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In this file photo, children receive their new shoes at "Los Piletones" soup kitchen in Buenos Aires, during the first "Shoe Drop 2006." Mycoskie flew down to Argentina with a team of 20 helpers to give away the first 10,000 pairs of Toms Shoes Alpargatas. (Photo by Ali Burafi / AP)

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Building a business, 2 bare feet at a time

Then-entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie saw Argentinean children walking barefoot on streets. Therefore, he started a company with the goal of putting shoes on the feet of every needy child.

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Reuters

Rescuers withdraw from W.Va. mine

Rescue teams had to pull out again from a coal mine in West Virginia where four miners are missing after an explosion that killed 25 people, officials said.

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Mine rescuers hit another setback

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Associated Press

Justice Stevens to retire after 34 years

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens announced that he will retire at the end of this term, setting up a confirmation battle over his replacement that could dominate the political scene.

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Stevens molded decisions for decades

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Washington Post

How the US opened secret vaults at UBS

Investors breathed a sigh of relief when the Swiss government rescued UBS. But unbeknownst to them at the time, the bank faced a potentially devastating crisis on a very different front.

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Reuters

Spring weather brings out shoppers

A 9 percent year-over-year sales surge at major chain stores has economists wondering if consumer spending is up long term, or if it's just the nicer weather.

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NATION

Thousands counting on benefit extension

More than 200,000 jobless Americans are waiting for the Senate to restore their extended unemployment insurance. A million people could lose benefits this month, says National Employment Law Project.

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CNNMoney

Astronauts take 1st spacewalk

Astronauts of the Discovery space craft, who are currently servicing the International Space Station, have successfully completed their first space walk.

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ABC News

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Discovery astronauts perform ISS spacewalk

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BBC

POLITICS

Republicans expected to line up behind New START

Despite near gridlock in the Senate, Republicans were expected to swing behind a new arms control treaty with Russia that President Barack Obama said they will like.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Rep. Bart Stupak to retire

Michigan Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, who was the central figure in the abortion debate surrounding the health care law, will retire from Congress at the end of this term.

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CBS News

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Tea party, Levin react to Stupak's decision

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Detroit Free Press

EDUCATION

Christie seeks cap on NJ public tuition

Gov. Chris Christie wants to cap tuition and fee increases at New Jersey's four-year public colleges and universities at 4 percent, after proposing to cut the schools' state aid by nearly 18 percent.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

'Fighting Sioux' gone for good

The nickname of University of North Dakota teams is retired after a state Supreme Court's ruling. The nickname, Fighting Sioux, was retired after a four-year legal battle.

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Star Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New fossil link in evolutionary chain

It looked like a rock to Matthew Berger. But when the 9-year-old turned it over, he saw the fossilized collarbone it held, and knew his father was going to be very happy.

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CBS News

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'New' hominids offer clue to evolution

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Sydney Morning Herald

Police: Facebook complaints quadrupled

Facebook has been accused by police of "arrogantly" ignoring children's safety after it emerged that the number of complaints of alleged grooming and bullying on the site have almost quadrupled this year.

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Telegraph.co.uk

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Meet the real New Orleanians who inspired the characters in HBO's 'Treme'

As viewers will discover, the creators of HBO's "Treme" have blended their drama from very real pieces of our reality.

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Oprah to host new global evening show

Oprah Winfrey will try to recreate her daytime success in the evening with a new show she will host from around the world next year, after ending her reign as daytime talk-show queen of 25 years.

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Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Future pope stalled pedophile case

The future Pope Benedict XVI resisted pleas to defrock a California priest with a record of sexually molesting children, citing "the good of the universal church," according to a 1985 letter bearing his signature.

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Houston Chronicle

Public to get look at Shroud of Turin

For six weeks both the curious and those convinced the Turin Shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ can have a brief look.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Kindness best way to encourage toddlers, study suggests

The carrot, rather than the stick, may be the best way to deal with uncooperative toddlers, according to a study that shows young children will respond more favorably to adults who treat them kindly.

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Telegraph.co.uk

From A's prospect to priesthood

Grant Desme stunned the sports world by retiring from baseball to pursue the Catholic priesthood. He will be taking the Norbertine monastic order's vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

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San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

US helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 4

A NATO Osprey aircraft crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing three American service members and one civilian employee, according to NATO officials.

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CBS News

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Reporters discuss ethics of war coverage

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Tear-gas hits Thai protesters

Thai security forces used tear-gas and water cannons against anti-government protesters who stormed a television station on Bangkok's outskirts.

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The Age

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Thailand issues arrest warrants

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BBC

Israeli PM skipping Obama nuke summit

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has informed the Obama administration that he will not attend the nuclear security summit; a move that could signal further tension between the U.S. and Israel.

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CBS News

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Israeli reporter 'stole' 2200 secret files

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Sydney Morning Herald

BUSINESS

Is next Greek tragedy default or bail-out?

Greece is in danger of defaulting on its national debt as its bond market comes under increasing pressure, unless its European neighbors intervene.

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CNNMoney

The complex crude question

While oil demand has picked up in Asia, it still lags in developed countries like the U.S., where overextended consumers and businesses have spent the past two years cutting back.

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Forbes

SPORTS

Butler's Stevens signs 12-year extension

Brad Stevens is content to keep coaching the Butler way. The 33-year-old coach signed a 12-year deal that extends through the 2021-22 season.

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ESPN

Ump calls Yanks, Sox 'a disgrace'

Umpire Joe West blasted the Yankees and Red Sox just before game time, accusing the two clubs of being "pathetic and embarrassing" in dragging the pace of games and refusing to work with umpires.

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West: Rivals' slow play 'embarrassing'

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ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

US denies climate aid to countries opposing Copenhagen accord

The U.S. State Department is denying climate change assistance to countries opposing the Copenhagen accord.

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Guardian

Midwest turns to wind turbines

The wind-energy industry installed 5,700 new turbines last year with more than 10,000 megawatts of generating capacity to serve more than 2.4 million homes, said the American Wind Energy Association.

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Houston Chronicle

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Concern about another Dust Bowl

Seventy-five years later, memories of the Dust Bowl still bring up strong emotions for those who lived through it. Three men recount the hardships and talk about whether or not it could happen again.

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USA TODAY

HEALTH

Baby boomers may outlive their kids

Because of rising obesity rates among young people, more and more baby boomers may outlive their children.

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WebMD

Report: Gulf War Syndrome is real, but causes unclear

The symptoms of some Gulf War veterans is a real disease, but its causes, treatment and potential cure remain unknown.

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HealthDay

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Death row cases decline in 2009

Prosecutors sought the death penalty less often in 2009. Fewer death sentences were handed down, making it the year with the fewest people sent to death row since the death penalty was reinstated.

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NPR

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A Palestinian man performs a summersault as others watch on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City. (Photo by Khalil Hamra / AP)

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