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In this file photo, Dr. Ross Collazo, left, examines Rafael Cabrera, 52, right, during a medical check-up at Camillus Health Concern in Miami. Camillus Health Concern provides health care services to persons who are homeless and have low income. (Photo by Lynne Sladky / AP)

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Hospital pricing structure

Dr. Tamim Antakli, a cardiothoracic surgeon from Indiana, was rushed to the hospital with a heart condition during a visit to St. Louis. The second shock came when he got the bill — $41,308.80.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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‘Dispense as written’: prescriptions may add $7.7 billion to annual health care costs

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Medical News Today

Teens exposed to gun violence face long, tough road

Some experts say witnessing gun violence can lead to post-traumatic stress and violent behavior that may perpetuate crime in at-risk neighborhoods.

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NPR

Libyan rebels have pushed on westwards after recapturing the key oil town of Ajdabiya from Colonel Moammar Gadhafi’s forces. Reports said they later seized the town of Brega, 44 miles away.

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BBC

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Obama: Libya mission saved lives

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Reuters

Live from Libya

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(Al Jazeera)

Live Blog

Solar canopy energizes Cincinnati Zoo

Visitors to the Cincinnati Zoo are marveling at a new sight: nearly four acres of solar panels over the parking lot. The “canopy” will do more than control the zoo’s utility bills, developers say.

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USA TODAY

Geraldine Ferraro, first woman VP candidate, dies at 75

Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket, died at Massachusetts General Hospital, a spokesman for her family said. She was 75.

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ABC News

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Obama leads tributes to ‘trailblazer’ Ferraro

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NATION

Alaska Airlines cancels flights after outage

Alaska Airlines and its Horizon Air affiliate canceled 95 flights because a computer system used for flight planning failed. The outage lasted intermittently for about seven hours.

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San Jose Mercury News

Republican 2012 hopefuls criticize Obama’s Libyan policy

The Republicans looking to succeed President Obama all say he’s bungling Libya. What most haven’t spelled out: how they would address the latest international crisis if they were in the White House.

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San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Parnell bid to cut oil taxes stuck in Senate

Gov. Sean Parnell’s attempt to slash Alaska oil taxes to encourage more development appears to be going nowhere in the state Senate with less than a month before lawmakers adjourn for the year.

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Anchorage Daily News

Move on Wis. law stirs confusion

Wisconsin officials could not agree about whether a law taking away collective-bargaining rights for public workers was about to take effect, after a nonpartisan bureau published it despite a court order.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

CRISIS IN JAPAN

US naval barges race freshwater to Japan nuclear plant

U.S. naval barges loaded with freshwater sped toward Japan’s overheated nuclear plant to help workers stem a worrying rise in radioactivity and remove contaminated water from the facility.

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CBS News

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Aid puts a new face on the US military in Japan

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Radiation in seawater off nuclear plant spikes to 1,250 times normal

Levels of radioactive iodine in seawater offshore of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are more than 1,250 times higher than normal, according to Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.

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CNN

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Japan nuclear plant: radioactivity rises nearby in the in sea

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BBC

EDUCATION

China’s new crop of exports — students

The food, the language, the students, the classes — for Neo Nie, everything at Governors State University is different from Guangdong University of Technology, the school he attended in China.

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Chicago Sun-Times

‘Brain waste’ thwarts immigrants’ careers

After finishing medical school in Bogota, Colombia, Maria Anjelica Montenegro did it all. But after moving to the United States, her resume includes jobs as sales clerk and baby sitter.

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San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A deeper history for the humble hand axe

Anyone in love with their iPad may want to weigh it against the humble hand axe. Modern technology comes and goes, but this stone remained in fashion for more than a million years.

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USA TODAY

2,500-year-old human brain discovered

A 2,500-year-old human skull uncovered in England was less of a surprise than what was in it: the brain.

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LiveScience

Listen to the ‘voices of the landscape’

Bryan Pijanowski is asking fellow scientists to take a huge step back and, metaphorically speaking, listen to the whole forest.

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NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Army readies chaplains before ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal

The Army has started training chaplains on the repeal of the ban on openly gay military members, saying those who are unable to follow the forthcoming policy can seek a voluntary departure.

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USA TODAY

They’re successful because they care

Can you identify the most successful among us? What do you think are the indicators of success? In the words of one astute observer, “The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.”

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Trial can go forward in church abuse case

The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Philadelphia faces the prospect of a criminal trial after a judge upheld child-endangerment charges against a church official.

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USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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It’s a man’s media world

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Al Jazeera

Column (Daniel Akst):

You vs. temptation: Why self-control has gotten so hard

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Christian Science Monitor

Cartoon (David Horsey):

Be a patriot

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Steve Andreason):

Missile defense: The missing piece of the puzzle

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Guardian

Blog (Mohsen Kadivar and Ahmad Sadri):

Hillary Clinton’s crucial choice on Iran

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Salon

Column (Carl Cannon):

Obama’s communications gap grows

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RealClearPolitics

Cartoon (David Horsey):

Tea Party budget

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

(Denver Post Staff) Fanning flames on anti-immigration rhetoric

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GOOD NEWS

Severely disabled mother wins visitation rights for triplets

A California judge ruled that a woman who suffered severe brain damage during the birth of her triplets must be granted visitation rights to see them.

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CNN

Funny faces help you laugh off wrinkles

A new breed of fitness instructors across the country are teaching facial exercises to stave off droopy jowls and crow’s feet.

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AOL News

WORLD

Syrians fear chaos as protests escalate

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad was facing the most serious unrest of his 11-year tenure as anti-government protests in a southwestern city threatened to escalate after a deadly crackdown.

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Libya in crisis

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Earth Hour 2011

The organizers behind the fifth annual Earth Hour urge people to turn off lights and other nonessential appliances in a symbolic show of support for action against climate change.

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National Geographic

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Earth Hour 2011: cities around the world turn off the lights

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Huffington Post

BUSINESS

Detroit in demand: Motown merchandise flies off shelves

The nonprofit Detroit Shoppe was such a hit as a seasonal store over the holidays that it reopened this week at the Somerset Collection North in Troy.

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Detroit Free Press

Stock investors to focus on hot sectors

U.S. stock investors could scramble to pick up some of the market’s best recent performers next week as the quarter comes to an end, putting the spotlight on energy and industrial companies.

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Business Day

HEALTH

China bans lighting up in public places

China, the world’s largest tobacco producer and home to 300 million smokers, has imposed a national ban on lighting up in hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and other indoor public spaces.

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Sydney Morning Herald

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America’s smokiest cities

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CBS News

Normal sleep is a ‘privilege’ for many night workers

Night workers are at higher risk for heart disease, diabetes and other conditions. With biology beckoning their bodies to sleep during the night, these workers say they struggle to stay awake.

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Lower carbon dioxide concentrations in atmosphere bring more rain

A new paper in Geophysical Research Letters has zeroed in on an important consequence of reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations — it would actually make the planet wetter.

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Earth Times

Arctic sea ice extent ties for the smallest area this winter

Even at its biggest, Arctic sea ice extent this winter was among the smallest ever seen, apparently tying with 2006 for the least amount of ice covering the region around the North Pole.

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Reuters

US Navy scrambles for piece of Arctic pie

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(Forbes)

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Starbucks finds resting place in Texas funeral home

Owners of a funeral home in this Dallas suburb who hope to project a more progressive image have taken their customer-service concept to another level: They now sell Starbucks coffee.

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AOL News

How well do you think you really know your friends?

How does your best friend feel when people act needy? Or, about people being dishonest? What do they think when others seem uncomfortable in social situations?

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ScienceDaily

Universal property of music discovered

Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have discovered a universal property of musical scales. Until now it was assumed that the only thing musical scales have in common is the octave.

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ScienceDaily

SPORTS

Arizona (30-7) vs. Connecticut (29-9)

The West Regional final of the NCAA Tournament is set as the Connecticut Huskies and the Arizona Wildcats tangle at the Honda Center in Anaheim for the right to advance to the Final Four in Houston.

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Federer takes Key Biscayne opener, ties Sampras with 762nd win

Roger Federer beat Radek Stepanek to tie Pete Sampras. The victory at the Sony Ericsson Open was Federer’s 762nd, which ties him with Sampras for seventh place in the Open era.

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Sports Illustrated

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

San Francisco gay history museum finds home, identity

Long recognized as “one of the great ground zeroes of queer liberation,” the Castro becomes the site of the nation’s first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history museum.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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A worker fixes a temporary canopy for security officers guarding the landmark India Gate, seen behind, in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Manish Swarup / AP)

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