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The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded Monday to a trio of U.S.-based researchers, for their study of the institutional roots of wealth and poverty among nations.

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Arizona could go either way this presidential year -- that's what makes it a swing state. But it could also go either way on down the state's ballot, right to a question on abortion rights.

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The award is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their research on the institutional roots of national wealth and poverty. They will ...