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Issiaka Diakhite, 26, who says he took up arms after his parents were killed by Laurent Gbagbo loyalists in his home town of Daloa in November, reacts as soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara man a checkpoint at one of the principal entrances to Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

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Mississippi to build civil rights museum

Lawmakers approved a bill authorizing the multimillion-dollar construction of two new Mississippi museums, one devoted to the civil rights struggle and another focused on the state’s overall history.

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CBS News

Criminals may target mobile devices and social networks

Smartphones and social networking sites are likely to become the next big target for cyber criminals, according to a security industry report.

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BBC

Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo under siege

Fighters loyal to Alassane Ouattara have surrounded the presidential palace in Ivory Coast, as incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo’s grip on power appeared increasingly tenuous.

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Guardian

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In pictures: battle for Abidjan

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BBC

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YJ Choi: War in Cote d’Ivoire ‘is over’

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Republicans to unveil budget plan calling for sweeping policy changes

Republicans are set to propose a budget plan calling for fundamental changes in the U.S. government’s tax and spending policies, including overhauling the Medicare health-insurance program for the elderly.

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Bloomberg

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Obama summons Boehner for budget talks

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CBS News

FAA orders inspections of high-use 737s

Federal aviation officials are preparing to order emergency inspections on 80 U.S.-registered Boeing 737 jetliners with histories similar to the Southwest Airlines jet whose roof ripped open recently.

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TIME

NATION

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

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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How to spot and prevent tax identity theft

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ABC News

POLITICS

GOP budget chief calls for $6.2 trillion spending cut

House Republican leaders unveiled a 2012 budget proposal that would cut $6.2 trillion in spending and radically reform Medicare and Medicaid, two entitlement programs long considered politically untouchable.

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CNN

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John Boehner: No deal at White House meeting

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Politico

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Poll: Public would blame both sides if Government shuts down

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Pew Research Center

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

Should rural towns in Japan be rebuilt?

Like many rural communities in the U.S., Rikuzentakata was home to largely elderly populations, left behind by younger people who moved for better jobs than this area could offer.

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USA TODAY

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

HEALTH

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

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

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

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Supreme Court OKs tax breaks for religious teaching

The Supreme Court opened the door to a new form of state support for religious schools, ruling that special tax credits for those who give money to such schools cannnot be challenged as unconstitutional.

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Denver Post

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

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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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GOOD NEWS

Happy moms make for happy kids

A new study based in the United Kingdom suggests that the happiness of kids is more closely linked to moms being content in their relationships with their partners than dad’s relationship satisfaction.

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LiveScience

11-year-old boy climbs Mount Kilimanjaro

World traveler Nico Saporito has been to the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon rain forest and climbed Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. He hasn’t even finished middle school yet.

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AOL News

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

Libya: Col. Moammar Gadhafi ‘must remain in power’

The Libyan government has said that it is open to political reform, but Moammar Gadhafi must stay in power to avoid an Iraq-style power vacuum.

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BBC

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

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

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

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

TeachKidsNews.com brings the world to the classroom

Offering all the news that’s fit for the classroom, two Toronto teachers have developed a new current affairs website for elementary school students that is attracting readers around the globe.

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Globeandmail.com

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

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

New poll reveals baby boomers’ retirement fears

Baby boomers are starting to retire, but many are agonizing about their finances and believe they’ll need to work longer than they had planned, a new poll finds.

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San Francisco Chronicle

The future of libraries in the e-book age

More attention has been given to the way bookstores and publishing companies are managing the e-book revolution than to libraries’ role.

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NPR

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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An unidentified athlete performs prior to the Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Berlin, Germany. Photo made with longtime exposure. (Photo by Michael Sohn / AP)

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