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Jim Cramer, left, host of CNBC's "Mad Money," talks with Jon Stewart during an appearance on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York. (Photo by Jason DeCrow / AP)

Jon Stewart thrashes Jim Cramer

Stewart told Cramer that financial crimes are "a game that you know is going on, but you go on television as a financial network and pretend it isn’t happening.”

BusinessWeek

Jon Stewart sends Cramer's stock plummeting

E! Online

Stewart/Cramer extended interview

Comedy Central

Madoff: a guilty plea, but no catharsis

If Madoff's victims were looking for catharsis in U.S. District Judge Denny Chin's court, they got nothing close. Several of them gathered in a courtroom in Lower Manhattan for Madoff's hearing.

TIME

Special section:

Madoff 'deeply sorry and ashamed'

The Smoking Gun

69 percent of US small businesses were profitable last year

A new survey found 69 percent of U.S. small businesses were profitable in 2008. Nearly 50 percent of small-business owners believe the economy will improve or remain unchanged in 2009.

MSN Money

Can tech industry save the economy?

MSNBC

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Obama must tap growth power in American small businesses

All Business

Astronauts take shelter from debris

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took refuge inside their Soyuz lifeboat when a potentially life-threatening piece of space debris zipped too close to their orbiting laboratory.

Space.com

Space station evacuation

CNN

European stocks up for 4th day

European stocks rose in early trade in a broad rally, gaining ground for the fourth consecutive session after signs of stabilization in U.S. consumer spending fueled a sharp rise on Wall Street.

Forbes

NATION

Activist to advise Obama on green jobs

Bay Area environmental activist Van Jones will join the Obama administration as adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation, the White House Council on Environmental Quality announced.

San Francisco Chronicle

Tough going for Geithner on Capitol Hill

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner faced a firestorm of criticism as lawmakers repeatedly accused Geithner of failing to convince Americans that he had a plan to rescue the country's economy.

ABC News

POLITICS

Obama on spot: Rulings aid gay partners

President Obama confronts one of the most sensitive social and political issues of the day: whether the government provides health insurance benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.

MSNBC

No quit: campaign to boost Bush

Even though former President Bush is keeping quiet in Texas before heading out on a lucrative speaking tour, an informal network of former aides is keeping his views in the political bloodstream.

Politico

Still striking a chord

Politico

ENVIRONMENT

Weather acts mad in March

The trees are blooming, grass is greening up and spring flowers are popping through the soil — a perfect recipe for ... snow?

The Leaf Chronicle

Chimps use geometry to navigate

New research suggests the great apes keep a geometric mental map of their home range, moving from point to point in nearly straight lines.

New Scientist

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Earth warming faster than thought

The worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged by the U.N. are already here, say scientists at an international meeting in Copenhagen.

BBC

Google's new behavioral ads already raising privacy worries

Google's new "interest-based" advertising strategy goes beyond current targeted advertising to track your Internet usage to serve an ad better suited for you.

Ars Technica

HEALTH

Report: Toxins common in baby products

You aren’t likely to see the chemicals formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane listed on the labels of baby bath products, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there, a consumer group warns.

WebMD

Americans scramble to pay medical bills

As the economy fell, people having trouble paying for health care in the previous 12 months rose from 18 percent in January 2008 to 21 percent in December.

USA Today

EDUCATION

Boom amid bust: Med schools grow as economy tanks

Responding to warnings of a looming doctor shortage, medical schools are increasing enrollment and new ones are opening or under development.

San Francisco Chronicle

Denver fails to fire worst teachers

Quality teaching is the top reform initiative for Denver Public Schools, yet the district's worst teachers are rarely formally removed from the classroom.

Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Pharmacist starts his own stimulus effort

A small-town pharmacist intrigued by the government's economic stimulus plan decided to launch his own version with $16,000 in $2 bills. Area stores have already felt the impact.

Montgomery Advertiser

Utah, Hawaii top ‘happiness’ poll

Looking for happiness — a survey of Americans' well-being gives high marks to Utah, which boasts lots of outdoor recreation for its youthful population.

MSNBC

WORLD

Sharif capitalizes on lawyers’ march

Nawaz Sharif has become the man of the hour in Pakistan, poised to add tens of thousands of followers to a nationwide protest against the government.

Christian Science Monitor

UN chief seeks to smooth over comment

Criticized by the White House, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tried to smooth over his criticism of the United States' late payments to the world body.

International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

The future of capitalism

The credit crunch destroyed faith in free market ideology that dominated Western economic thinking for a generation. But what can — and should — replace it?

Financial Times

Roche clinches deal with Genentech

Swiss drug company Roche, already the major Genentech shareholder, agreed to buy the remaining shares in the biotech company for $46.8 billion.

Times Online

Big Pharma's new landscape

CNNMoney

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'American Idol': Why are you afraid of being gay? (When you already are.)

The giant karaoke show has a bevy of issues locked away because of its overly family-friendly nature — religious affilia- tion, language barriers, race and most of all: quite clearly sexuality.

Entertainment Weekly

Chris Brown withdraws from Nickelodeon Kids' Choice awards

Chris Brown has withdrawn his name from the Kids' Choice awards ballot, saying that the controversy over his suitability had "shifted the focus from the music."

Guardian

SPORTS

Syracuse stuns UConn in Big East 6-overtime marathon

It was 1:22 a.m. in Madison Square Garden before No. 18 Syracuse finally beat No. 3 Connecticut 127-117 in six overtimes, the second-longest Division I game ever.

MSNBC

Puerto Rico and surprising Netherlands both win in World Baseball Classic

The final tally of an extraordinary week in the World Baseball Classic when counted showed: one impressive WBC contender, one miraculous performance and one stunning defeat of a prohibitive favorite.

ESPN

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Spiritual kids are healthier kids

Spiritual kids are more likely to be healthier, just like their adult counterparts, according to a new study.

Times of India

The coming evangelical collapse

We are within 10 years of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity and the mainline Protestant world. It will fundamentally alter Western religion and culture.

Christian Science Monitor

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