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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs legislation to abolish the state’s death penalty at his office in Springfield, Ill. Quinn’s signing came more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions. (Photo by Randy Squires / Illinois Information Service / AP)

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Illinois abolishes death penalty, clears death row

After two decades of debate about the risk of executing an innocent person, Illinois abolished the death penalty, a decision that was certain to fuel renewed calls for other states to do the same.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Illinois to abolish death penalty

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ABC News

Gulf spill sickness wrecking lives

The BP oil disaster caused the largest accidental marine oil spill in history. Compounding the problem was the use of toxic dispersants, including one banned in the U.K.

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Al Jazeera

France recognizes Libyan rebel council

France said it would recognize the Libyan National Council, a rebel body fighting to oust Moammar Gadhafi, as the legitimate representative of Libya’s people.

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Reuters

Obama faces rising pressure on Libya

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Are Libyan rebels losing momentum?

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CNN

Rep. Peter King defiant as Muslim hearings open amid controversy

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., struck a defiant tone as he opened his controversial House hearing on radicalization within the American Muslim community, vowing to proceed despite a firestorm of charges.

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Politico

Democrat rips radicalization hearing for ‘playing into al-Qaida’

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Blog Briefing Room

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Live: House hearing on homegrown terrorism

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MSNBC

The power of the nudge

Everyone needs to be pestered sometimes. A new study suggests that college students may need to be nudged the most to stay on track.

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Inside Higher Ed

NATION

Report: US needs immigration boost of high-skilled workers

Skilled foreign-born workers contribute more to the economy than they take away, and unless the American government enacts immigration reform, the U.S. “risks falling behind in the global race for talent.”

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CNN

Poll: Americans see US on wrong track

A Reuters/Ipsos poll showed the proportion of people who believe the U.S. is on the wrong track rose seven points to 64 percent from February.

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Reuters

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Americans show scant confidence in economy

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Bloomberg

POLITICS

GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate

Republicans pushed a provision stripping public employees of their collective bargaining rights through the state Senate after finding a way to bypass the chamber’s missing Democrats.

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Wis. Senate uses ploy to advance controversial union bill

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(The Hill)

Blog Briefing Room

Social Security commissioner warns of painful cuts

Elderly Americans would suffer considerably under proposed Social Security Administration budget cuts outlined in House Republicans’ continuing resolution, the head of the agency warned.

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ABC News

EDUCATION

Poor economy imperils Pell Grants

The U.S. House of Representatives proposed a fiscal 2011 budget that would slash numerous programs, including a reduction in the maximum Pell Grant by $845.

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Students are protesting and testifying against bills emerging in several states aimed at limiting their ability to vote.

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Inside Higher Ed

ENVIRONMENT

A better picture of deforestation damage

Satellite imagery shows how palm oil plantations are displacing peatlands — at tremendous cost to the climate.

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Scientific American

New $15M effort launched to preserve land around Silicon Valley

Land trusts will announce a new effort to preserve 10,000 acres of land in Silicon Valley from development before real estate prices rebound.

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San Jose Mercury News

SPORTS

St. John’s end ‘unacceptable’

The failure of referees to officiate until the final buzzer of the St. John’s-Rutgers Big East second-round game was “unacceptable,” the head of the NCAA’s officiating told ESPN.com.

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ESPN

Berra taken to hospital after fall

Yogi Berra was taken by ambulance from the Yankees’ spring training game after tripping in the clubhouse. The 85-year-old Hall of Famer was in “good spirits” and the hospital visit was strictly a precaution.

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Sports Illustrated

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church should not pursue conversion of Jews, pope says

After excerpts from the pope’s book on Jesus made the rounds featuring his rejection of the idea that “the Jews” killed Christ, the full text has important implications for Christian/Jewish relations.

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National Catholic Reporter

Church offers Lenten service — on the fly

The first of 40 days of sacrifice and reflection preceding the holiest day of the Christian calendar came in the middle of a thrumming Denver International Airport.

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Denver Post

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Christian Science Monitor

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Why should I care about digital privacy?

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MSNBC

Column (Mike Honda):

Peter King’s Muslim hearings will not make America safer

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Huffington Post

Column (John Kampfner):

A fearful BBC must regain its nerve

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The Independent

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Cuts for the middle class, tax breaks for the wealthy

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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James Howard Kunstler: The old American dream is a nightmare

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Grist

Buy Iowa goods, buy American

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The Telegraph Herald

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Budget cuts

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Truthdig

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Peter King supported the IRA before hunting for terrorists

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GOOD NEWS

Mom’s tenacity saves son’s hearing

It turned out Haleh Resnick was right. The doctor said the hearing aids weren’t helping her son. In fact, he had been misdiagnosed with hearing loss.

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CNN

After-school program offers enrichment to pupils

When the final bell rings at Kingsley Elementary School, half its 500 students leave, many joining the estimated one-quarter of all children across California who take care of themselves after school.

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Clapton raises $2.2M for rehab center, guitar prices soar

Eric Clapton raised $2.2 million at a Bonhams auction in New York, as buyers competed for his guitars, amplifiers and other memorabilia.

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Bloomberg

WORLD

Dalai Lama to retire from political life

The Dalai Lama has announced he will retire from political life. Analysts and supporters have described the decision of the Dalai Lama, whose office combines spiritual and temporal roles, as historic.

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Guardian

25 killed in China quake

An earthquake struck China near its border with Myanmar, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 250.

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China earthquake

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CBS News

Moscow: the billionaire capital of the world

Profiting from a boom in commodities, the number of billionaires in Russia, most of whom built their empires during the country’s anarchic 1990s, grew to 101.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Trade gap wider as jobless claims rise

A strong flow of imports pushed up the U.S. trade deficit in January, a further sign of strengthening demand, while new claims for jobless aid rose more than expected.

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Reuters

IRS budget in the crosshairs

If the Internal Revenue Service is able to hire more enforcement agents, will the federal budget deficit shrink? The White House says, yes.

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CNNMoney

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Gadgets phone home for daylight saving

Wired gadgets can update themselves for a time change by communicating with a home base or checking their internal calendar.

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LiveScience

Exploring superconducting magnet scheme for grid energy storage

Throwing cost concerns and caution to the wind, the U.S. Department of Energy is getting behind a project that aims to prove that superconducting magnetic energy storage can work at the grid level.

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Popular Science

HEALTH

H1N1 swine flu mutation could spread more easily

It would take just a small change in DNA to create a mutation of the 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus that could spread more easily, concluded U.S. scientists.

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Medical News Today

Americans have worse health than English peers, study finds

From birth through old age, Americans have poorer health than their British counterparts, a new study finds.

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HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Heroic acts to protect the word ‘hero’

Has the word “hero” been so overused that it’s losing its meaning? Some surprising recent examples in the media show how people are now employing the term.

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NPR

Art house filmmakers rid 3-D of its gimmicky image

From documentaries by European auteurs, to films of classical opera, it seems the 3-D craze is no longer confined to the Hollywood blockbuster.

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The Independent

In ‘Back to Our Future,’ the ’80s are alive and, well ...

To David Sirota — a syndicated columnist, author and radio talk show host based in Denver — the ’80s are where it all began and where it all continues to be, for better or worse.

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USA TODAY

The legacy of the CD

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The Record

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

When a Twitter post can land you in court

As more air thoughts in forums like Twitter and Facebook, the line between appropriate and inappropriate, between a jab and an all-out assault, is still precariously fuzzy.

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TIME

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Filipino students, employees, administrators and seminarians from the University of Santo Tomas gather to form the world’s largest human cross as they observe the start of Lent and break the world record on Ash Wednesday inside the UST campus in Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila / AP)

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