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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.

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The world of track and field is facing a dilemma. On Saturday at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, there was a tie for third place in the women's 100 meter final. It turns out there are no clear rules for what to do about a tie among sprinters. The drama and the tie continue today and possibly for the next few days.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

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Mitt Romney was actually in Arizona today. He held fundraisers but no public events. NPR's national political correspondent Mara Liasson joins us now to talk about him. Hi, Mara.

MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: Hi, Audie.

CORNISH: So, how did the Romney campaign respond to today's Supreme Court decision on the Arizona immigration law?

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It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz.

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RAZ: This was the reaction in Cairo's Tahrir Square earlier today after officials announced the results of the presidential election. For the first time in its history, Egyptians have democratically elected their own leader. His name is Mohamed Morsi.

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The winner of Egypt's first competitive presidential election is the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi. The official announcement was made Sunday to the cheers and jubilation of a massive crowd in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Challenges remain, however, as the ruling military council has effectively stripped the incoming president of most of his powers. The popularly elected Parliament, dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, was also dissolved.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote his piece The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E flat major in commemoration of the Russian Army's successful defense of Moscow against Napoleon's advancing troops at the Battle of Borodino. Most Americans, however, know the piece as the bombastic tune that accompanies Fourth of July fireworks shows all over the country.

Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of Siamese Dream, the second album by The Smashing Pumpkins and the one, along with 1995's Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, that broke the band into the mainstream and spawned its most lasting hits.