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In this photo, Bill Stephney talks to his son Trevor, 13, outside their home in Randolph Township, N.J. The killing of Trayvon Martin causes Stephney to repeat a longtime lesson: Black men can get singled out, “so please conduct yourself accordingly.” (Photo by Mel Evans / AP)

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Is college tuition debt the next bubble?

Student loan debt has eclipsed credit card debt for the first time in history, and unless Congressional action is taken, the interest on Stafford loans is expected to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

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ABC News

Occupy Wall Street back in spotlight

Occupy Wall Street returned to the public spotlight following the largest mass arrest of its supporters since the movement was evicted from its home base in November.

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Guardian

Special section:

Occupy Wall Street

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Msnbc.com

Trayvon Martin case escalates into a cause

What began as a shooting at a complex in a Florida town that many people had never heard of has now become a cause for thousands of people. Even President Obama has weighed in.

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CBS News

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Fla. tragedy gives the hoodie a new meaning

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NPR

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Obama calls Trayvon Martin killing a ‘tragedy’

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On world stage, Obama confronts nuclear bomb threats

Far from home, away from election-year politics, President Obama is returning to the threat to American security that he calls the gravest of all: terrorists getting material for a nuclear bomb.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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The growing global threat of radioactive metal

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The anti-Walmart: The secret sauce of Wegmans is people

The Wegmans model is simple: A happy, knowledgeable and superbly trained employee creates a better experience for customers, and extraordinary service builds loyalty. Where, though, is the profit?

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The Atlantic

NATION

Long-unemployed face extra challenge

As high unemployment persists more than four years after the start of the Great Recession, many who have struggled for years without work say they face discrimination.

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CBS News

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Bay Area adds more than 15,000 jobs as employment surges

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San Jose Mercury News

Few US communities prepared for aging baby boomers

Few communities have started to think long-term about how to plan and redesign services for aging baby boomers as they move out of the workforce and into retirement.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Where the baby boomers are

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Will a Santorum win in Louisiana change GOP race?

Rick Santorum has a very good chance of scoring a major victory in the Republican presidential primary in Louisiana, but the big question is whether it will still matter.

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CNN

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Scenarios that could finally settle the GOP race

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USA TODAY

Health-care reform: The main issue after 2 years is, will it survive?

Health-care reform law is extolled by the White House for improving lives and is the object of scorn from the GOP. But the looming Supreme Court battle overshadows the partisan debate.

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Christian Science Monitor

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How the case will unfold before the court

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San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Fast-paced stock exchange poses greater risk to investors

As stock trading has shifted to high-speed computers and electronic exchanges, trading costs have dropped sharply. But regulators and others have worried that the new market poses a risk to investors.

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CNBC

Havana gets a taste of the free market

Havana‘s Calle Neptuno neighborhood has streets lined with small shops, handicraft businesses and restaurants. In the economic sphere, things once unthinkable in Cuba are suddenly possible.

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Spiegel International

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The revealing faces of today’s Cuba

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MarketWatch

HEALTH

Obama health care law at Supreme Court: case for the history books

The U.S. Supreme Court takes up the Obama health-care reform law in a case that could define the scope of congressional power for generations – and affect Obama’s re-election prospects.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Health care reform

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CNN

Hospital stay worsens memory in elders

Elderly patients who are hospitalized are likely to experience worsening cognitive function, along with greater impairments in episodic memory, a study found.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Why the pope wants stronger ties with Mexico and Cuba

While the Roman Catholic Church is bolstering the faithful in Mexico and Cuba, it is also seeking closer ties with their national governments during Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to these countries.

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Christian Science Monitor

Mystery solved? Turin Shroud linked to resurrection of Christ

For centuries, the Turin Shroud, regarded by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, and by others as the most elaborate hoax in history, has inspired extraordinary and conflicting passions.

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Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

NJ middle school bans hugging

Of all the things that schools could ban kids from doing, hugging is now apparently unacceptable behavior, at least in one New Jersey middle school.

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TIME

Momentum builds for dual-language learning programs

Experts say interest in dual-language programs is driven by demand for bilingual workers and by educators who see positive academic impact for English-learners and students fluent in English.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Cartoon (Ken Catalino):

GOP primaries: Not everyone eats their young

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GoComics

Column (MJ Rosenberg):

The case for bombing Iran is quickly collapsing

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Al Jazeera

States need to do more to reduce teenage smoking

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (David Sirota):

Charters are not the answer

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Salon

Column (David C. Levy):

Salary system fueling rising college debts

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Star Tribune

Blog (Brad Tuttle):

The artistry of edible leftovers

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Moneyland

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Fossil fuels: stubborn to substitution

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BBC

Column (D.B. Grady):

Suffrage activism in the age of the hashtag

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The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Inviting Muslim women to join the games

Sports have become another arena for the struggle over women’s rights in Islamic societies. Two recent developments suggest progress in allowing women to participate more fully.

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The Atlantic

Caring teachers may prevent kids from trying alcohol, drugs

The connections youth have with their teachers may help prevent kids from experimenting with alcohol and drugs at an early age, a new study suggests.

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U.S. News & World Report

Soldier who rescued boys from Taliban ambush honored

A soldier who ran through enemy fire to rescue three terrified Afghan children received one of the highest awards for gallantry.

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Telegraph.co.uk

WORLD

Syria: Army shells Homs as Annan goes to Russia and China

Syrian forces pounded the battered city of Homs with tank and mortar fire and troops pummeled several other rebel strongholds, leaving at least 24 dead, opposition activists have said.

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Al Jazeera

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Syrian President Assad’s wife sanctioned

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CNN

Contagion risk in Europe is back, and Spain is top worry

Among the eurozone periphery countries, Spain is creeping up again as the big, sick member of the area, and a recent rise in Spanish bond yields is a sign that its illness is unlikely to be cured soon.

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CNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Bald eagles return to Calif. peninsula

After being absent for nearly a century, bald eagles have returned to nest on the San Francisco Peninsula.

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San Jose Mercury News

Plans to pump water across 300 miles of desert to Las Vegas approved

Plans to pump water across 300 miles of desert to Las Vegas were given the green light. The ruling allows the city to draw nearly 84,000 acre-feet of water from four valleys in eastern Nevada.

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Guardian

The Antarctic penguin’s advantage

Penguins living in the Antarctic year-round have a breeding advantage over birds migrating in.

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LiveScience

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Humans hunted Australia’s giant beasts to extinction, research shows

New research concludes that Australia’s giant vertebrates, including giant kangaroos, marsupial lions, birds and reptiles, were hunted to extinction by humans about 40,000 years ago.

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BBC

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Australia’s vanished beasts

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PBS

A new explanation may be needed for Earth’s plate tectonics

The Earth’s wandering continents cannot be fully explained by a layer of partially molten rock about 22 to 75 miles underground, NASA scientists say — something else must be contributing.

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TG Daily

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Seismic survey of the Mariana Trench

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Red Orbit

SPORTS

Heat wins, but team’s tribute to Trayvon Martin gains most attention

After a day of social advocacy for the life and death of Trayvon Martin, most of the Heat’s players spelled out their feelings on their sneakers for their game against the Detroit Pistons.

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Race tightens for final Eastern playoff

In the Eastern Conference playoff race, the Jets won, the Buffalo Sabres routed the No. 1 seed New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators continued their downward spiral.

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USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Basil Twist: genius, with strings attached

Basil Twist, a highly trained puppeteer, brings the art of puppetry from the past to the present with innovative creations beyond the likes of the Muppets — or their foul-mouthed cousins on Avenue Q.

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NPR

Parlez vous gamer? A gaming dictionary for parents

Gaming has its own vernacular, including an Oxford dictionary’s worth of esoteric slang and shorthand references for everything from game systems to the types of people who enjoy them.

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ABC News

Average cost of US wedding hits $27,021

New York, where the average cost of a wedding is $65,824, is the most expensive city in the U.S. to get married. Elsewhere, the average cost is $27,000, which does not include the cost of the honeymoon.

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Reuters

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Smartphone apps for public transit

Smartphone apps may be the key to getting people onto mass transit. A study of commuters found people are more willing to ride the bus or train when they can manage their commutes effectively.

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ABC News

Photo of the Day

A Sorb woman works on a large Easter egg at a market in Schleife, southeast of Berlin. The eggs are colorfully painted and decorated with hot wax in different designs for Easter holidays. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / AP)

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