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A bomb sniffing dog checks U.N. Millennium hotel guests' in New York. Security is tightened near the United Nations headquarters ahead of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. (Photo by Mary Altaffer / AP)

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A Supreme Court without Protestants?

For most of American history, a Supreme Court with no Protestant Christian judges would have been unthinkable. Nearly three quarters of all justices who've served on the nation's high court have been Protestant.

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CNN

Huge water pipe breach imperils Boston

An unprecedented break in a 10-foot pipe deprived 2 million Boston residents of clean drinking water and sent health officials and law enforcement racing to deploy emergency conservation and boil orders.

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Drinking water to be restored within days

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The crack that started it all

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Boston Globe

Iran, US take nuclear cases to UN stage

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brings his nuclear case to N.Y., turning a U.N. conference into a stage for Tehran's long-running showdown with the Western powers over its uranium enrichment program.

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ABC News

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The US braces for Ahmadinejad's visit

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TIME

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Iran nuclear chronology

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CBS News

Large distributors slow to embrace local food movement

Local produce and meat are projected to be the two most popular items on restaurant menus this year, according to the National Restaurant Association.

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NPR

Kids raised by relatives face increased health risks

Children who live with relatives instead of their parents are at increased risk for physical and mental health problems, new research shows.

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HealthDay

NATION

Search is on for Times Square suspect

Federal authorities have joined the search for a suspect who planted a crude car bomb in a smoking Nissan Pathfinder in Times Square, prompting the evacuation of thousands on a warm and busy night.

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New York: a prime target for terrorism

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Guardian

Pakistan denies Taliban claim in Times Square bomb attempt

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CBS News

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US considers failed Times Square car bomb a terrorist attack

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Globeandmail.com

Storms kill at least 15 in Tenn., Miss.

A devastating and deadly line of thunderstorms rocked Tennessee and northern Mississippi, killing at least 11 people.

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Houston Chronicle

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Tour of record flooding in Tenn.

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The Weather Channel

Mich. grads say they'll take Obama message forward

President Obama challenged University of Michigan graduates to rise above the rancor that has infected politics, broaden their horizons, contribute to their country and help preserve American democracy.

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Detroit Free Press

POLITICS

Financial overhaul likely to be major highlight in Dodd's political career

Scarcely four months after helping to shepherd the health care overhaul through the Senate, Christopher J. Dodd is once again at the center of the most urgent item on the president's agenda.

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Hartford Courant

UK election: Vote battle intensifies for final 3 days

David Cameron has claimed he "has the momentum now" as the parties begin the final few days of campaigning ahead of the general election.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A ‘Russian roulette’ of risk results after data breaches

A list of database breaches compiled by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse finds that the number of leaked records across the U.S. holding sensitive personal information tops 353 million.

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Kansas City Star

Woolly mammoth's survival secret: antifreeze blood

Mammoths had more than woolly coats to protect them from the frigid conditions of their stomping grounds. They had a form of antifreeze blood that kept them supplied with oxygen in the sub-zero temperatures.

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Guardian

SPORTS

Kobe takes over late as Lakers rally to beat Jazz in game

Bryant scored 11 of his 31 points in the final four minutes, and the Lakers blew a late lead before rallying for a 104-99 victory.

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ESPN

Wigginton propels Baltimore Orioles to sweep of Red Sox

Ty Wigginton doubled home the winning run following a throwing error by Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 victory and their first three-game sweep of the Red Sox.

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Sharks bite Red Wings again, lead series

Joe Thornton's third-period goal and Joe Pavelski's two power play goals led the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings in their second Western Conference semifinals game.

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Detroit Free Press

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NHL second round playoffs

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

BP vows to clean up US oil slick

Oil giant BP has acknowledged it is "absolutely responsible" for cleaning up a huge oil spill after an accident at one of its wells off the U.S. coast.

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BBC

Figures show scale of bee catastrophe

The world may be on the brink of biological disaster after news that a third of U.S. bee colonies did not survive the winter.

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Guardian

EDUCATION

School tries to prove doubters wrong

On the east side of Waterloo, a town northeast of Des Moines, Iowa, two schoolhouses stand together, the symbols of a troubled school's past and future.

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Des Moines Register

Student foresaw webcam troubles

In hindsight, the e-mail looks eerily prophetic. A high school student expressed his concern to the top technology administrator well before the district began handing out laptops to students.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Act of kindness in kids' Springfield, Mo., garden lifts young volunteers' spirits

The Daisy Scout Troop populated the flower bed near the school entrance with 100 tulip, daffodil and hyacinth bulbs, plus pansies, ferns and a flowering dogwood.

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STLtoday.com

Harley workers garden, help the hungry

Because of T.J. Dixon's February labors, hundreds of hungry people in Kansas City will benefit this summer — one of the toughest seasons for food donations.

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Kansas City Star

WORLD

Norway builds humane prison

Unlike many American prisons, the air isn't tinged with the smell of sweat and urine. Instead, in Norway's newest prison, the scent of orange sorbet emanates from where inmates take cooking courses.

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TIME

Israel to open peace talks with security, water demands

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to open the indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority this week with a discussion of the security arrangements in the West Bank and of water resources.

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Haaretz

BUSINESS

United and Continental agree to merge

United Airlines and Continental Airlines agreed to a $3 billion merger that will create the world’s biggest airline, people familiar with the discussions said.

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Buffett sees jobs recovery

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett believes unemployment should start falling soon.

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MarketWatch

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Buffett talks litigation on derivatives law

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Albuquerque News

Chinese may get jump on all-electric minivans, cars

The first Chinese-made car to hit the U.S. market might be an all-electric minivan that skips over gasoline technology and gets a head start on the auto industry's next era.

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Detroit Free Press

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Nicholson, DeVito join NJ Hall of Fame

Actors Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito, author Judy Blume and other prominent New Jerseyans returned to their home state to be inducted into its Hall of Fame.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Leno and Obama entertain at White House Correspondents Dinner

In what is becoming a regular entertainment event, President Barack Obama and Jay Leno entertained a crowd of politicians and celebrities, as well as a national television audience.

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Politico

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Obama's speech at Correspondents Dinner

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CNN

HEALTH

High-crime neighborhoods may worsen children's asthma

Exposure to violent crime may exacerbate asthma in children, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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ScienceDaily

Special section:

Asthma health center

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WebMD

BMI inexact, underestimates the prevalence of obesity

The scale of the obesity epidemic may be much worse than currently believed since the usual measure, body mass index, is a very insensitive measure of excess body fat, researchers said at a meeting.

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ABC News

Gene find offers hope of screening test for bone disease

Scientists have discovered three genes linked to the development of Paget's disease, a painful bone condition. The genes are believed to be involved in the rate of bone repair.

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ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope Benedict views Turin shroud

Pope Benedict XVI has viewed the Turin shroud — the cloth in which, according to many believers, Christ was buried.

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BBC

US dollars fueling church campaign

An American-based group opposed to abortion has said it is donating “tens of thousands of dollars” to help defeat Kenya’s proposed constitution.

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The Daily Nation

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Why people vote against their interests

Political scientist Dr. David Runciman looks at why there is often such deep opposition to reforms that appear to be of obvious benefit to voters.

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BBC

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A motorcyclist rides his machine on a road leading though yellow blossoming rape fields near Kalkriese, northern Germany. (Photo by Joerg Sarbach / AP)

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