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Focus Drugs in sports: Who is winning the doping war?

As scientists close the gap on doping detection, athletes bent on cheating can still game the system. Stricter enforcement from league authorities is critical to redeeming sports scandalized by doping – cycling, baseball, and potentially the NFL.
Dime sells for $1.6 million. Rare mint. 139 years old.

Dime sells for $1.6 million at auction to anonymous buyer. The 1873-CC 'No Arrows' Liberty Seated dime was part of a collection of US coins minted in Carson City, which sold for $10 million.
Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of December 27, 2010

Readers write in about the motivations of suicide terrorists, the term 'conservative,' the price of parenting – and grandparenting, and the victimization of soldiers.
Gallery: Elections photos of the week
$1 coin, now worth $1.2 million, was hoarded in 1794

$1 coin: Americans have hoarded $1 coins since the early years of the Republic.
The heart of Latin art

It's not just folk, it's fusion. Exhibitions nationwide spotlight a bold and visionary tradition.
Six years in Iraq: three American stories

A soldier, a reconstruction expert, and a peace activist tell of how Iraq has changed – and what more needs to be done.
Financial Q&A: How to value AIG five months after the bailout

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