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Kofi Annan, the U.N. special envoy to Syria, center, leaves the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus, Syria, on his way to the presidential palace for a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad. (Photo by Bassem Tellawi / AP)

Casino capitalism: the recent spread of American gambling

Though Wall Street’s brand of “casino capitalism” crashed the American economy in 2008, American capitalists are making a growing profit from real-life casino gambling.

Salon

Ohio finds gas-drilling injection well led to several earthquakes

A dozen earthquakes in Northeastern Ohio were almost certainly induced by injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth, state regulators said as they announced a series of tough new rules for drillers.

Star Tribune

Fracking in New York: risk vs. reward

CNN

UN envoy Kofi Annan meets with Bashar Assad in Syria

U.N. envoy Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a high-profile mission to mediate an end to the country’s conflict, even as activists reported fresh shelling by regime forces.

CBS News

The moral dilemmas of Syria’s revolution

BBC

Special section:

Syria

Guardian

US payroll gain caps best 6-month job growth streak since 2006

Employers in the U.S. took on more workers than forecast in February, completing the best six months for payroll growth since 2006 and showing more improvement in the labor market.

Bloomberg

Has the economy reached escape velocity?

TIME

Missing for weeks, hiker alive in forest

Temperatures dropped below freezing almost every night, but somehow, Margaret Page and her cat survived weeks in an isolated, rugged region of a New Mexico national forest.

Msnbc.com

NATION

Demise of the state fair leaves Virginia in rare company

It was always agriculture and education — sweetened with a little good-spirited competition — that drove the State Fair of Virginia, until its demise when recession and bankruptcy drove it down.

Virginian-Pilot

Online push to ban ‘pink slime’ in school lunches gains momentum

An online effort to ban beef containing an additive known as “pink slime” from the federal school lunch program has garnered almost 19,000 supporters in less than four days.

BusinessWeek

Homeless single moms struggle to make ends meet

Single moms Benita Guzman and Angelica Cervantes are homeless and part of a disturbing trend in the U.S. The two banded together in an effort to help their families get by.

Reuters

POLITICS

HUD secretary announces equal access housing rule

A new rule took effect this week barring those who own or operate U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-funded housing from asking about an applicant’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

San Francisco Chronicle

Obama rallies support for healthcare overhaul ahead of Supreme Court case

While Supreme Court justices weigh the fate of the 2010 healthcare overhaul, the White House will coordinate efforts to showcase the law’s most popular provisions to blunt Republican attacks.

Bloomberg

Obama, GOP battle over higher gas prices

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Would you consider being a Freemason?

Dogged by conspiracy theories, Freemasons insist they have a modern, open organization. But can they lose the image and win the public?

BBC

Greece secures historical debt deal

Greece‘s private creditors agreed to take cents on the euro in the biggest debt write-down in history, which will help pave the way for an enormous second bailout for the country.

CBS News

Greece set to receive ‘historic’ bailout

BBC

Facebook co-founder buys ‘The New Republic’ magazine

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has bought a majority stake in The New Republic. Hughes will now be the publisher and editor-in-chief of the 98-year-old politics and public affairs magazine.

CNN

A letter to TNR readers from Chris Hughes

The New Republic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA analyzes Mayan apocalypse claims

Scientists at NASA address claims about the “Mayan apocalypse" and explain away frequently cited doomsday scenarios.

Scientific American

Daylight saving time: Why and when does it begin?

With daylight saving time kicking off again, clock confusion is once again ticking away: Why do we spring forward?

National Geographic

EDUCATION

Activists seek to curtail student restraints

Tens of thousands of students — most of them disabled — are strapped down or physically restrained in school. Disability advocates hope a new Education Department report will encourage action.

San Francisco Chronicle

Utah schools: Lawmakers focus on sex education and educator accountability

Sex education, educator accountability and fears over federal intrusion into Utah schools dominated discussions of public education at the Capitol this year.

Salt Lake Tribune

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Teen sex ed: Instead of promoting promiscuity, it delays first sex

(TIME)

Healthland

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Why ambition could make you rich, but not necessarily happy

According to new research, while ambition can help you achieve a more prestigious education and corporate success, it may not make you any happier in the long run.

CNN

Haven or hell: Refugees in Idaho struggle for work

More than 4,000 refugees have found their way to a far-flung spot: Boise, Idaho. The refugees come for the city’s strong economy and supportive community, but the recession has shifted that picture.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (James Parker):

Horror for kids

The Atlantic

Column (Jim Sollisch):

Please send me more coupons, Target

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Study reveals need to continue Obama’s health care reforms

San Jose Mercury News

Editorial:

One year after earthquake and tsunami, what Japan has rediscovered

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Congress flashes bipartisanship as election looms

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Lewis Diuguid):

US racial disparities continue to worsen

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Katy Waldman):

Would a cashless society have less crime?

Slate

Column (Virginia Postrel):

Fight birth control battle over-the-counter

Bloomberg

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GOOD NEWS

Alleys of hope: Syringes give way to crops in El Paso, Texas

The El Paso Permaculture Group and the El Paso Central Business Association work to clear out downtown alleys of dirt and trash and to fill the spaces with organic, sustainable vegetable gardens.

El Paso Times

Veteran gets overdue honor

After nearly seven decades since his service, the army has approved Joseph Cicchinelli, World War I veteran, for the Silver Star.

Arizona Republic

Thousands give up carbon for Lent

During Lent, the 40-day period of fasting and reflection before Easter, Christians around the world are focusing on being better stewards of creation.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Japan’s roads may be repaired, but lives still disrupted

A year after the triple disaster — earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown — that slammed northeastern Japan, recovery has been painfully slow.

Christian Science Monitor

After tsunami, Japanese-Americans visit still-struggling region

San Jose Mercury News

Japan: before and after

Discovery News

US, Afghan forces try to rebuild trust

In Afghanistan, killings are called “green on blue” when an Afghan soldier or police officer turns his gun on a NATO ally.

NPR

Town’s prayer controversy stirs British cultural war

The move to ban public prayer in Bideford, England has erupted into a national proxy fight regarding whether Christianity should hold a privileged place in a diverse and highly secular society.

Seattle Times

ENVIRONMENT

UN climate chief: US would lose ground to China with Republican presidential win

The U.N. climate chief has warned that U.S. voters risk ceding progress to China and Europe if they opt for a presidential candidate who denies climate change.

Guardian

Japan ends whaling season early

Japan has ended its whaling season with less than a third of its annual target, said the country’s Fisheries Agency. The agency blamed “sabotage” by anti-whaling activists for the shortfall.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Banks are foreclosing on churches in record numbers

Banks are foreclosing on America’s churches in record numbers as lenders lose patience with religious facilities that have defaulted on their mortgages, according to new data.

Reuters

Harlem churches see gospel tourist boom on Sundays

New York City neighborhood churches have become popular tourist attractions for visitors from all over the world who want to listen to soulful gospel music at a black church service.

The Telegraph

HEALTH

Coke, Pepsi make changes to avoid cancer warning

Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are making changes to their namesake colas to avoid the need to label the packages with a cancer warning.

Reuters

LSD helps treat alcoholism

The powerful hallucinogen LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) has potential as a treatment for alcoholism, according to a retrospective analysis of studies published in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Nature

SPORTS

Rams trade No. 2 pick to Redskins

The Rams have agreed to trade their pick in the upcoming draft to Washington in exchange for Washington’s first and second-round pick this year plus first-round picks in 2013 and 2014.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Keeping athletes safe from sexual abuse

Parents who want to protect their kids from sexual abuse need to reassess the notion of “stranger danger."

HealthDay

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