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The Freedom Tower, right, rises above the World Trade Center site in New York. Rebirth has been slow in coming to ground zero, but with six months remaining until the first portions of the national 9/11 memorial are scheduled to open to the public, the renewal work is thundering forward. (Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP)

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At ground zero, the future finally appears

The noise at ground zero is a steady roar. Engines hum. Cement mixers churn. Air horns blast. Cranes, including one that looks like a giant crab leg, soar and crawl over every corner of the 16-acre site.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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National September 11 Memorial & Museum

US cost of living hits record

One would think that after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Americans could catch a break for a while with deflationary forces keeping the cost of living low. That’s not the case.

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USA TODAY

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20 cities you don’t want to live in — yet

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CNBC

Gadhafi defiant after coalition missile

French fighter jets soared over Libya to counter Moammar Gadhafi’s military forces who were intent on destroying the opposition as they pushed into the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

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CNN

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Behind Barack Obama’s turnaround on intervention in Libya

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Politico

Libya — latest developments on no-fly zone, cease-fire and Benghazi

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Fighter jet ‘shot down’ over Benghazi

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BBC

Brazilians welcome Obama as their own

As President Barack Obama arrives in Brazil, there’ll be talk of trade and geopolitics. There will also be plenty of excitement about the arrival of the black man who became U.S. president.

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NPR

Obama touts Latin America trip as jobs producer for US

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The Oval

Apple’s svelte new iPad 2: its weight-loss secrets revealed

Apple actually added hardware to the iPad 2, yet the tablet computer is noticeably thinner and lighter than the original. Is its weight-loss secret magic? Or maybe a little bit of tech surgery.

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San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Houston, ‘Space City,’ fears snub on latest space shuttle

Houston may be the home of astronauts, mission control and the space shuttle program itself, but the city likely faces an increasingly uphill battle to obtain an orbiter for public display.

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Houston Chronicle

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NASA through the years

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Detroit Free Press

Labor in full roar again but not the same

In the bitter aftermath of a showdown with Wisconsin’s governor, and as other states move to weaken public employee bargaining rights, unions and their allies hope they can turn rage into revival.

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Star Tribune

Immigration reform: glimpse of the future in Ariz. and Utah?

The business community was instrumental in defeating an Arizona birthright-citizenship bill and passing a Utah guest-worker program, suggesting it could be a key force on immigration reform.

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Christian Science Monitor

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In Iowa, growing number of Latino workers report they aren’t paid wages

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Des Moines Register

POLITICS

Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher passes at 85

The 85-year-old statesman died at his home in Los Angeles of complications from bladder and kidney cancer, said Sonja Steptoe of the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, where Christopher was a senior partner.

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Christian Science Monitor

In NH return, Rudy Giuliani comes out swinging at opponents

Rudy Giuliani returned to the Granite State giving a speech that lambasted President Barack Obama, jabbed Mitt Romney’s health plan and praised the tea party.

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Politico

CRISIS IN JAPAN

Japan halts sale of food from near Fukushima reactors

Japan’s top government spokesman said tests detected radiation above the national safety level in spinach and milk produced near the Fukushima nuclear plant.

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Reuters

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Japan still ‘racing against the clock’ to prevent meltdown at Fukushima

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Telegraph.co.uk

Disaster in Japan

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The Two-Way

Americans less generous in Japan disaster relief efforts?

A week after Japan was crippled by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, there’s no telethon on the horizon, and little sign Americans are giving as feverishly as they have before.

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ABC News

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Building a tsunami bunker

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MSNBC

EDUCATION

Pressure mounts for the Texas Board of Education to redo curriculum

Pressure on the State Board of Education to reopen controversial social studies curriculum standards increased when three House Republican leaders expressed discomfort with the new standards.

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Houston Chronicle

District-scholar partnerships yield new insights for cooperation

A set of in-depth partnerships between researchers and the nation’s largest school systems is bearing fruit, both in new studies and greater insights into how districts and researchers can work together.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Chick-fil-A executive touts Bible as chain’s blueprint

Dan Cathy doesn’t just want to feed you chicken, he also wants to feed your soul. He doesn’t give the typical sort of corporate-speak you would expect to hear from the leader of a major fast-food chain.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dalai Lama’s resignation rejected

After holding deliberations for four days, the Tibetan parliament has concluded that the relationship between the Dalai Lama, the 14th reincarnation of the Tenzing Gyatso and the Tibetan people is “immortal.”

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Hindustan Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Domain geared for adult entertainment approved for Internet

There’s a new red light district being created — just for the Web. A nonprofit group in charge of Internet addresses approved a movement to add the internet domain “.xxx” for pornographic websites.

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Facebook fibs can cause real angst for teenage girls, Scout study finds

Surveying 1,000 teen girls who use social media, the Girl Scouts found those with low self-esteem were more likely to project themselves through social media in ways that didn’t match their personalities.

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Star Tribune

SPORTS

Balanced scoring, tough defense carry Marquette past Xavier

The 31 percent that Xavier, regionally seeded sixth, shot in the first half is the statistic that speaks the truth about the devastation visited upon the team by Marquette’s defense.

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CBSSports

Roger Goodell sends letter to players

Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote to NFL players outlining the league’s last proposal to the union and cautioning that “each passing day puts our game and our shared economics further at risk.”

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ESPN

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GOOD NEWS

New blood analysis chip could lead to disease diagnosis in minutes

A major milestone in microfluidics could lead to stand-alone, self-powered chips that can diagnose diseases within minutes by processing whole blood samples without external tubing and extra components.

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ScienceDaily

Divorce-cations? Split couples travel together for the kids

Actor Bruce Willis has done it. So has Britain’s Prince Andrew and media mogul Arianna Huffington. They’ve all vacationed with their ex-spouses and kids.

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USA TODAY

With the 1st hint of spring comes the draw of water ice

On the block, a young couple sat nestled on front steps, and the line outside of Morrone’s Water Ice grew and grew. Morrone’s secret? Texture.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

US condemns arrest of opposition figures in Bahrain

The arrest in Bahrain of several prominent opposition figures has left the United States “deeply troubled,” according to a statement from the State Department.

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CNN

Yemen police massacre protesters

At least 45 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded as security forces and plainclothes government loyalists opened fire on protesters trying to march through Yemen’s capital, Sana’a.

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Guardian

BUSINESS

JPMorgan leads $22B increase in payouts, buybacks after Fed review

U.S. bank investors may be rewarded with an extra $22 billion annually after government tests showed the industry has regained enough strength to boost dividends and share buybacks.

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Bloomberg

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Treasury prices mixed on Libya cease-fire

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ABC News

Cargo-bike coffee shop rolls out

Urban-transportation experts say the cargo-bike business, originated in Holland, is the next wave in the food-truck movement.

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Denver Post

HEALTH

FDA puts early Alzheimer’s test on hold

The FDA won’t approve florbetapir — widely touted as a breakthrough for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease — until its manufacturer puts a training program in place.

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Negative emotions surface as we exert more self-control in our daily choices

People who make an effort to exert self-control are attracted to aggressive art and public policy appeals, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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Medical News Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

App gives fans direct line to concessions

Any sports fan who has ever missed a big play will appreciate the Yorder application. Co-founder Kenji Kato believes the app could revolutionize food concessions at sporting events and concerts.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Hotshot maneuver propels Messenger into Mercury’s orbit

After seven years of sojourning between Earth and the sun, NASA’s Messenger probe had one chance to jockey itself into orbit around Mercury, and it pulled off the tricky maneuver without a hitch.

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Everybody loves spring

The vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Cherokee Chronicle Times

ENVIRONMENT

Officials: Radioactive particles arriving on West Coast pose no risk

California is unlikely to see any elevated levels of radiation from the growing crisis in Fukushima, said Dr. Howard Backer, interim director of the California Department of Public Health.

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San Jose Mercury News

New York’s Empire State Building is now 1 of its greenest

The Empire State Building has made major upgrades to the building’s electrical, ventilation and air control systems. It also installed controls that automatically reduce electrical consumption in tenant spaces.

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AOL News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Miniature guide horse opens new doors for blind student

For Mona Ramouni, who’s blind, using a guide dog was just not possible. She now has a new companion to help navigate her way: Cali the guide horse.

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MSNBC

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A competitor flies over the Pyramid of the Sun during a hot air balloon festival in Teotihuacan, just north of Mexico City. (Photo by Eduardo Verdugo / AP)

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