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Protesters protest against the bombing of Libya, in Belgrade, Serbia. Top officials from the U.S., Europe and the Arab world have launched immediate military action to protect civilians as the Libyan leader’s forces attacked the heart of the country’s rebel uprising. (Photo by Darko Vojinovic / AP)

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Posting a claim to prom dress

Perhaps the best thing to happen to prom since spray-painted tans, social media sites have sprung up at high schools to ensure that revelers avoid the social trauma of a “who wore it best” moment at the big event.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Interracial marriage in the deepest parts of the South

For generations in the Deep South, there had been a taboo: crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal — and since then it hasn’t been accepted.

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MSNBC

Nations bombing Libya ‘terrorists,’ Gadhafi says

Libyan ruler Gadhafi called the allied nations bombing his country “terrorists,” after the United States, United Kingdom and France began to enforce a United Nations-mandated no-fly zone.

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CNN

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Saif Gadhafi ‘surprised’ by coalition attack

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ABC News

Eyes in the sky track Libyan abuses

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Nature

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Tripoli blast as coalition action goes on

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BBC

US ambassador to Mexico quits amid WikiLeaks furor

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigned amid furor over a leaked diplomatic cable in which he complained about infighting among Mexican security forces in the campaign against drug cartels.

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USA TODAY

Credit-card rules amended by Fed to avoid issuance to people who can’t pay

The U.S. Federal Reserve approved a rule that would require credit-card issuers to consider consumers’ individual incomes before extending credit.

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Bloomberg

NATION

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

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

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

Tea Party activists irked over fiscal representation in House

Tea Party activists knew that the dozens of members they got elected to Congress in November couldn‘t balance the budget or eliminate the country’s debt overnight. Now their patience seems to be running out.

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ABC News

Sarah Palin visits Israel

Leading Republican Sarah Palin began a private visit to Israel, her first to the Jewish state, and planned to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and tour holy sites.

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MSNBC

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Palin: US-India relations key to world’s future

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CBS News

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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US military families torn over evacuation

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McClatchy Newspapers

Couple remembers 3 Mile Island

By contrast to Japan’s nuclear crisis, there was a subtlety to the way events began in 1979 in the middle of Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River.

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Telegram & Gazette

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Japan a week later

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Detroit Free Press

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

High school, college students to protest state education cuts

Nevada’s college students are fed up and they’re not going to take it anymore. They are planning to deliver that message to legislators in Carson City.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

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

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Missionaries in Japan labor to stay safe

Across the devastated country and back home in the United States, leaders of missions are grappling with whether staffers should stay put or move away.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Ricky Martin wins Glaad gay media award

Latin pop star Ricky Martin was honored by media group GLAAD for his work as a role model at a gala where he urged people to spread gay rights throughout Latin America.

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Don’t call me, and I won’t call you

According to Nielsen Media, voice spending has been trending downward, with text spending expected to surpass it within three years.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Severin Weiland and Roland Nelles):

Berlin lets its allies go it alone

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Spiegel International

Column (John J. Dunphy):

Slave rebellion made the Louisiana Purchase possible

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The slide into depression: untold stories

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(Psychology Today)

Charting the Depths

Even in the 15th century, ye were still worth it

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Scotsman

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Renewables or nuclear: Maybe we do have to choose

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Grist

Mr. O’Bama

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Mark Washburn):

Sounds like team spirit

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Charlotte Observer

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Making the cut in 2011

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Science

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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

Haitians pick president amid the uncertainty and turmoil

Haitians will choose between a former first lady and a popular musician in a pivotal presidential runoff vote for a nation still recovering from a devastating earthquake and political turmoil.

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CNN

Egypt: Partial results of recent voting show referendum passing

Results from a third of Egypt’s provinces showed massive turnout and a vote overwhelmingly in favor of constitutional changes that eliminate restrictions on political rights and civil liberties.

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Houston Chronicle

BUSINESS

Kickstarter is a lab for daring prototypes and products

Ivan Wong’s camera strap would whip through the air when he turned his lens, flapping into the frame and ruining the photo. Being a professional sports photographer, this was a major issue.

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Wired

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

Outgrowing milk allergy may take some babies longer than expected

Children may not be outgrowing their allergy to milk as quickly as experts previously have believed. In a study of 244 children with a confirmed milk allergy, just over a third outgrew it within 30 months.

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HealthDay

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

Few ever see a wild Fla. panther, but a photographer scores a trifecta

Serious wildlife photographers all dream about the one flesh-and-blood creature that is almost as spectral as a unicorn: the spectacularly camera-shy Florida panther.

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St. Petersburg Times

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

Super full moon in the skies

During what some skywatchers are calling the “supermoon,” the moon won’t just be at its closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit, it will be closer than it has been in 18 years.

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ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Start-up company, operated by recent college grads, sees opportunity in algae

Pond scum, or blue-green algae, is a common sight in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. For Blue Water Ponds, a start-up company operated by two recent college graduates, pond scum is a business opportunity.

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Star Tribune

Spring starts with soggy weather

A storm pounded the Bay Area with heavy rain and winds so vicious they kicked up a tornado that ripped apart a shed in Santa Rosa, Calif.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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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LeBron brings hot hand into Heat’s matchup vs. Denver

LeBron James single-handedly put the Miami Heat back into the win column with a precise shooting performance at Atlanta. The two-time reigning MVP looks to lead the Heat past Denver in a home matchup.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

From bomb maker to e-bike revolutionary

The e-bike revolution is starting on the Web, where groups are choosing to make their own bikes propelled by battery-powered electric motors.

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CNN

Photo of the Day

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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