlantic Ocean

Hurricane Julia has maximum sustained winds Tuesday near 75 mph, with some additional strengthening expected during the next day or so.
National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Igor intensifies quickly

National Hurricane Center says that hurricane Igor got its kick as it encountered a perfect environment. It could flirt with Category 5 status.
First Hurricane Danielle, then tropical storm Earl. Next, Fiona?

Tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic typically reaches its peak in this August-to-October period. Hurricane Danielle is now a Category 4 storm, and tropical storm Earl is building. A third storm system appears to be taking shape.
Hurricane Danielle up to 135 mph winds in Atlantic

Hurricane Danielle's maximum sustained winds increased to near 135 mph and could get even stronger, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Hurricane Danielle was located about 545 miles southeast of Bermuda.
Hurricane Danielle heads toward Bermuda

Hurricane Danielle is churning across the open Atlantic as it heads toward Bermuda.