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A Japan Self-Defense Force member reacts after rescuing a 4-month-old baby girl in Ishinomaki, northern Japan, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country’s east coast. (Photo by The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroto Sekiguchi / AP)

Are there 3.14 ways to celebrate National Pi Day?

It is National Pi Day, a special day reserved for math geeks to relish in the glory of pi, aka “3.14,” the first three digits of pi, which is equal to the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

AOL News

Blog:

Why do we celebrate Pi Day?

(TIME)

NewsFeed

How to beat sleep apnea? Cut it out

Doctors are treating sleep apnea with a type of robotic surgery typically used to remove cancerous tumors at the back of the throat.

NPR

In Japan, 2nd blast raises nuclear fears

Soon after Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a television address that the Fukushima plant, 93 miles north of Tokyo, was in an “alarming” state, its number three reactor erupted.

Asia Times Online

In northern quake zone there is little aid

ABC News

Map:

Interactive Japan earthquake

Denver Post

Devastation in Japan

CBS News

Gas prices put the brake on spring break for many

For thousands of spring vacationers escalating fuel prices are putting the brakes on road trips, according to the motorist group AAA.

USA TODAY

Lifelines for seniors threatened with state budget cuts

For the elderly, state budget cuts could mean no more daily hot meals and exercise classes to help prevent falls. At worst, some could even lose their beds at the nursing home.

CNNMoney

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A fish is caught on a hook during sunset at Vouliagmeni, near Athens. (Photo by Kostas Tsironis / AP)	Washington Nationals’ Alex Cora slides safely home during a spring training baseball game against the Florida Marlins in Jupiter, Fla. (Photo by Carlos Osorio / AP)	Ethnic minority delegates walk out from the Great Hall of the People after attending the annual National People’s Congress in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong / AP)

NATION

Police treat New York City bus crash as ‘criminal investigation’

Passengers and witnesses to the crash that killed 15 people told investigators that the driver’s account of getting clipped by a tractor-trailer didn’t match up to what they felt and saw.

CBS News

East Coast waterways recede

Rain-swollen waterways in northern New Jersey slowly receded after cresting overnight, causing fewer evacuations than expected but still flooding roadways around in the region.

San Francisco Chronicle

Bradley Manning comment costs State Department spokesman his job

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley resigned over controversial comments he made about the treatment of alleged WikiLeaks source U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Labor battle could be 2012 Obama theme

The ongoing labor battle in Wisconsin gives President Barack Obama a chance to test-drive what could emerge as a major 2012 campaign theme — that he’s the only man who can stop wild-eyed GOP radicals.

Politico

Blog:

Obama to reopen gun control debate

(USA TODAY)

The Oval

Sen. Durbin predicts GOP stopgap will pass, averting shutdown

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, predicted a House GOP proposal to cut spending by $6 billion over three weeks would pass the upper chamber.

The Hill

EDUCATION

Educators see federal overreach

Higher education officials urged lawmakers to delay the planned implementation of regulations that would expand state authorization requirements and establish a federal definition of “credit hour.”

Inside Higher Ed

The it school for our next Einsteins

On a typical day at Harker School in San Jose, students are pondering special relativity and mastering multivariable calculus. They’re building circuits, splicing genes and, perhaps, dissecting a cat.

San Jose Mercury News

ENVIRONMENT

Taxonomy: the naming crisis

Researchers are now calling for more efforts and resources to be put into the science of taxonomy — the discipline of describing, defining and naming organisms.

The Independent

USGS launches butterfly, moth website

The United States Geologic Survey has launched a new website to help us appreciate the butterflies and moths of North America.

Environmental News Network

Group seeks replanting of oldest, biggest trees to cleanse environment

A nonprofit organization called Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is rushing to collect genetic tree material and replant clones in an audacious plan to restore the world’s ancient forests.

Star Tribune

SPORTS

Top seeds offer interesting mix

Among the four No. 1 seeds in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, there are blue bloods in defending national champion Duke and Kansas and blue collar in Pittsburgh.

USA TODAY

OSU, KU, Pitt and Duke get top seeds

YouTube

Duke routs North Carolina in ACC duel

Add another Atlantic Coast Conference championship to fifth-ranked Duke’s record haul. Nolan Smith had 20 points and the Blue Devils ended No. 6 North Carolina’s run of big comebacks at the ACC tournament.

Sports Illustrated

Big East final wrap-up

YouTube

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

‘Love Wins’: Pastor’s book kindles firestorm over hell

One of the nation’s popular young pastors has stuck a pitchfork in how Christians talk about damnation. The book has pastors and theologians raging that he’s a hipster heretic.

USA TODAY

John Paul II gets Facebook page

The Vatican will unveil the latest installment in its social media transformation — a Facebook page dedicated to the upcoming beatification of Pope John Paul II.

New Zealand Herald

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The Daily Quote

“Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is.”

Erich Fromm

German social psychologist

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Could GOP budget cuts make your grocery store a public health risk?

The New Republic

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The faulty premise of regret: Why is it never justified?

(Psychology Today)

Happiness in This World

Column (Dave Koga):

School property: Does it belong to the state or city?

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Cartoon (Nate Beeler):

A little perspective

San Francisco Examiner

Editorial:

High gas prices are no reason to hit national reserves

San Jose Mercury News

Blog (John Cassidy):

Europe gets it wrong (again)

(The New Yorker)

Rational Irrationality

Column (Judith J. Wurtman):

The catch-22 of taking antidepressants

Huffington Post

Column (David Shribman):

The white-hot seat

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Editorial:

GOP challenge — make reform real

Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

New York City plans $3.3B of improvements for waterfront

New York City will announce a $3.3 billion plan for new parks, housing, ferry service and environmental improvements for its 578 miles of shoreline to boost real estate development and recreation.

Bloomberg

Miraculous rescue: Japanese man saved after floating for 2 days

The tsunami swept away his home — and his wife — but it could not drown his hope as the 60-year-old man clung to his floating roof.

TIME

How cricket saved Sri Lanka

For Sri Lanka, cricket is much more than a game. After years of war and natural disaster, it’s still the only thing holding their chaotic country together.

Guardian

WORLD

Chinese premier calls for political reform