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Syrians chant slogans during a demonstration in Idlib, north Syria. The banner with the Syrian revolutionary flag on it and Arabic writing reads, “dignity revolution in Syria.” (Photo by Local Coordination Committees in Syria / AP)

Kenya’s marathon men

Many wonder what the secret to Kenya’s phenomenal success in long-distance running is. The answer, says former priest and top running coach Colm O’Connell, is that there is no secret.

Guardian

Blog:

The experience of the marathon and its psychedelic connection

Boston Globe

All sides await decision on charges in Trayvon Martin shooting

As controversy over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin swirls, all sides are anxiously awaiting a decision by a special prosecutor whether to bring charges against George Zimmerman. The grand jury was set to convene on April 10.

CNN

Syrian rebels reject latest demands

Rebels in Syria have rejected a last-minute demand by the government, made just 48 hours ahead of a proposed ceasefire that now looks set to fail.

BBC

Defectors offer insider’s view of Syrian army

NPR

Will Annan’s peace plan succeed?

YouTube

North Korea readies rocket for launch

North Korea’s long-range rocket, scheduled to put what it says is a satellite into orbit, has been installed on its launch platform, the country’s space officials say.

Al Jazeera

North Korea prepares to launch

MSNBC

With a shot only he could hit, Bubba Watson wins Masters in playoff

One man made history, but the other, playing alongside the first, refused to resign himself to spectator status and wound up making history of his own.

Sports Illustrated

Tiger Woods finishes 40th at Masters

Bloomberg

Masters final round highlights

CBSSports

NATION

More female vets are homeless

As support and funding has failed to keep up with their growing numbers, homelessness and economic struggles have escalated among U.S. female veterans.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Local US furniture company’s revival has global message

With rising labor and shipping costs in China, companies producing appliances, cookware, audio earphones, water heaters and other goods have decided to move some of their operations back to U.S. soil.

Associated Press

Hitting ‘reset’ on your career

Star Tribune

Military families reunite, face the future

Back from deployment in Afghanistan, soldiers from the 182nd Infantry Regiment of the Army National Guard went through assessments to prepare them for the transition into civilian life.

NPR

POLITICS

Congress’ spring break is a time for voters to vent

Members of Congress on a two-week spring break hear their constituents’ concerns and try to explain their actions in Washington.

Yahoo! News

Senator vows probe of lavish gathering of federal employees

A congressional panel will investigate a lavish federal conference that featured a spoof video joking about wasteful spending and predicting it would never face an internal probe, a Senate leader said.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Trash saved by Waste Management worth up to $40B

Waste Management Inc., the biggest trash hauler in the U.S., estimates the $12.3 billion it gets for carting off rubbish to landfills may be worth more than $40 billion a year in energy.

Bloomberg

Asian stock markets fall after US hiring slows down

Asian stock markets declined after U.S. hiring slowed in March, raising doubts about the durability of the recovery in the world’s largest economy.

Seattle Times

Federal funds to train the jobless are drying up

New York Times

Report: Sony to ax 10,000 jobs, expects $2.7 billion net loss

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Study identifies possible link between autism and obesity during pregnancy

Though researchers stopped short of saying that obesity causes autism, new research has identified a link between obesity during pregnancy and certain developmental disorders.

CBS News

World Health Day celebrated with focus on healthy, active aging

The World Health Organization celebrated its birthday by focusing on aging. The days proceedings included a host of events, research and information under the theme, “Good health adds life to years.”

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s stance on gay rights prompts resignation

A day before Easter, the head of N.Y.’s Roman Catholic archdiocese faced a challenge to his gay rights stance: the resignation of a board member saying he’s “had enough” of the cardinal’s attitude.

Msnbc.com

Do colored eggs diminish the true meaning of Easter?

Like its yuletide counterpart that arrives a few months earlier, Easter has arguably become one of a handful of religious holidays that somehow has turned into a major secular holiday, too.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Special section:

Timeline of the final hours of Jesus’ life

About.com

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘60 Minutes’ pioneer Mike Wallace is dead at the age of 93

Mike Wallace, the CBS reporter who became one of the nation’s best-known broadcast journalists as an interrogator of the famous and infamous on “60 Minutes,” has died at the age of 93.

New York Times

Highlights of Mike Wallace’s career

Politico

Mike Wallace: his career

MSNBC

‘Hunger Games’ scores Easter feast with $33.5M

Fans are still forking over for “The Hunger Games,” which took in $33.5 million to lead the box office for a third straight weekend. According to studio estimates, the film raised its domestic total to $302.8 million.

Star Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Andrew Billo):

Is ‘Gross National Happiness’ a better measurement than GDP?

The Atlantic

Cartoon (Various Cartoonists):

Issues that hit close to home

USA TODAY

Editorial:

Cellphone privacy is on the line

Sacramento Bee

Column (Mitch Albom):

Why ‘Words with Friends’ has me hooked

Detroit Free Press

Cartoon (David Hitch):

EBT Commission

Telegram & Gazette

Column (Khaled Beydoun):

When suicide is the only escape

Al Jazeera

Column (Kevin Carey):

Stop smiling. Your parents sold you out

NY Daily News

Column (Harold Holzer):

Tax holiday was inspired by freedom

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Ways to Work loan program a life-changing opportunity

The Ways to Work program, started in 1984 in Milwaukee, Wis., helps low-income workers get loans on used cars if they agree to continue working and take financial literacy education.

USA TODAY

App aims to spare whales from ships

The Whale Alert app takes information from underwater microphones to locate the whales in real time, which helps ships in New England waters avoid the species’ estimated 550 remaining whales.

Telegram & Gazette

Michelle Obama visits wounded veterans for Easter celebration

To kick off the Month of Military Child, first lady Michelle Obama took part in a pre-Easter celebration with wounded veterans and their families at the Fisher House in Bethesda, Md.

Huffington Post

WORLD

West to target Iran’s nuclear fuel work

The U.S. and its allies are pressing for an end to Iran‘s uranium enrichment and the closure of a facility built deep under a mountain as talks on Tehran’s nuclear standoff with the West resume.

Times of India

Home again in Mexico: Illegal immigration hits net zero

Tiny Tamaula is the new face of rural Mexico: Villagers are home again as the number of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. drops to net number of zero.

Christian Science Monitor

US, Afghanistan sign ‘night raids’ deal

The United States and Afghanistan have signed a landmark deal that affords Afghan authorities an effective veto over controversial special operations raids.

CNN

Special section:

Afghanistan

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Quantum computer built inside diamond

The future of quantum computing may be on display in the form of a quantum computer built inside a diamond, the first of its kind to include protection against harmful noise called “decoherence.”

Futurity.org

World War 3.0

There is a war under way for control of the Internet, and every day brings word of new clashes. Governments, corporations, criminals, anarchists — they all have their own aims.

Vanity Fair

Review:

Who owns the Internet?

Howstuffworks.com

Internet theft on the rise, but few are caught

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Are Denmark’s energy goals realistic?

Denmark has stated that by the end of this decade it will produce a third of its energy from renewable sources. The question is whether they will be able to reach the lofty goal.

BBC

Sunny days here again — is that good?

Across the country, more than 7,700 daily temperature records were broken last month, on the heels of the fourth warmest winter on record.

NPR

Some of Alaska’s polar bears are losing their fur

Polar bears in Alaska are losing their fur and U.S. Geological Survey scientists do not know why. Nine of 33 bears checked by scientists in the southern Beaufort Sea region seem to have lost fur.

USA TODAY

EDUCATION

Educators and politicians take up the fight for a documentary about bullying

More than 13 million children are bullied in schools in America each year. The families of two of those children — who committed suicide due to bullying — figure prominently in the film “Bully.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

Fights over school vouchers’ fate

For all the arguments in favor of vouchers, there are opponents who say vouchers erode public schools, violate the separation of church and state and are not a proven way to improve test scores.

Yahoo! News

SPORTS

Tebow draws big crowd to an Easter service in Texas

Thousands of worshippers turned out for an outdoor Easter morning service featuring an appearance by New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow at a central Texas church.

ABC News

Canucks blank Oilers to win Presidents’ Trophy, clinch top seed in playoffs

Henrik Sedin broke out of a lengthy scoring slump at just the right time to help the Vancouver Canucks win their second straight Presidents’ Trophy.

CBSSports

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