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Unemployed school teachers chant slogans at an anti-government demonstration staged by civil servants outside the Greek Parliament in Athens. Greece's debt crisis intensified as its credit rating was cut to junk status. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis / AP)

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Comic book publisher praised for reflecting 'tolerance of Islam'

President Barack Obama gave special praise to Kuwaiti publisher Naif al-Mutawa for promoting international understanding with his "The 99" comics.

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CNN

Corrections officers lean on faith, each other to handle prisoners, stress

Members of the nondenominational Christian "Corrections Staff Fellowship" attend gatherings in Buena Vista, Colo., where they pray, read Scriptures and talk about not judging prisoners.

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Denver Post

Greece debt woes eclipse all in world markets

Greece's exploding debt crisis eclipsed all else on financial markets, knocking down global stocks and pushing the euro for a time to a one-year low against the dollar.

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ECB may have to turn to 'nuclear option' to prevent Southern European debt collapse

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Telegraph.co.uk

Unemployment pushes workers into filing for early retirement

For some older Americans who lost jobs in the Great Recession, Social Security is filling the void left when unemployment benefits run out.

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NPR

Ford surges to profit

Ford Motor Co. continued to lead major automakers in recovering from the difficulties of a year ago by reporting a better-than-expected first quarter profit.

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2010 Focus, Fusion and Taurus

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Detroit Free Press

GM plant upgrades to preserve 1,600 jobs

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NATION

Mexico issues travel warning over Ariz. immigration law

Mexico's Foreign Ministry has issued an advisory that ''all Mexican citizens could be bothered or questioned without motive at any moment."

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Christian Science Monitor

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Ariz. migrant law may waste resources

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Reuters

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Arrests made at immigration protest

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ABC News

Bad economy delays 'adulthood'

Young Americans, like their counterparts in the early 1900s, are taking their time leaving home and becoming full-fledged adults.

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LiveScience

Strict abortion measures enacted in Okla.

The Oklahoma Legislature voted to override vetoes of two highly restrictive abortion measures, one making it a law that women listen to a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion.

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POLITICS

GOP senators block debate on finance bill

Republicans in the U.S. Senate garnered enough votes to block debate of a financial regulation reform bill that the Obama administration believes would prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial meltdown.

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Los Angeles Times

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Banks bid millions to kill reform bill

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Guardian

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Financial sector frets reform may hit business

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Reuters

Senators see privacy issue with Facebook

Four U.S. senators want Facebook to make it easier for its 400 million users to protect their privacy as the website develops new outlets to share personal information.

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USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Cities offer discounts on green mowers to protect air quality

To help improve air quality, communities across the U.S. are offering residents vouchers and discounts toward purchase of electric or non-motorized mowers when they turn in their gas-powered mowers.

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The deaths of lodgepole pine trees have a silver lining

It's not exactly turning a sow's ear into a silk purse, but Cobalt Technologies Inc. is aiming to transform pine-bark-beetle-killed lodgepole pines into motor fuel.

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Denver Post

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Storm-water ponds are chemical soups

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Star Tribune

Visible from space, deadly on Earth: the gas flares of Nigeria

Shell's activities in the West African country are under scrutiny for the destructive and wasteful practice of gas flaring.

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The Independent

HEALTH

Justices get first taste of biotech crops

The Supreme Court heard its first case involving genetically modified crops and their potential environmental and health impacts — 14 years after the first biotech crop came to market.

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MSNBC

Dogs help kids improve reading fluency

Researchers found that reading to dogs helped children improve their fluency by up to 30 percent.

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Medical News Today

Arteries age twice as fast in smokers

It's well-known that smoking is bad for the heart and other parts of the body, and researchers now have chronicled in detail one reason why.

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HealthDay

SPORTS

Washington's Mark Emmert named new NCAA president

University of Washington president Mark Emmert was named as the NCAA's new president, emerging from a field of finalists that included Sen. Evan Bayh.

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USA TODAY

Deaf icon Curtis Pride bringing big-league game to Gallaudet

When Gallaudet hired Curtis Pride to coach its baseball team, the move gave deaf athletes nationwide a chance to play for an iconic figure in their community.

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GOOD NEWS

Grocery chain drops trans fats

Hannaford Supermarkets has taken trans fats out of its store-brand foods, joining a global effort to eliminate the artificial ingredient from modern diets.

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Portland Press Herald

Special needs students find outlet in singing, rapping

Rap artists work with special needs students at a Pittsburgh area school, encouraging them to work out their emotions and communicate with others.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WORLD

Karzai frets as US builds Afghan militias

Profound changes have generated excitement among top U.S. military officials in Afghanistan, fueling hope that such groups could reverse insurgent gains by providing a degree of protection.

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MSNBC

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Explosions rock Kandahar ahead of campaign

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The Independent

As patrols increase, Somali pirates widen their reach

Somalia's pirates are far from defeated as they pulled off another ambitious capture, seizing three Thai fishing trawlers far out into the Indian Ocean.

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TIME

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Hollywood sign saved with Hugh Hefner's $900,000 donation

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has granted a "Hollywood ending" to the campaign to save the city's iconic sign.

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CBC News

'Peanuts' gang sold to Joe Boxer owner for $175 million

The rights to Charlie Brown and Snoopy will be bought by Iconix Brand Group Inc. and the family of Charles Schulz, adding to the company's earnings and shifting its revenue away from fashion.

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BUSINESS

Senators confront Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs officials met with confrontation and blunt questioning as senators from both parties challenged them over their aggressive marketing of mortgage-based investments.

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Goldman's Tourre in the hot seat

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Reuters

Home prices see 1st increase in 3 years

Home prices in February posted their first annual increase in more than three years, though it's too early to say whether the housing market is recovering.

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Renters enjoy flexibility

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Japan to launch solar-sail-powered craft out beyond orbit for the first time

Japanese researchers are ready to go space sailing. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced its intention to launch its first "space yacht" propelled by solar sails into the heavens.

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Popular Science

New 'heart' for particle detector

An antimatter detector to be installed on the space station is to have a key component changed in order to help it stay longer in space.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Man with cerebral palsy helps teach special education course

Wilson Buswell, a man who has cerebral palsey, has become a powerful communicator to students studying to become effective special education teachers at the University of Colorado.

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Denver Post

St. George high schools allow gay clubs

After meeting with the American Civil Liberties Union, the Washington County School District has approved charters for gay clubs at four high schools.

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Salt Lake Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

1st Christian share index launched

Europe's first Christian share index was launched by Stoxx Limited, a global index provider and creator of the leading European equity indices.

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Christianity Today

72 percent of Millennials 'more spiritual than religious'

Most young adults today don't pray, don't worship and don't read the Bible, a major survey by a Christian research firm shows.

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USA TODAY

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Dinosaurs true colors revealed

Pigments have been found in fossil dinosaurs, a discovery that may prove dinosaurs’ hair-like filaments are related to bird feathers.

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National Geographic

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Men working at a billboard take a break at sunset in Port-au-Prince. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery / AP)

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