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From left, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, U.S. President Barack Obama, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy share a word prior to a NATO summit group photo in Strasbourg, France. (Photo by Michel Euler / AP)

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N Korea skips first launch chance

The first window in North Korea's five-day satellite launch plan has passed with no sign of a blast-off. An expert said conditions in the launch area were not ideal.

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BBC

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North Korea: 'Satellite launch soon'

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CNN

Iowa same-sex marriage ban struck down as unconstitutional

The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously struck down a same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional, making it the third state to allow gay couples equal access to the union’s legal protections.

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Bloomberg

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Gay marriages expected to begin April 24

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Examiner

NATO allies endorse Obama's Afghan plan

President Obama won commitments from NATO allies for an additional 5,000 troops, trainers and mentors in Afghanistan.

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USA Today

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US-Iran thaw could bolster Afghanistan efforts

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Christian Science Monitor

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Obama: US needs European troop support

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CBS News

NATO agrees on new chief at summit

NATO named Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as its next leader, averting a damaging split with Turkey at a summit marred by rioting protesters.

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Reuters

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Obama welcomes Albania, Croatia to NATO

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Forbes

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Obama on anti-Americanism in Europe

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ABC News

Holder wants to release Bush-era torture memos; intel officials disagree

Attorney General Eric Holder wants to release classified Bush-era interrogation memos. But U.S. intel officials are fiercely lobbying the White House to block him from moving forward.

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Newsweek

NATION

Stimulus boost for food stamp recipients

The government's stimulus package is giving a much smaller bonus to people on the bottom end of the economic ladder – the more than 32 million Americans that rely on food stamps, a record high.

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CBS News

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Jobless rate soars

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Reuters

'Dozen dead' in NY state shooting

A gunman has killed at least 12 people after taking dozens hostage in New York state, the governor says.

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BBC

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Multiple victims at shooting

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CNN

POLITICS

Republicans want a more restrained budget approach

American families are having to sacrifice, and Republicans say the federal government should follow their example.

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National intelligence director replaces inspector general

The Director of National Intelligence is replacing the agency's inspector general just days after the public release of a blistering report critical of the DNI's office.

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CNN

HEALTH

Sleep clears way for new learning

Want to learn something new? Try getting a good night’s sleep or taking a long nap. Sleep is now recognized as being critical for learning and memory, and now a new study in fruit flies offers clues as to why.

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WebMD

CDC study finds rocket fuel chemical in baby formula

Perchlorate, a hazardous chemical in rocket fuel, has been found at potentially dangerous levels in powdered infant formula, according to a study by a group of Centers for Disease Control scientists.

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Scientific American

EDUCATION

Online education: access and affordability

As millions of Americans realize they need extra education to thrive in a recession, a flowering of competition promises to dramatically drive down prices and raise the quality of online college courses.

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U.S. News & World Report

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University of the People, online and free

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U.S. News and World Report

Graduates face worst job market in years

For the class of 2009, a post-graduation job hunt turned into a quest for a rewarding Plan B — or in many cases Plan C or D.

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USA Today

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy have a 'delicious' fashion moment

After going through a week's worth of outfits in two days, "Mighty Michelle," as the Brits are calling her, left for France.

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ABC News

'Sugar' best baseball movie ever

"Sugar" captures the strange world of the Dominican Republic's "baseball academies," where that nation's raw talent is nurtured for North American harvest by Major League Baseball teams.

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Salon.com

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Jesus is just all right with him

To the author of "Jesus Interrupted," the man from Galilee was a radical Jewish prophet, not God. But in an interview, Bart Ehrman says history doesn't have to undermine Christian faith.

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Salon.com

LDS members conflicted on church's illegal-migrant growth

The Mormon Church is one of the fastest-growing denominations in the country, and much of that growth is coming from an unlikely source: Latino immigrants.

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Arizona Republic

Columns And Op-Ed

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Can newspapers survive?

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Newsweek

The final snore

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Slate

The French are right (again)

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Salon.com

Breathing new life into journalism

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Prague '09: swan song for 'Star Wars'

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Huffington Post

College grads face turmoil

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Albert Lea Tribune

Obama's 'taxing' nominees

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Washington Times

The G-20 can do better next time

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Christian Science Monitor

The G-20 was a good start

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Telegraph

'Reactionary forces' flog girl in Pakistan

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Weekly Standard

Super cool action figures of Obama

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GOOD NEWS

Famed artist paints huge guitar sculpture for charity

Amanda Dunbar has painted a 10-foot fiberglass guitar sculpture for the Miami GuitarTown project, an international program in which artists donate their work to raise money for charities.

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MSNBC

Bank execs see the forest and the trees

In a Maryland forest, bankers trade in their suits and ties to study the environment with Smithsonian scientists.

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Smithsonian

WORLD

Taliban video boasts beating a teenage girl for 'adultery'

Two men hold her down and rub her face in the dirt. A third in a black turban whips her lower back more than 30 times in a minute and a half, her teenage voice screaming out in terror and pain.

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ABC News

Report: Israel, Palestinians to renew peace talks 'this month'

Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will be renewed at the end of April, according to Israel Radio.

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Ha'aretz

BUSINESS

Federal Reserve 'extremely uncomfortable' about bailouts

Ben Bernanke says the Federal Reserve was "extremely uncomfortable" about the bailouts of financial companies, but he believes the central bank's strategy to ease the financial crisis is working.

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Forbes

Fannie, Freddie plan to give out bonuses totaling $210M

Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to pay more than $210 million in bonuses to give workers the incentive to stay in their jobs at the government-controlled companies.

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USA Today

ENVIRONMENT

Ice-free arctic ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated

A nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer may happen three times sooner than scientists have estimated.

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Environmental News Network

Scientists say monster iceberg about to break loose

The Wilkins Ice Shelf, a monster iceberg more than 60 miles across, is about to separate from the Antarctic continent and float free, possibly as a result of global warming.

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Earth Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The wicked worm that wasn't

Millions of Windows users braced for the much-feared Conficker worm, worried that the exploit would wreak havoc on their systems on April 1. It didn't.

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CNET News

How low can it go? Sun plunges into the quietest solar minimum in 100 years

The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower.

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SPORTS

Michigan State's guards, UConn's big men have the edge in Final Four

The second-seeded Spartans had its share of skeptics, and opened more than a few eyes by dismantling Louisville, the tournament's No. 1 overall speed, in the Elite Eight.

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Sports Illustrated

New York fans flock to new Yankees, Mets stadiums

Eager New York fans turned out to watch the Yankees and Mets test their plush, pricey new ballparks in exhibition games, a double debut in a city that hasn’t had a new MLB stadium in 45 years.

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MSNBC

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Mets add a big bat, sign Gary Sheffield

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Why so many minds think alike

Decades of research show people tend to go along with the majority view, even if that view is objectively incorrect. Now, scientists are supporting those theories with brain images.

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CNN

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Artist Monica Achberger paints a scenic pond at the Eden Park overlook in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Al Behrman / AP)

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