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Members of Sons of Confederate Veterans fire their rifles in celebration in Montgomery, Ala., following the re-enacting of the swearing-in ceremony of CSA President Jefferson Davis on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol. (Photo by Kevin Glackmeyer / AP)

Civil War anniversary still divides people in the South

Things have changed since the Civil War’s Centennial in 1961, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is refusing a group’s request to put a Confederate general’s image on a state license plate.

TIME

Map:

1961 ‘Battlefields of the Civil War’

National Geographic

Jobless claims fall to nearly 3-year low

In another sign that the job market is slowly recovering, the number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to a nearly three-year low.

CNNMoney

February retail sales beat estimates

Bloomberg

Gadhafi in crimes against humanity probe

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has said he will investigate Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his sons and senior aides for crimes against humanity.

BBC

Rebels deploy around strategic Libyan oil port

ABC News

Battle for Brega may propel Libya’s civil war

MSNBC

Migrant workers flee Libya

Guardian

Cleaning house: White House eyes sale of 14,000 unused federal buildings

Thousands of government-owned properties sit vacant every day, costing taxpayers more than $1 billion a year to maintain. The Obama administration says it’s time now to shutter them for good.

ABC News

DNA tests on bone fragment inconclusive in Amelia Earhart search

The fate of famed aviator Amelia Earhart remains a mystery after DNA tests on one of three bone fragments discovered on a Pacific island proved inconclusive.

CNN

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An Inca statuette is shown during a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Martin Mejia / AP)	A reveler reaches out for a stuffed animal thrown from a float during the Krewe of Ancient Druids Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / AP)	Jim Cline kite-skis over frozen Lake Winnipesaukee in Tuftonboro, N.H. (Photo by Jim Cole / AP)

NATION

Postal Service says it needs law changes in order to pay bills

The U.S. Postal Service has “an inflexible business model” that will make it unable to pay huge bills without legislative fixes, the postmaster general testified.

CNN

US Postal Service expects cash shortage in ’11

MarketWatch

Robert F. Kennedy assassin denied parole

A California board denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy’s convicted assassin, Sirhan Sirhan. A panel concluded that Sirhan hadn’t shown adequate remorse.

TIME

Wikileaks: Suspect Bradley Manning faces 22 new charges

The U.S. Army has charged a soldier held in connection with the leak of U.S. government documents published by the Wikileaks website with 22 extra counts.

BBC

POLITICS

Social Security scare: Is government running out of funds?

Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are hesitant to put Social Security on the chopping block, but with the U.S. debt growing rapidly, time to reform the program is running out, experts say.

ABC News

Mexican President Felipe Calderon in US for talks

Mexican President Felipe Calderon and President Barack Obama are meeting at the White House amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Mexico.

BBC

Blog:

Obama meets with Calderon at critical juncture in US-Mexican relations

CBS News

House GOP pressures Senate on budget: ‘We’ve done our work’

“Our position is, we’ve passed a bill. It’s out there,” the speaker said. “We’ve done our work in the House.”

The Hill

US Senate sends Obama a spending bill

Guardian

HEALTH

Common ibuprofen reduces Parkinson’s occurrence risk

Harvard studies have concluded that the millions taking simple ibuprofen on a regular basis have close to a 40 percent lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.

Medical News Today

Special section:

Parkinson’s disease

WebMD

Plastics leach hormone-like chemicals

Most plastic products, from sippy cups to food wraps, can release chemicals that act like the sex hormone estrogen, according to a study in Environmental Health Perspectives.

NPR

FDA takes aim at 500 unapproved prescription cold meds

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it’s going after nearly 500 unapproved prescription cough, cold and allergy drugs that shouldn’t be on the market.

MedPage Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Rockies mystery solved by new mountain creation theory?

A tough hunk of rock that may be under Wyoming could solve the mystery of how the Rocky Mountains formed.

National Geographic

Apple’s Jobs unveils the iPad 2

With a surprise appearance by CEO Steve Jobs, Apple debuted the iPad 2, updating the gadget that’s become practically synonymous with tablet computing.

CNN

Steve Jobs unveils the iPad 2

CBS News

The man who went nuclear: How Ernest Rutherford ushered in the atomic age

Did the nuclear age begin in 1942 when Chicago Pile-1, a reactor built in a squash court, went “critical” by achieving a self-sustaining chain reaction?

The Independent

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Portrait of an artist’s spiritual awakening

If there’s a message to this unlikely personal history of a spiritual awakening, it’s that temptation and false starts are everywhere.

Kansas City Star

Pope exonerates Jews for Jesus’ death in new book

Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ in a new book, tackling one of the most controversial issues in Christianity.

San Jose Mercury News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Spielberg lines up WikiLeaks film based on Guardian journalists’ book

Steven Spielberg is set to oversee “WikiLeaks: the Movie” after securing the screen rights to “WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy,” the book by David Leigh and Luke Harding.

Guardian

Thermostat battle: a gender difference?

Anecdotally, it seems like most people who feel they’re on the “always cold” side of relationships are women. There’s not much science to support a physical explanation, but social preferences may come into play.

CNN

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.”

Leo Tolstoy

Russian novelist

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Column (Trudy Rubin):

What becomes of the Mideast revolts depends on Egypt

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (Diana Olick):

Recovery hurt by unrest in the Middle East

(CNBC)

Realty Check

Column (Joseph A. Bosco):

Tiananmen 2.0? Freedom is coming to China — 1 way or another

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Deborah Fallows):

Fat in China

The Atlantic

Column (Mark Penn):

Constitutional amendment on Internet freedom

Huffington Post

Column (Farhad Manjoo):

We listen to NPR precisely to avoid this sort of stupidity

Slate

Editorial:

Hog waste: Missouri lawmakers play dirty pool with family farms

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial:

Redefining marriage

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Andrew Brandt):

The (CBA) end is near for the NFL

Huffington Post

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Washington Post

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Boston Globe

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Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

2011 Nonprofit Excellence Awards semifinalists announced

The New York Times Co. announced the 10 semifinalists for the 2011 New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards.

PNNOnline

Celebrating a 50-year mission

Since President John F. Kennedy launched the Peace Corps to bring health care, economic and educational aid to the most impoverished corners of the world, over 200,000 Americans have served.

Los Angeles Times

Quietly making a difference

Officer Chad Koch had a thought that seemed pioneering yet obvious: The police department has held classes to teach cops elementary Spanish, why not teach American Sign Language?

Star Tribune

WORLD

Suspect in Frankfurt shooting confesses to targeting US military, official says