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Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamaat-i-Islami rally near the U.S consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, against alleged killings of Afghan civilians in an armed attack by a U.S. soldier in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Photo by Anonymous / AP)

After Spain’s construction bust, gardens now bloom

Spain is littered with vacant lots and half-built apartments where developers ran out of money. But in Madrid, neighbors are putting an abandoned tract of urban space to creative use.

NPR

Occupy marks 6-month anniversary

Police arrested dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters during a protest marking the movement‘s 6-month anniversary at its birthplace in New York’s Zuccotti Park.

Guardian

Police sweep ends Occupy anniversary protest

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Arrests as Occupy protesters observe 6-month anniversary

New York Times

Questions arise after Afghan shootings

Afghans continued to grieve and continued to fume one week after a U.S. soldier allegedly went house to house, killing over a dozen villagers.

CNN

PTSD could be part of Afghanistan shooting suspect’s defense

Detroit Free Press

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Afghanistan: live

Al Jazeera

Higher gas prices threaten economy

Higher prices haven’t derailed a steadily improving economy. But if they surpass $4 or $5 a gallon, experts fear Americans could pull back on spending, posing a potentially serious threat to the recovery.

Daily Herald

Plenty of blame as gas prices soar

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Obama: No ‘quick fixes’ to lower gas prices

(ABC News)

Political Punch

Beach rush in Africa

Surfers hate crowds and need more waves. Forecast models show that much of Africa’s coastline abounds with the right kinds of waves, and at many of those beaches, there are no surfers at all.

Economist

NATION

Former Rutgers student convicted of bias intimidation in webcam spying case

Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi was found guilty of invasion of privacy and bias intimidation in a case that has focused national attention on bullying.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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TIME

Ga. welfare drug testing likely to face legal challenges

A push to require drug tests for people seeking welfare payments in Georgia is nearly certain to be challenged in court if passed, as judges have already struck down similar laws in other states.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Republican candidates watch Puerto Rico, look down the road

Puerto Ricans will have their say in the Republican presidential nominating contests, while the top two candidates are already down the road, campaigning for upcoming contests.

CNN

John Edwards’ campaign owes US Treasury $2.1 million

In his pursuit of the 2008 campaign Democratic nomination, John Edwards received $2,136,507 more than his entitlement from the U.S. Treasury.

Msnbc.com

Mikulski breaks mold for Senate women

Maryland senator Barbara Mikulski has made a lot of history. She was the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate, and in 2010, she became the longest-serving female senator.

CNN

BUSINESS

To survive online, newspapers are seeking a worldwide audience

The New York Times lost its top spot in comScore’s ranking of the world’s biggest newspaper websites to Britain’s Daily Mail. Their battle reflects a growing trend: national news publications going global.

Economist

AT&T drops plans to appeal, pays throttled data plan user

AT&T has dropped its plans to appeal a small-claims-court ruling that the company unfairly limits subscribers of its “unlimited” data plans after they use up a particular amount of monthly bandwidth.

PC Magazine

EDUCATION

Herbert vetoes sex-ed bill, says it constricts parental choice

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert vetoed a controversial bill that would have allowed school districts to drop sex education and required abstinence-only instruction in those that kept it.

Salt Lake Tribune

iAchieve: giving children technology instead of textbooks

Ridgemont Elementary School in Fort Bend, Texas, has leaped into the future with its science classes, equipping students with iPads and permanently shelving textbooks.

EducationNews.org

Apple’s new iPad 3

Blogosphere Buzz (Examiner)

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Egypt’s Coptic Pope Shenouda III dies

Egypt’s Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III has died at the age of 88, state television announced. The leader of the Middle East’s largest Christian minority was reported to suffer from cancer.

BBC

Wyoming tribe allowed to kill bald eagle celebrates its tradition

A federal government decision to allow a Wyo. tribe to kill bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty and for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says.

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Dear sci-fi writers: Stop being so pessimistic!

Author Neal Stephenson argues that today’s science fiction is fixated on nihilism rather than hopeful visions.

Smithsonian Magazine

How a trendy shoe nearly lost its footing

Colorado-based Crocs had to reinvent itself after suffering a $200 million loss in 2008. Now, the company is creating more than just its signature plastic clogs.

CNN

Facebook’s ‘dark side’: Study finds link to socially aggressive narcissism

Researchers have established a direct link between the number of friends you have on Facebook and the degree to which you are a “socially disruptive” narcissist.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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Do not let the screens turn my children into zombies

Telegraph.co.uk

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Warren Hern and the ‘malignancy’ of mankind

Denver Post

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

NPR

Column (Paul Mero):

Sex ed and the role of government

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (James Barrett):

How America became Irish

Newsweek

Editorial (Barry Strauss):

Roman political lessons for today

USA TODAY

Editorial (Leonard Pitts Jr.):

Where is the outrage over war on terror tactics?

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Michael Carroll):

The hard-drinking ghost of my grandfather

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Miraculous display of good will through interior redecoration

In a gift to the community, more than 50 Los Angeles community members have volunteered their time and effort for the residents of Beit T‘Shuvah, Los Angeles’s renowned addiction treatment facility.

San Francisco Chronicle

Charitable giving continues a rebound

Charitable giving increased more than 3 percent, and online giving jumped almost 13 percent, according to the latest giving index.

NonProfit Times

Caring canines help provide a new breed of therapy to patients

Increasingly, therapy dogs are given a important role in the treatment of patients whose situations demand something beyond chemical intervention or human-to-human counseling.

Sydney Morning Herald

WORLD

Syria blocks rallies to mark 1-year anniversary of uprising

Syria‘s scattered opposition faced a harsh security crackdown aimed at preventing rallies marking one year since the first nationwide demonstrations of the country’s uprising.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Libya says Gadhafi spy chief arrested

Mauritania officials arrested Moammar Gadhafi’s ex-spy chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, after he arrived on an overnight flight, officials said, triggering a three-way tussle for his extradition.

Orlando Sentinel

ENVIRONMENT

This year’s warm winter in the West could spur tree-killing bark beetles

As much of the U.S. basks in summer-like temperatures, weather and climate experts said this year’s warm winter could mean a baby boom for tree-chomping bark beetles in the West.

Reuters

Seabird species face extinction as invaders storm empire’s last outcrops

Many of the fascinating and charismatic species of birds on the remote shores of the United Kingdom’s overseas territories are now close to extinction.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The myth of the lone genius

The heroes of science fiction all worked alone. However, genuine scientific progress is usually collaborative — even if the nature of fame, and fiction, is to single out individuals.

BBC

Robots rumble on-court as school teams compete in electronics championship

March Madness of a different form hit Detroit as teams from 40 Michigan high schools hooped it up in a basketball tournament played not by the youngsters themselves, but by the robots they built.

Detroit Free Press

Hollywood’s ultimate Renaissance man

Leonardo da Vinci, with his heroic combination of brains, good looks and strong muscles, is Hollywood’s ultimate Renaissance man.

LiveScience

HEALTH

Nature and nurture may create more aggression with spanking

Using spanking as a method of discipline for kids who have a genetic predisposition to aggressive behavior may make them even more aggressive, especially boys, new research suggests.

HealthDay

Blueberries and apples tied to lower diabetes risk

Eating more blueberries, apples and pears may be linked to lower risk of diabetes, according to a new U.S. study.

HealthNews

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Think twice about rice? New study’s advice

(ABC News)

Medical Unit

SPORTS

Vonn sets record for most slalom World Cup points

Lindsey Vonn set a women‘s record for the most World Cup points in a single season after finishing eighth in the slalom. Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria won the race.

NBCSports

Lehigh, Norfolk State try to win as 15th seeds in NCAA games

Lehigh University and Norfolk State University stunned their higher-ranked opponents, and now they get to advance to the regional semifinals of the men’s NCAA tournament.

Bloomberg

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NCAA tournament scoreboard

Sports Illustrated

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