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In this file photo, a Guantanamo detainee, left, walks in a fenced-in exercise area on the grounds of Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 suspects, all Guantanamo detainees, are set to be tried in a military tribunal. (Photo by Brennan Linsley / AP)

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Manipulating morals: drugs that improve behavior

A pill to enhance moral behavior, or a therapy to increase your empathy for people in other countries, may sound like science fiction. But medicine may soon catch up.

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Guardian

How to avoid scammers this tax season

With more than 250,000 complaints, identity theft tops the list of problems reported to the Federal Trade Commission.

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CBS News

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How to spot and prevent tax identity theft

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ABC News

9/11 plotter to be tried by military panel

The Obama administration will prosecute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other people accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks before a military commission and not a civilian court.

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9/11 suspects’ trials face many challenges

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9/11 suspects to be tried in military tribunal

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CBS News

Fuselage cracks: Is the problem with Southwest Airlines or Boeing 737s?

While Southwest Airlines is the focus of attention, some are asking whether airplanes operated by other companies could also be vulnerable to similar failures.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Southwest cancels more flights as plane inspections continue

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CNN

Deteriorating oil and gas wells threaten drinking water across the country

In the last 150 years, energy companies have drilled as many as 12 million holes across the U.S. in search of oil and gas. Hundreds of thousands were simply abandoned and forgotten.

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Scientific American

NATION

Is the 10-mile radius around US nuclear plants safe?

When Japanese plants began overheating, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission called for Americans living within 50 miles of the reactors to evacuate.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Inside a nuclear control room

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PBS

Metro communities work to unclog congested roads

Communities around the U.S. are trying to ease gridlock with methods old and new as traffic congestion roars back after a period of relatively uncrowded rush-hour commutes.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Obama begins 2012 re-election campaign

President Barack Obama launched his bid for re-election in 2012, capitalizing on better news on the economy and pushing ahead of Republicans who are struggling to find a candidate.

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Reuters

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Obama job rating

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Obama kicks off re-election bid

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MSNBC

White House officials try to calm fears of border violence

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke acknowledge that danger still lurks at the Mexican border, but they argue the region is better off than most think.

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Politico

Wis. Supreme Court race may help decide Union Law’s fate

A nonpartisan election for a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice has been transformed into a proxy battle over Republican Governor Scott Walker’s law curbing collective bargaining for public employees.

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Bloomberg

CRISIS IN JAPAN

Radioactive water dumped into ocean from crippled nuclear power plant

Workers were pumping more than three million gallons of contaminated water from Japan’s tsunami-ravaged nuclear power complex into the Pacific Ocean.

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Globeandmail.com

Japan says it may take months for radiation to stop leaking

Japan warned it could take months to stop radiation leaking from a nuclear plant crippled by a huge earthquake and tsunami, while voters said a coalition would better handle the crisis and recovery effort.

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Reuters

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Japan and Haiti: picturing the unimaginable

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NPR

HEALTH

11-hour workday boosts risk of heart disease, study says

Working overtime may be a killer, according to research that finds working long hours on the job is a heart risk along with smoking, bad cholesterol and high blood pressure.

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Bloomberg

A tell-all fitness tale

Embarking on “The Great Fitness Experiment” four years ago, Charlotte Hilton Andersen has dabbled in numerous fitness plans — some rewarding, or at least interesting, and some total duds.

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BBC

Being bilingual may boost brain power

Research suggests that the growing numbers of bilingual speakers may have an advantage that goes beyond communication.

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NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Will buying an electric car make an environmental difference?

People who trade gasoline-powered cars for electric ones won’t be dramatically lessening the smog they emit. But when it comes to global warming, electric vehicles have a much smaller carbon footprint.

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San Jose Mercury News

Patagonia glaciers melting 10 times faster

Their contribution to global sea-level rises may be minuscule, but it is the increase in the rate of melting of the Patagonian that has scientists paying attention.

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Earth Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

French burka ban enforcement next week

Police in France have been instructed to refrain from burka “hunts” or “public unveilings” of women wearing the full Islamic veil when a ban on the garment comes into force next week.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Workers push US parks to decide fate of religious markers on public land

The National Park Service continues to avoid setting policy on religious displays in public parks, according to a watchdog alliance of public employees.

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Denver Post

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Southwest ceiling

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Orlando Sentinel

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Do you think the poor are lazy?

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Christian Science Monitor

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Goldstone’s Gaza

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Al Jazeera

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Cruel but not unusual

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4 hidden messages in Obama’s 2012 re-election launch

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The GOP’s contenders

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The Atlantic

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Perverts, stalkers and cyberbullies, oh my!

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‘Office’ is now the code word for our low morale

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GOOD NEWS

Nanotechnology hope for antibiotics

Researchers from IBM, the computer giant, say they are working on tiny particles known as nanostructures that are attracted to infected cells but do not destroy healthy ones.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Deepak Singh on nanotechnology and biology

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Calif. man helps residents with mental disabilities connect with their community

Whether fighting hunger, rebuilding failing businesses or providing services to those with mental disabilities, John Farman’s focus has always been helping others.

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Contra Costa Times

Breast milk cells may someday help predict cancer

Examining cells from a woman’s breast milk may help evaluate future breast health, new research suggests.

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U.S. News & World Report

WORLD

Martelly wins Haiti vote

Michel Martelly, a popular singer-turned-politician, will be Haiti’s next president, the Caribbean nation’s electoral council announced at a news conference.

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CBC News

Gadhafi’s sons are said to offer a plan to push father out

At least two sons of Moammar Gadhafi are proposing a resolution to the Libyan conflict that would entail pushing their father aside to make way for a transition to a constitutional democracy.

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Alleged Libyan rape victim no longer in government custody

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BUSINESS

US to reach debt limit by May 16, says Timothy Geithner

The United States will hit the legal limit on its ability to borrow no later than May 16, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said, ramping up the pressure on Congress to act to avoid a default.

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Reuters

McDonald’s plans to hire 50,000 workers in a single day

McDonald’s plans to hire 50,000 workers in a single day in what may be the biggest corporate recruitment drive over a 24-hour period in history.

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Telegraph.co.uk

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA delays Endeavour launch to avoid traffic jam

NASA has delayed the last launch of the shuttle Endeavour, headed for the International Space Station, by at least 10 days to avoid a traffic jam with an unmanned Russian cargo ship.

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Space

Email breach at Epsilon may prove costly

Clients of marketing firm Epsilon might end up paying the price in what may be one of the biggest data breaches of all time that occurred in the company.

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Christian Science Monitor

Following the security breach, expect a lot of spam

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EDUCATION

Mo. to develop new teacher evaluation

With the teaching profession being scrutinized as never before, Missouri is joining several other states by moving toward a more scientific approach to rate and rank teachers.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Schools get federal guidelines regarding sexual violence

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights sent school districts, colleges and universities a nine-page letter on how they should work to prevent and respond to on-campus sexual violence.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Folk music represents a quiet revolution

The folk music front surely represents a rejection of the modern whirl: a search for space among the noise.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Too real means too creepy in new Disney animated movie

Computer animation has a problem: When it gets too realistic, it starts creeping people out as seen in complaints about the near-realistic depiction of humans in Disney’s 3-D flick “Mars Needs Moms.”

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Star Tribune

SPORTS

UConn wins, crushes Butler for its 3rd national title

On a night when the arena felt like a dusty old gym, UConn made Butler look like the underdog it really was, winning the national championship with a 53-41 beatdown.

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UConn 53, Butler 41

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Houston Chronicle

Barry Bonds trial reaches 9th inning

As federal prosecutors prepare to rest their case against Barry Bonds, they have clearly succeeded in portraying him as a womanizing, surly superstar.

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San Jose Mercury News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

What would you say if you knew it was your last chance?

A website called “The Things You Would Have Said” (wouldhavesaid.com) has proved to be less about confessions and more about venting unfinished business.

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USA TODAY

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A course worker rakes a bunker before a practice round for the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

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