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President Barack Obama outlines his fiscal policy during an address at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. President Obama proposed $4 trillion in deficit reduction without gutting popular programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

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Yellowstone supervolcano fed by bigger plume than previously believed

The underground volcanic plume at Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. may be bigger than previously thought, according to a new study by geologists.

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BBC

Study: Yellowstone volcano much larger than previously believed

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CNN

Will US cotton be king again?

With cotton prices rising to record highs thanks to a global shortage, U.S. cotton farmers are stepping up their acreage. In Kansas, a state long dominated by wheat and corn, it’s the new crop on the block.

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NPR

Obama calls for $4T in deficit reduction

President Barack Obama unveiled his deficit reduction plan, calling for spending reductions and tax hikes meant to cut federal deficits by $4 trillion over the next 12 years.

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Obama calls for taxing the rich

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Dayton Daily News

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Obama on America’s budget crisis

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Washington Unplugged (CBS News)

Evacuees slam operator at Japanese nuclear plant

Angry residents forced from their homes near Japan’s tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant gathered in protest at the Tokyo headquarters of the plant’s operator and demanded compensation.

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Airport opens after US helps clear cars

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Bloomberg

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Japan and Chernobyl disasters

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$4 gas is coming to your state

Gas prices have been spiking and $4 gas is quickly becoming a reality across the nation. There are now four states with gas prices above what many economists consider a “tipping point” for consumers.

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NATION

Job openings rise to highest point

The Labor Department said that employers advertised 3.1 million available jobs, the most since September 2008. That was at the height of the financial crisis when Lehman Brothers collapsed.

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Denver Post

Prison recidivism rates remain high

A Pew report says that over 40 percent of ex-convicts commit crimes within three years of their release and go back behind bars, despite billions in taxpayer dollars spent to help rehabilitate them.

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San Jose Mercury News

Calif. sets nation’s highest renewable power goals

Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation requiring California utilities to get one-third of their power from renewable sources, giving the state the most aggressive alternative energy mandate in the U.S.

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San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Planned Parenthood remains a thorn in abortion foes’ side

A lot of people were surprised when House Republicans’ desire to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood very nearly caused the shutdown of the federal government.

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NPR

If he seeks presidency, even rich Donald Trump will seek donors

Donald Trump may be rich, but if he decides to run for president, he plans to ask voters to “invest” in his candidacy.

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USA TODAY

HEALTH

Can alcohol help the brain to remember?

Drinking alcohol primes certain areas of the brain to learn and remember better, says a new study from the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at The University of Texas at Austin.

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ScienceDaily

Mentally ill languish in hospital emergency rooms

Mentally ill patients often languish in hospital emergency rooms for several days before they can be moved to a psychiatric unit or hospital. At most, they get drugs and little counseling.

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NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

5 new technologies that will change the world — and win at Jeopardy!

Five new forms of technology that can change the world include cellphone apps for African pick-and-hoe farmers, a computer that beats humans on a game show and satellites that spy on human rights abusers.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Smart play for workers and customers

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BusinessWeek

Data thieves target email addresses

In the past four months, caches of customer email addresses, not banking and credit card information, have become the key target of data thieves.

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USA TODAY

Bugs emerge to bug us, and a few pose health risks

The Smithsonian Institution’s entomology collections house millions of specimens that scientists use to identify and study insects and arachnids.

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Yahoo! News

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When tarantulas attack

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Smithsonian

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Shopping poll: 76 percent of women say they’re bargain hunters

Over three-quarters of women polled consider themselves to be bargain hunters, with 10 percent admitting that they enjoy the challenge of finding the very best deal.

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LiveScience

The story of our rooms

Over time, walls have disappeared and new rooms have evolved in our homes. But what does the number and type of rooms say about how houses have evolved over the centuries?

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Southern Skua population declines in the Falkland Islands

The Southern Skua, or the Falklands Skua, is in serious decline. Over the past five years, the bird species’ population has gone down almost 50 percent.

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Environmental News Network

Has BP cleaned up the Gulf oil spill?

Officially, marine life is returning to normal in the Gulf of Mexico, but dead animals are still washing up on beaches — and one scientist believes that the damage runs much deeper.

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Guardian

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Oil and gas industry: Spills happen ‘all the time’ across the country

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GOOD NEWS

Web helps moms trade breast milk

Women have been nursing other women’s babies for hundreds of years; it used to be called wet-nursing. Now, technology is giving new life to this practice.

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Concord Monitor

Good news for Albany, NY — more seats in schools

Incoming Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott brought good news for both Albany, N.Y., students and state lawmakers — another 11,979 seats for overcrowded city schools.

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Bridgespan launches new online resource for philanthropists

The Bridgespan Group launched a new website designed to help philanthropists make better decisions and get better results from their giving.

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WORLD

Egypt detains Mubarak, sons for questioning about corruption

Egypt’s prosecutor general announced the detention of Hosni Mubarak, pending inquiries into accusations of corruption, in an unprecedented investigation of a former ruler in the Arab world.

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Mubarak, sons detained for 15 days

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Libya contact group to meet in Qatar

International delegates are set to begin talks in Qatar on the conflict in Libya amid calls for NATO to intensify its campaign in that country.

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BBC

Pakistan wants to cut CIA drone strikes and personnel

The Pakistani government would like the CIA’s drone campaign “suspended” and only resumed under “new rules,” according to a Pakistani military official familiar with the matter.

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CNN

BUSINESS

US retail sales increase

Sales at U.S. retailers rose for a ninth consecutive month, easing concern that the jump in food and fuel costs would cause consumers to retrench.

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Bloomberg

American Airlines sues Travelport, Orbitz as ticket dispute expands

American Airlines sued Travelport Ltd. to stop what it called anti-competitive behavior against the carrier in a push to use its own technology to distribute fares and schedules to travel agents.

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Bloomberg

Cisco Systems to shutter Flip camcorder unit, cut 550 jobs

Cisco Systems is flipping the switch on the Flip camcorder. The computer networking giant said it was shutting down its Flip Video unit as a step toward narrowing its business.

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Los Angeles Times

EDUCATION

Maximum Pell safe for now

As details emerged about the last-minute spending compromise that averted a government shutdown, higher education experts shared one reaction: It could have been worse.

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Inside Higher Ed

Minn. Seniors going back to school

It wouldn’t be completely accurate to call them “volunteers” or “retirees,” but a growing number of Minnesota seniors who have left the workforce are giving back by going back to school.

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Star Tribune

NAEP study finds jump in students taking tough courses

A National Assessment of Educational Progress study shows a nine percent increase in the number of students taking “rigorous” math and science classes from 1990 to 2009.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Thousands of Catholic books pulped over contraception error

Thousands of copies of a new book about the Catholic Church’s teachings will have to be pulped after a translation error suggested that the Vatican had radically changed its views on contraception.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Jewish community given back books stolen by Nazis

Recently rediscovered books plundered by the Nazis were returned to Berlin’s Jewish community in a ceremony at the city’s landmark synagogue.

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Denver Post

SPORTS

Giants raise nearly $70,000 for beaten fan at Dodger Stadium

The Giants announced they raised almost $70,000 to go toward the medical costs and other expenses for Bryan Stow. The 42-year-old paramedic remains in a medically induced coma.

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USA TODAY

Olympic acceptance of ski half-pipe motivates young athletes

When the International Olympic Committee announced that it was getting ready for the 2014 Games in Russia, an army of young skiing aerialists started spring training.

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Denver Post

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Brain zaps improve math

Need to improve your math skills or do your taxes faster? Researchers have shown that administering a small electrical charge to the brain may enhance a person’s ability to process numbers.

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Science

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A Chinese tourist poses next to a painted egg, a permanent installation called “Egg of Happiness.” in Sofia, Bulgaria. (Photo by Valentina Petrova / AP)

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