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Soldiers stand next to suspects and packages of seized marijuana as they are presented to the press in Tijuana, Mexico. According to the army, they seized a ton and half of marijuana and arrested four suspects in Tijuana. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AP)

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Calif. finds that prison costs aren't so easy to cut

While the concept of slashing prison spending is popular with voters, the outcome of those cuts — more inmates leaving custody, fewer parole agents and loosened sentencing rules — is far less so.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Calif.'s overcrowded prisons

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Synthetic marijuana a growing trend among teens, authorities say

The latest trend at teen parties isn't warm beer or prescription medicines. Instead, increasing numbers of youths are turning to an herb-based product to get high, and unlike marijuana, it's perfectly legal.

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CNN

Mexico, US expand drug war beyond military to social efforts

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Mexican counterpart agreed to aid border towns and improve law enforcement cooperation, expanding an offensive against illegal drug trafficking.

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BusinessWeek

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US-Mexico meeting focused on security

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Christian Science Monitor

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Mexican drug trafficking

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Mexico drug wars

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Times Online

Can climate models predict global warming's effects in your city?

The U.S. government is launching a $50 million effort to enable supercomputer-powered climate models to deliver a prediction of regional impacts.

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Scientific American

Bleak budgets force city schools to consider closure

Superintendents of struggling districts are winning praise for confronting budget woes by shuttering half-empty schools. The struggling economy makes these schools a luxury that districts can no longer afford.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Students from closed schools moved

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NATION

Census Bureau: Dallas posts biggest population gain

Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston gained the most new residents of any city — netting more than 140,000 each — according to the Census Bureau's annual metropolitan area population estimates.

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CNNMoney

Supreme Court rules in loan debt case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that when a lender fails to object to a bankruptcy plan and files no timely appeal, it cannot come back to court years later seeking to collect the unpaid debt.

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NPR

Gates to announce changes to ban on gays in military

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is close to announcing changes in the way the Department of Defense enforces the law that bans openly gay people from serving in the military.

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The Hill

POLITICS

Obama to sign order on abortion limits

President Barack Obama will sign an executive order that ensures that existing limits on the federal funding of abortion remain in place under the new health care overhaul law.

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CNN

GOP finds ways to blast Guantanamo

Senate Republicans are using a federal court’s order to release a terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay to slam the Obama administration’s decision on closing the controversial prison.

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Politico

'Safety' fear shuts Ann Coulter speech

Hundreds of screaming students succeeded in what few thought possible — silencing right-winger Ann Coulter.

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Toronto Star

BUSINESS

Baby slings to be pulled from market

Nearly two weeks after the CPSC warned parents that over-the-shoulder baby slings can be deadly for children younger than 4 months old, Infantino LLC is pulling two of its carriers off the market altogether.

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ABC News

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Baby slings recalled over suffocation risk

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MSNBC

Businesses want Apple's iPad too

Business demand for the iPad may be greater than expected. Companies and workers are buying the tablet to use it for communications and mobile productivity.

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BusinessWeek

Big Three pressured as Toyota ups rebates 44 percent

Toyota Motor Corp.'s recall woes would seem to be good news for American automakers, but the hefty incentives that it's offering could spell trouble for the domestic competitors.

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Detroit News

SPORTS

NFL owners approve OT changes

In a move that will at least remove the NFL's nightmare scenario of a Super Bowl that's unduly impacted by the flip of a coin, the league's owners approved a modified sudden death overtime proposal.

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Sports Illustrated

Ins and outs of the new overtime rule

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Unhappy ending? Woeful Nets on verge of being NBA's worst

The Nets have 12 games remaining in this nightmare season to eke out three wins and avoid matching the all-time lowest 9-73 record of the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers.

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USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Texas buffalo shooting triggers clash

In West Texas, the shooting of 51 buffaloes that had escaped from a hunting ranch is creating a Western-style controversy.

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NPR

Bees in trouble after bad winter

The 4-year-old mystery of disappearing honeybees has deepened as a federal survey indicates a heavy bee die-off this winter, while a new study shows honeybees' pollen and hives laden with pesticides.

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MSNBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Report: Catholic clergy abuse claims drop in US

While the Roman Catholic church in Europe reels from a widening sex abuse crisis, the scandal that has plagued the U.S. church for nearly a decade is tapering off, according to a recent report.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

God is found in the wilderness for Passover, Holy Week

The author of "God in the Wilderness" will lead a Passover Seder dinner in the Utah desert so participants can experience the desert setting like the one where much of the Exodus story takes place.

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GOOD NEWS

Boy offers unusual gift

A seven-year-old boy born without a right leg wants to donate his outgrown prosthesis to a Haitian child amputee who lost his leg in the earthquake.

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Pals reunited in struggle to walk again

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MSNBC

Billionaire fulfills 'pact with God'

Albert Gubay pledged to God to hand over half his fortune to the Catholic Church if he became rich. At 82, the retail entrepreneur is now making good on his promise.

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MSNBC

WORLD

Israel to build in East Jerusalem

Undeterred by turbulence in its ties with the U.S. and Britain, Israel confirmed further plans to expand the Jewish presence in occupied East Jerusalem, with more building freshly approved.

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Reuters

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Israel launches fresh Gaza air raid

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Al Jazeera

Nigeria’s acting president names 25 Cabinet nominees

Nigeria’s acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, sent a list of 25 nominees for his new Cabinet to the Senate for approval, proposing that 20 of the ministers he dismissed last week be replaced.

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Bloomberg

EDUCATION

University of Calif. explores major, long-term changes

UC's "Commission on the Future" heard a first set of recommendations that ranged from continuing steep annual fee increases to allowing each of the 10 UC campuses to charge different rates.

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Fresno Bee

US schools grapple with gay rights

When officials at a small high school in rural Mississippi canceled the annual prom, little did they know they would trigger a passionate national debate.

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BBC

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Judge: Lesbian student's rights violated

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USA TODAY

NYU plans massive expansion as enrollment grows

New York University is proposing a massive expansion over the next 20 years to accommodate growing enrollment and better compete with other universities for money and cachet.

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NBC

HEALTH

Are hand sanitizers better than handwashing against the common cold?

A new study suggests that hand sanitizers containing ethanol are much more effective at removing rhinovirus from hands than washing with soap and water.

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ScienceDaily

Do statins work for men and women?

An estimated 12 million American women are routinely prescribed statins, which carry a risk of serious side effects. Yet there is little evidence that they prevent heart disease in women.

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TIME

Case closed: A fluky finding raises hopes for mending wounds

An amazing example of tissue regeneration in mice might lead to treatments that promote wound healing in humans — but it almost went unnoticed.

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Scientific American

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A new approach to water desalination

A new approach to desalination could lead to small, portable units powered by solar cells or batteries that could supply water for a small village.

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ScienceDaily

Firefox releases security patch

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.2 almost a week early after security issues were found in earlier versions.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

To keep off weight, older women need an hour of moderate exercise daily

At least an hour of moderate activity a day is needed for older women at a healthy weight who aren’t dieting to avoid gaining weight, recent study results suggest.

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Kansas City Star

Cupcake passion more than a trend

Can we please stop calling the nation's love affair with cupcakes a trend? The cupcake craze took fire more than a decade ago when "Sex and the City" popularized New York's Magnolia Bakery.

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CNN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

War vets, shelter dogs heal in program

Pets2Vets is a group that pairs veterans with homeless pets by arranging adoptions of shelter animals.

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MSNBC

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Kashmiri children pass by a mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar, India. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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