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Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili, speaks during a press conference at the Iran embassy in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan / AP)

Shanghai's Expo is chance for world to court China

Countries are thinking up ever more inventive ways to tout the national brand to the expo's expected 70 million visitors, most of whom will be Chinese.

NPR

Shanghai Expo

MSNBC

Dr. Martens 50 years old and still an icon

What do British 1980s groups Madness and the Cure have in common with current teen heart-throb actor Robert Pattinson, Pope John Paul II and the Dalai Lama? Believe it or not, Dr. Martens shoes.

The Age

Iran says sanctions will not stop nuclear enrichment program

International sanctions will not stop Iran's nuclear program, Tehran's most senior nuclear negotiator has said, in the face of growing pressure from China and the U.S. over Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Guardian

Obama talks with Chinese leader

New York Times

Iran says China agrees on sanctions

Reuters

Payrolls in US rose 162,000 in March; unemployment at 9.7 percent

U.S. Employment increased by the most in three years and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, as confidence increased of continuing economic recovery.

Bloomberg

Colleges feel pinch of coaches' salaries

In a climate of spiraling costs, skyrocketing salaries and softening revenue, athletic programs with much deeper pockets than Northern Iowa's are showing signs of strain.

USA TODAY

Pitino's contract extended to 2017

Louisville Courier-Journal

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The Washington Monument seen between blossoming cherry trees, in Washington. (Photo by Susan Walsh / AP)	Llamas graze during the reopening of the citadel of Machu Picchu in Cuzco, Peru. (Photo by Karel Navarro / AP)	Penitents of the "Virgen de la Esperanza" march in Zamora, northern Spain. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP)

NATION

Mass transportation security mess

The Obama Administration will announce new security measures for air travel, but trouble arises at ground level.

ABC News

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Airport security

New York Times

Obama surveys flood damage in Mass.

President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to Framingham, Mass., to get an update on the flooding caused by record rains in the region and to meet with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.

Bloomberg

POLITICS

'Don't ask, don't tell' reversal

Top Army official, John McHugh, has reversed a previous pledge to ease enforcement of the ban on openly gay and lesbian military service members.

Politico

Left afraid that energy plan is following health care strategy

Liberals are concerned that President Barack Obama might jettison their chief goal — limits on carbon emissions — in the final hours to pass the legislation.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Shopping till we drop?

New report finds consumer confidence may be rising too fast for the economic reality: incomes falling as debts, interest rates rise.

Toronto Star

Incentives cause rise in auto sales

Big discounts last month, led by Toyota’s efforts to overcome damage to its reputation from recent recalls, made March one of the best months in years for new-vehicle sales in the United States.

New York Times

Volkswagen Polo named World Car of the Year

ABC News

Auto shows 2010 New York

USA TODAY

EDUCATION

$3.4B is left in 'Race to Top' aid

By selecting just two states as first-round Race to the Top winners, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is leaving $3.4 billion on the table for the remaining states to vie for in round two.

Education Week

College said to enrich disadvantaged students most

The students who are least likely to attend post-secondary education are the very ones who stand to derive the greatest economic benefit from earning a college degree, a recent study suggests.

Education Week

SPORTS

Flyers finish season strong, drop Tar Heels for NIT championship

Dayton's victory came as the NCAA was discussing plans to expand the men's basketball tournament to 96 teams, encompassing the NIT and ending its 72-year run as an independent tournament.

Sports Illustrated

Baseball hopes recovering economy doesn't throw a curve

Major League Baseball hopes the recovering U.S. economy does not throw the sport a curve, betting that 2010 will see a larger number of fans in stadiums ordering more hot dogs and nachos.

Reuters

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MLB spring training

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Good Friday in the Holy Land

The cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City became moving forests of wooden crosses as Christian pilgrims and clergymen commemorated the day of Jesus' crucifixion, Good Friday.

CBS News

Baptist leaders plan to cut ties with Ga. church with female pastor

The co-pastor of an Atlanta Baptist church said she has no interest in stepping down, even though state and national leaders threaten to cut ties with her congregation because it is led by a woman.

ABC News

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GOOD NEWS

Walmart's US giving rises to $467M

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. gave more than $467 million in charitable donations in the United States in its latest fiscal year, a 23 percent increase, with a good chunk of the giving focused on food.

Reuters

Armenian churches join to help girl

Armenians at five churches will be invited to participate in a new Easter ritual — swabbing their mouths in a DNA search for a bone-marrow donor who could save an ailing 4-year-old girl.

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Moscow bomber was widow of militant

One of the Moscow subway suicide bombers was the 17-year-old widow of a slain Islamist rebel from the North Caucasus, a Russian newspaper reported.

MSNBC

Israeli air strikes pound Gaza Strip