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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., left, laughs with Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa. at the Soldiers and Sailors Museum and Memorial in Pittsburgh, Pa. where Casey announced his endorsement of Obama. (Photo by Alex Brandon / AP )

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Obama tackles Pennsylvania as supporters urge Clinton to drop out

Barack Obama kicked off a six-day bus tour of Pennsylvania, working to narrow Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton's statewide lead enough to reaffirm his national front-runner status.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Obama skit soils North Dakota school

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Clinton fights pressure to quit

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CNN

Zimbabwe's Mugabe seeks to extend rule as vote starts

Zimbabweans began voting as President Robert Mugabe tries to fight off challengers who say his 28-year rule has caused economic collapse and the world's highest inflation rate.

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Bloomberg

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In pictures: Zimbabwe votes

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BBC

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Arab efforts on Sudan urged

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Rugby fans cheer during the first day match at the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament. (Photo by Kin Cheung / AP)	Memphis forward Joey Dorsey dunks against Michigan State in the first half of their NCAA South Regional semifinal basketball game in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Pat Sullivan / AP)	An Amishman hand scrapes a piece of hardwood flooring at the Sheoga Hardwood Flooring and Paneling Company in Middlefield, Ohio. (Photo by Amy Sancetta / AP)

NATION

Teens arrested in I-64 shooting incidents

A manhunt for shooters whose potshots at passing cars shut down a mountain highway ended when authorities stormed a central Virginia farm, arresting a teenager and firing at a man carrying a gun.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Va. Tech settlement deadline extended

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Yahoo! News

TSA: nipple ring search procedures faulty

The TSA said its officers at a Texas airport appear to have properly followed procedures when they allegedly forced a woman to remove her nipple rings but said the procedures should be changed.

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CNN

One inmate dead in Texas prison riot

One inmate was killed and 15 others were hospitalized after a riot at a federal prison in South Texas. How the inmate died is still being investigated, said Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Deborah Denham.

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CBS News

POLITICS

Young voters' interest in politics surges

A new generation of young people have been turning out in record numbers in primaries and caucuses across the country.

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San Jose Mercury News

Ad casts McCain as strong, patriotic leader

Sen. John McCain launched his first general election ad, portraying the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as an experienced, strong and patriotic leader.

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CNN

BUSINESS

CEO of troubled Sprint got $40 million in pay last year

Ousted Sprint Nextel chief executive officer Gary Forsee received $40 million during 2007 — and he’ll get about $1 million annually for as long as he lives.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Hops crisis brews trouble for craft beers, microbreweries

Ask about hops at the American Flatbread brewpub in Burlington, Vt., and you're likely to find yourself in cold storage, in the cellar, with brewer and co-owner Paul Sayler.

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MarketWatch

SPORTS

Judge threatens to jail cop in Sean Taylor murder case

A judge gave a homicide detective investigating Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor's death a deadline to finish his report -- or the cop will go to jail, the Miami Herald reports.

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Gibbons, Guillen suspensions on hold

The MLB put the suspensions of Baltimore's Jay Gibbons and Kansas City's Jose Guillen on hold for 10 days, giving lawyers for players and owners more time to reach an agreement toughening their drug rules.

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Sports Illustrated

Curry shines again as Davidson knocks off Wisconson

Stephen Curry poured in 33 points as Davidson continued its magical run in the NCAA Tournament by running away from Wisconsin, 73-56, and advancing to the Midwest Regional final.

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HEALTH

'Sledgehammer' mutations: a new, genetic model for schizophrenia

A new study indicates that the genetic culprits behind schizophrenia may be much less common than previously believed.

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Scientific American

Chefs warn on side-effects of sushi boom

As Japanese sushi conquers restaurants and homes around the world, industry experts are fighting the side-effects of the raw fish boom: fake sushi bars, over-confident amateurs, poisoned consumers.

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Environmental News Network

Hormone combo may provide reversible male birth control tool

A combination of testosterone and progestin suppresses sperm production faster and more completely than testosterone alone, according to an international team of researchers.

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LiveScience

RELIGION

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Dutch shrug for anti-Muslim film

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TIME

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What is Muslim prayer?

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Beliefnet

Evangelicals want to change image

An evangelical group that wants to reshape the movement's conservative political reputation is hopes that stressing its roots in women's suffrage and abolition will help it break out of the mold.

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“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

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GOOD NEWS

Old gadgets go postal to avoid the landfill

Have a drawer full of old cellphones, ink cartridges and good intentions? The post office is providing free envelopes for sending away your old gadgets to a recycler without having to pay for postage!

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Good News Network

Saved by a text message sent 6,000 miles away

A young British couple got lost in a Thai jungle and were rescued after sending an SOS to a London text service 6,000 miles away -- a trivia company!

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Good News Network

French recording may be world's first

At first listen, the grainy high-pitched warble doesn't sound like much, but scientists say the French recording from 1860 is the oldest known recorded human voice.

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WORLD

Cuba lifts curbs on mobile phones

Cubans are to be allowed unrestricted access to mobile phones for the first time, in the latest reform announced under new President Raul Castro.

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BBC

Brazil teen confesses to 12 killings, police say

A 16-year-old boy has admitted to the murders of 12 people in southern Brazil, according to a police investigator who described a chillingly calm confession.

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CNN

Chaos continues at Heathrow's T5 as more flights are canceled

Disruption at Heathrow Terminal 5 will continue throughout the weekend, British Airways (BA) confirmed, as a total of 104 flights will have to be canceled.

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ENVIRONMENT

Study: US West warming faster than rest of world

The U.S. West is heating up at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the world and is likely to face more drought conditions in many of its fast-growing cities, an environmental group said.

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Environmental News Network

Thick ice hinders Canada's controversial seal hunt

Canada's annual seal hunt, which the government promised would be more humane this year, cranked up slowly because of thick ice.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Secrets about frog deaths unlocked

Southern Illinois University Carbondale researchers opened a bigger window to understanding a deadly fungus that is killing off frogs throughout Central and South America.

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Spain dig yields ancient European

Scientists have discovered the oldest human remains in western Europe.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

McKellen hopes for role in 'Hobbit'

Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf the Wizard in the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, is hoping to reprise the role in another tale from Middle Earth.

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Is Hulu the future of television?

For the past couple of years, TV and the Internet have existed in a pleasant state of harmony. That ideal is becoming a memory, though.

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Slate

Ledger's Joker could be biggest posthumous movie role

Heath Ledger's reinvention of the Joker had fans buzzing. His clown face was seen online by millions, and stood as the image upon which nearly all early marketing of "The Dark Knight" hinged.

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CNN

EDUCATION

Stanford offers admission to less than 10 percent of applicants

Stanford University announced that less than one in 10 applicants have been offered admission beginning in the fall for the class of 2012.

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San Jose Mercury News

California schools flunk computer test

California's dearth of classroom computers is a key reason why the home state of Silicon Valley gets a D+ grade for technology instruction.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Public schools expand curriculum online

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

After 36 years, FBI reopens D.B. Cooper airplane hijacking case

After 36 years, the FBI reopens one of the great unsolved mysteries of American crime: How a man hijacked an airliner then parachuted off with $200,000 in cash. Who was he? Did he survive?

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International Herald Tribune

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An Afghan boy carries a kite which has the sign of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a kite flying competition to mark the Afghan New Year in Kabul, Afghanistan. According to the solar calendar that Afghanistan honors, the year is now 1387. (Photo by Musadeq Sadeq / AP)

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