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Children from Los Angeles-area Boys and Girls Club summer camps reenact the iconic '50s LIFE magazine photo of movie goers wearing 3-D glasses during a screening of "Fly Me to the Moon," in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Damian Dovarganes / AP)

The 3-D pileup: too many movies, not enough screens

Only about 4,000 of the 39,000 screens in U.S. theaters are currently equipped to show movies in 3-D, and though theater chains are scrambling to convert more screens, they feel the shortage.

TIME

Sharp shows 3-D displays for mobile devices

Seattle Times

Vatican invokes persecution of Jews

A senior Vatican priest speaking at a Good Friday service has compared the uproar over sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church to the persecution of the Jews, raising the volume in the Vatican’s counterattack.

New York Times

Can states afford the health care law?

Many states are concerned about how much the health law will end up costing them. States that have traditionally offered lower levels of coverage will no longer be able to spend so much in tough times.

NPR

True or false? Top 7 health care fears

MSNBC

Most Americans remain against overhaul

CBS News

FAA to lift antidepressant ban

The Federal Aviation Administration is changing a generations-old policy banning pilots from taking antidepressants, saying the new policy will improve safety.

CNN

The iPad is here — will it sink or swim?

The iPad finally arrives in customers' hands, behind a wave of hype and supported by generally favorable reviews. But can Apple duplicate the big-bigger-biggest success it enjoyed with the iPod and later the iPhone?

PC World

NATION

Payrolls in US rose 162,000 in March; unemployment at 9.7 percent

U.S. Employment increased by the most in three years and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, as confidence increased of continuing economic recovery.

Bloomberg

US to begin profiling air passengers

The United States will announce its plans to begin profiling U.S.-bound passengers in a major shake-up of air travel security measures, U.S. media said.

Sydney Morning Herald

Mass transportation security mess

ABC News

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Airport security

New York Times

US sues KBR on security costs

The Justice Department filed a civil suit against KBR Inc., accusing one of the U.S. military's largest contractors of improperly charging taxpayers for the cost of private security guards in Iraq.

Wall Street Journal

POLITICS

'Don't ask, don't tell' reversal

Top Army official, John McHugh, has reversed a previous pledge to ease enforcement of the ban on openly gay and lesbian military service members.

Politico

Anti-government 'guardians' target governors across states

The FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence by others.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Goldman Sachs: Don't blame us

By traditional measures, Goldman Sachs ought to be on top of the world. Among the general public, however, the perception is that Goldman is the toxic epicenter of everything wrong with Wall Street.

BusinessWeek

Shopping till we drop?

New report finds consumer confidence may be rising too fast for the economic reality: incomes falling as debts, interest rates rise.

Toronto Star

EDUCATION

$3.4B is left in 'Race to Top' aid

By selecting just two states as first-round Race to the Top winners, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is leaving $3.4 billion on the table for the remaining states to vie for in round two.

Education Week

Cuts looming, NJ schools brace for worst

School districts across the state have long attracted families because they offer some of the best public education in New Jersey. But now many districts are preparing to cut what has long set them apart.

New York Times

SPORTS

Flyers finish season strong, drop Tar Heels for NIT championship

Dayton's victory came as the NCAA was discussing plans to expand the men's basketball tournament to 96 teams, encompassing the NIT and ending its 72-year run as an independent tournament.

Sports Illustrated

Colleges feel pinch of coaches' salaries

In a climate of spiraling costs, skyrocketing salaries and softening revenue, athletic programs with much deeper pockets than Northern Iowa's are showing signs of strain.

USA TODAY

Pitino's contract extended to 2017

Louisville Courier-Journal

Kobe Bryant signs 3-year contract extension with Lakers

Kobe Bryant signed a three-year contract extension that will keep him with the Los Angeles Lakers through at least the 2013-2014 season.

Bloomberg

Blog:

Kobe Bryant extension keeps Lakers intact for the future

Deseret News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Good Friday in the Holy Land

The cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City became moving forests of wooden crosses as Christian pilgrims and clergymen commemorated the day of Jesus' crucifixion, Good Friday.

CBS News

Baptist leaders plan to cut ties with Ga. church with female pastor

The co-pastor of an Atlanta Baptist church said she has no interest in stepping down, even though state and national leaders threaten to cut ties with her congregation because it is led by a woman.

ABC News

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GOOD NEWS

Walmart's US giving rises to $467M

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. gave more than $467 million in charitable donations in the United States in its latest fiscal year, a 23 percent increase, with a good chunk of the giving focused on food.

Reuters

Newborn with pre-existing condition gets insurance coverage

At 12 days old, he already had survived a rare birth defect, but his family was in a battle with an insurance company to get his surgeries covered — until a Blue Cross C.E.O. offered him insurance coverage.

ABC News

WORLD

Iran says sanctions will not stop nuclear enrichment program

International sanctions will not stop Iran's nuclear program, Tehran's most senior nuclear negotiator has said, in the face of growing pressure from China and the U.S. over Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Guardian

Obama talks with Chinese leader

New York Times

Iran says China agrees on sanctions

Reuters

Moscow bomber was widow of militant

One of the Moscow subway suicide bombers was the 17-year-old widow of a slain Islamist rebel from the North Caucasus, a Russian newspaper reported.

MSNBC

Shanghai's Expo is chance for world to court China

Countries are thinking up ever more inventive ways to tout the national brand to the expo's expected 70 million visitors, most of whom will be Chinese.

NPR

Shanghai Expo

MSNBC

HEALTH

Puppy watches over autistic children

Kelli Collins knew how to train dogs. Lisa McMillan knew about autism. Together, they would train and raise a puppy to be a companion.

CNN

Hundreds of donor kidneys tossed away each year

Every year, hundreds of kidneys are thrown out because they may be infected with hepatitis C, but they could help many infected patients waiting for a transplant.

HealthDay

Smoking is dumb: Study finds young men who smoke have lower IQs

A study has determined that young men who smoke are likely to have lower IQs than their non-smoking peers.

ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

EPA: New mining policy would protect water quality

The Obama administration spelled out tighter water quality standards for surface coal mines in Appalachia in a move that could curtail mountaintop removal mining.

NPR

A new geologic era

The dawning of a new epoch may include the sixth largest mass extinction in the Earth's history. Whether the new era will be dramatic as the Jurassic with the end of the dinosaur is still to be determined.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Broadband acoustic imaging of the ocean

Researchers have developed two advanced broadband acoustic systems that could represent the acoustic equivalent of the leap from black-and-white television to high-definition color TV.

ScienceDaily

Hot mantle may prop up the seafloor

The seas may be rising due to climate change, but most of the seafloor is also dropping as part of the natural dynamics of Earth's crust. However, why hasn't the ocean bottom sunk faster?

Science

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Finding the musical in a punk album

"American Idiot's" director and creative team kept returning to the same question: Should they add more dialogue to flesh out the three main characters or rely on Green Day's songs to do the storytelling?

New York Times

Dr. Martens 50 years old and still an icon

What do British 1980s groups Madness and the Cure have in common with current teen heart-throb actor Robert Pattinson, Pope John Paul II and the Dalai Lama? Believe it or not, Dr. Martens shoes.

The Age

Pet goats leave hoof prints in homes

How far would you go to ensure that your milk and cheese came from well-treated animals? Three friends dubbed themselves the "Going Goaty Collective," in honor of their reliable dairy source: pet mini-goats.

CBS News

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