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...will always pay a little more if they file together; others will pay less. A bill that addresses the inequalities would be a welcome change, but a bill that simply gives a tax cut only to families who happen to be married does not address the basic issue at stake...
Since then, the big money at stake has become a bad influence on campus, riddling college sports with such corruption as game rigging and point shaving. Dozens of athletes have been convicted or suspended. When you follow the money in these cases, it leads to one place: Nevada. That's because student athletes profit from legal bets placed in Las Vegas and Reno casinos, and, far more significantly, bookies in the other 49 states funnel illegal bets into those casinos to protect themselves from having to pay out on unlikely winners at high odds...
...WHAT'S AT STAKE...
...This time, neither candidate can afford to take anything - not even the thermostat - for granted. When the two men lean into that awkward handshake next Tuesday in Boston, they will be looking at one of their last chances to define for undecided Americans what is at stake in November. The race is dead even, and more voters will be taking a common impression from the three debates than at any other time during the election...
...reality, that there is a lot of money at stake, isn't that much better. Firestone's Japanese parent has already taken a $350 million charge to cover the cost of the recall, but that may be just the beginning. In addition, there are the hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars it could potentially owe from lawsuits. The company's stock market value has plunged some $10 billion in the past month...