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A Libyan rebel gestures as he arrives with a heavy weapon on top of his truck to the frontline near Sultan, south of Benghazi, Libya. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus / AP)

Utah’s new immigration law: a model for American legislation

Ever since Arizona passed its tough immigration law penalizing undocumented workers, other states have been considering similar laws. But one state has chosen a different approach.

NPR

Arizona rejects more immigration crackdowns

Politico

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Immigration

Arizona Republic

Support for gay marriage reaches an important milestone

More than half of Americans say it should be legal for gays and lesbians to marry, a first in nearly a decade of polls by ABC News and The Washington Post.

ABC News

Violence rages despite Libya cease-fire

Libya called for a cease-fire and a halt to military action hours after the U.N. Security Council authorized the use of force to protect besieged civilians in Libya.

CNN

West moves towards Libya action

BBC

Blog:

4 missing journalists to be released

(USA TODAY)

On Deadline

Hillary Clinton on Libya’s cease-fire declaration

Guardian

Wis. judge issues temporary order blocking collective bargaining law

A Wisconsin judge issued a temporary order blocking implementation of Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial measure limiting collective bargaining for public employees.

Wisconsin State Journal

Wis. governor releases emails

Houston Chronicle

Menthol cigarette ban in US may aid public health, advisers to FDA find

Removing menthol cigarettes from sale in the U.S. would benefit public health, members of an advisory panel said in a preliminary report.

Bloomberg

NATION

Pentagon is dividing up Guantanamo detainees for trials

The Obama administration is still deciding where to stage the 9/11 mass murder trials of five alleged co-conspirators now held at Guantanamo, the Defense Department’s top lawyer told Congress.

McClatchy Newspapers

Female soldiers’ suicide rate triples when they go to war

The suicide rate for female soldiers triples when they go to war, according to the first round of preliminary data from an Army study. Scientists say they will investigate the reasons why.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

House cuts to NPR funding likely to die in hands of Senate

The Republican-led House of Representatives voted to end taxpayer funding for National Public Radio after its top fundraiser was caught on a hidden camera sting.

USA TODAY

Government shutdown averted again

The Senate voted 87 to 13 to keep the government funded until April 8, assuring that there’ll be no government shutdown for three weeks.

McClatchy Newspapers

CRISIS IN JAPAN

Japan douses nuclear reactor for 2nd day

A Japanese safety agency raised the country’s nuclear severity rating as emergency crews continued frantic efforts to restore power and cool spent fuel pools at a quake-damaged plant.

CBC News

Scientists project path of radiation plume

San Jose Mercury News

Radiation forces pull out around Japan plant

Star Tribune

Supply concerns grow as Japan lacks parts and power

Plant shutdowns across Japan following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis threaten supplies of everything from semiconductors to car parts for manufacturers across the globe.

Reuters

Special section:

Disaster in Japan

CBS News

EDUCATION

Top-scoring countries hold teachers in high esteem

Nations that outpace the United States in education use many strategies to help their students excel. They do, however, share one: They set high requirements to become a teacher.

San Francisco Chronicle

Obama to Congress: Rewrite No Child Left Behind by fall

President Barack Obama exhorts Congress to rework the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education reforms before the start of the next school year.

Christian Science Monitor

State, local policies seen to slow personalized learning

As momentum for customized, online instruction grows, its supporters say the biggest obstacles to implementing more adaptive curricula and personalized approaches are state and local policies.

Education Week

SPORTS

Lockout threatens workout bonuses

A common thought in the football world is that players will not lose money in a lockout until the regular-season games start. But off-season workout bonuses could be flushed away easily.

ESPN

New generation of sluggers emerging

The clubhouse televisions during spring training are rarely more than background noise. But on this particular afternoon, just about every member of the Cincinnati Reds had his eyes on the set.

USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Many black churches emphasize tradition over integration

Like most white churches, black churches are overwhelmingly one race — their own. Studies don’t even have to confirm this. Just go to church and look around.

Kansas City Star

New Bible’s gender-neutral language

The 2011 translation of the New International Version Bible, or NIV, does not change pronouns referring to God, who remains “He” and “the Father.” But it does aim to avoid using “he” or “him.”

San Francisco Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Video (David Hearst):

Libya cease-fire analysis: ‘Gadhafi has thrown the UN resolution on its back’

Guardian

Column (Peter S. Canellos):

What most of Japan forgot: survivors of Hiroshima

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Jim Rosapepe):

What Italy’s history suggests for US policy in Middle East

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Allow Keystone oil pipeline expansion

USA TODAY

Cartoon (David Horsey):

Tsunami on the way

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Doualy Xaykaothao):

In reporting nuclear crisis, fears of exposure

NPR

Blog (Saundra Schimmelpfennig):

Why donors should wait before giving to Japan

(The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

World View

Column (Babe Scott):

Pick a man by his winning culinary style

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Miracle worker in the school kitchen

Chef Paul Boundas creates healthy meals from scratch for less than $3 per lunch — and the kids even like the food.

Chicago Tribune

After 2 years of working and praying, refugee’s children are back in her arms

Finally, after years of darkness that made Rumbi Chinhamhora wonder whether her life was a sequel to the Book of Job, she has some good news as her family will soon be back together.

Des Moines Register

NYC charity auction to benefit environmental organizations

A day with former President Bill Clinton, flying with Harrison Ford on his private aircraft and sailing with the Rockefellers are what’s offered at an auction to benefit environmental organizations.

Seattle Times

WORLD

EU lawmakers upset by poor protection of Swift banking data

The written requests made by the U.S. for European banking data were too vague to assess whether they meet EU data standards, which sparked anger among members of the European Parliament.

PC World

Witnesses: 2 Yemeni protest camps attacked, 80 hurt

Security forces and loyalists struck protest camps across Yemen, hoping to break the will of thousands camped in squares, demanding their longtime authoritarian leader leave power.

San Francisco Examiner

Special section:

Yemen: ‘Chaos by design’

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Wall Street bounces on yen action and Libya truce

U.S. stocks bounced for a second day as Group of Seven nations moved to calm markets rattled by Japan’s nuclear crisis and oil prices fell after Libya said it would cease military actions.

Reuters

Consumer pain: $5 ATM fees

Get ready for big fee increases at your nearest ATM. Some of the nation’s largest banks are boosting fees on their automated teller machine networks.

ABC News

HEALTH

At-home therapy may help patients after brain injury

At-home treatment led to improvements in cognitive function in patients with a traumatic brain injury.

ScienceDaily

Brain in 3-D: research illuminates cell circuits

LiveScience

Gene therapy may improve Parkinson’s

An experimental gene therapy injected into the brains of patients with Parkinson’s disease improved tremor, stiffness and other movement symptoms and was safe with few side effects.

WebMD

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

‘Supermoon’ to be visible

A supermoon is a new or full moon that happens to coincide with a close approach of the moon to the earth. This full moon will be the closest to Earth in 18 years.

Huffington Post

5 things to know about the ‘supermoon’

PBS

iPads fuel flight of paperless planes

Tablet computers, such as the iPad, are revolutionizing aircraft cockpits as tens of thousands of private pilots bring the powerful mini-computers into planes.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

New Grand Canyon uranium mines get pollution permits

Three proposed uranium mines near Grand Canyon have been issued with air and water pollution permits by the Arizona Department for Environmental Quality.

PlanetSave.com

Midsize solar installations grow at light speed in Calif.

California is increasingly becoming home to midsize solar installations, which avoid many of the complex obstacles that plague larger projects. Sacramento and San Francisco both operate midsize projects.

NPR

The spread of lionfish in the Atlantic

Normally, the abundance of a wild species is hailed as a sign of a healthy ecosystem. However, that is not the case for the lionfish, an invasive species that is rapidly multiplying.

Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Acne may blemish teens’ emotional lives

A new review confirms something that teens have always known: Pimples, low self-esteem and depression often go together.

HealthDay

Kate’s wedding gown will be different style for a different era, says Emanuel

Diana’s dressmaker Elizabeth Emanuel understand the pressures of creating a royal wedding gown. The dress could set trends throughout the world.

Star Tribune

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