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A Libyan woman wearing clothing resembling the pre-Gadhafi flag attends Muslim weekly prayers in Benghazi, Libya. She stands next to a poster with a picture of a killed rebel; his name in Arabic reads “Marwan Mohammed Omran al-Shatat.” (Photo by Nasser Nasser / AP)

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The coyotes of Chicago

Once a fixture of the Midwestern prairie, coyotes had disappeared by the end of the 19th century. But in the past 20 years they’ve returned, moving eastward from their native Western states.

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TIME

Shark deaths spur search for cause

At least a dozen leopard sharks have been found dead in bayfront lagoons of California, putting local researchers on alert for some kind of infection or toxic discharge in San Francisco Bay.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Calif. debates ban on shark fin trade

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NPR

US warns of ‘stalemate’ as Misrata battle rages

The top U.S. military officer said air strikes had hobbled Libyan forces but the conflict was moving into “stalemate” as Moammar Gadhafi’s troops pressed on with their punishing siege in Misrata, Libya.

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Reuters

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Sen. John McCain: Libyan rebels are heroes

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Houston Chronicle

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Libya rebels seize border post

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Saudi Prince: US mission in Libya is ‘a big shameful act’

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MSNBC

College grads finding a better job market in 2011

College graduates are finding a better job market this year. A report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers shows that employers plan to hire 19.3 percent more recent grads this year.

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USA TODAY

Who will go to hell? A debate ignites Christian firestorm

Rob Bell, a young, charismatic pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., suggests that hell doesn’t mean eternal damnation — sinners would get a second chance.

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ABC News

NATION

Texas residents view wildfire devastation

Some residents of a fire-ravaged Texas recreational area will be allowed to view the devastation firsthand as they begin to think about whether they can rebuild.

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Houston Chronicle

BP to pay 5 Gulf states $100 million each for oil spill cleanup

After the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, rig operator BP agreed to give five Gulf states $100 million each for environmental cleanup.

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Detroit Free Press

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PBS

Expert: FAA long aware of problem with sleeping workers

Several air traffic controllers have been caught sleeping on the job recently, and Mary Schiavo, former Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, says it’s been happening for a long time.

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TIME

POLITICS

Sen. John Ensign’s resignation sets off political scramble

Republican John Ensign’s resignation from the U.S. Senate could not only cause a battle for a U.S. House seat outside of Las Vegas, but it could have repercussions for party control in 2012.

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USA TODAY

Is Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan like President Obama’s?

Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan to reform Medicare — a central part of his 2012 proposal — bears some glaring similarities to President Barack Obama’s plan.

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ABC News

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Poll: Most Americans oppose raising debt limit

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CBS News

HEALTH

Student bullying linked to family violence

Student bullies, their victims and bully-victims — those who are victimized and also engage in bullying — face a broad range of health risks, including family violence, a new U.S. study finds.

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HealthDay

Acupuncture eased hot flashes of prostate cancer hormone treatment

Acupuncture provided lasting relief from side effects like hot flashes, anxiety and heart palpitations in men who underwent testosterone treatment for prostate cancer, according to a new study.

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Medical News Today

Gut bacteria falls into 3 major types

Just like eye color or blood type, bacteria living in the gut can also be used to categorize humans, new research finds.

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HealthDay

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A sweet source of abdominal pain

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New England Journal of Medicine

ENVIRONMENT

Earth Day organizers aim for ‘a billion acts of green’

If the environmental movement has a high holiday, Earth Day is it. This year marks the 41st anniversary of the event, which coincides with Christianity’s Good Friday and Judaism’s celebration of Passover.

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Earth Day: the planet’s most extreme places

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AOL News

Ozone hole has dried out Australia, scientists find

The Antarctic ozone hole is about one-third to blame for Australia’s recent series of droughts, scientists say.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Some unpretentious bragging

Students and administrators at Whitman College have been wrestling with one question recently: Does promoting yourself as unpretentious make you, in fact, just the opposite?

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Inside Higher Ed

Job hunting dismal for youth who skip higher education

The nation’s economic upheaval has been especially hard on young people trying to start their working lives with a high school education or less.

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Star Tribune

SPORTS

NFL schedule could buy 3 weeks

The recently released NFL schedule leaves open the possibility that there could be no games the first three scheduled weeks, but all 16 regular-season games could still be played.

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ESPN

Timberwolves’ Kevin Love wins NBA’s Most Improved Player award

LaMarcus Aldridge was beaten out by Timberwolves forward Kevin Love for the All-Star Game; now, Love is 2-0 vs. Aldridge, swamping him in the voting for the NBA’s most improved player award.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Easter Sunday: In Mexico, drug war changes travel plans

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Amnesty

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An ill-timed attack on Planned Parenthood

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The taxicab lectures

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Cable news

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Blame game

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The New Republic

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Barack Hussein Hoover?

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Creators Syndicate

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What’s in your beer? Labels should tell you

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GOOD NEWS

Green taxi company grows fleet and bottom line

Discount Cab, of Glendale, Ariz., has earned a green reputation. When it announced its “GreenCabs for Blue Skies” initiative on Earth Day 2008, the company hoped to acquire 250 Prius taxis.

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AOL News

California family approaches zero waste

Meet the Johnson family of Mill Valley, Calif. All of their household trash for the past six months adds up to slightly more than a wineglass.

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AOL News

Salt Lake City unveils a new kind of meter to help the homeless

Mayor Ralph Becker and Police Chief Chris Burbank unveiled a unique way to make donations to Salt Lake City’s homeless as part of a new outreach program.

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Salt Lake Tribune

WORLD

Japan struggles with how to heal ‘children’s hearts’

A new school year has started for some of the areas affected by Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, highlighting Japan’s struggle to care for young disaster survivors.

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NPR

Israeli agent Pollard to Obama: Set me free for Pessah!

Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard appealed to President Barack Obama to commute his sentence and allow him to go home to Israel for the Jewish holiday of Pessah.

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The Syrian revolution on campus

Outraged at the news that protesters had been killed, students dared the previously unthinkable: a rally against the regime on a campus where even a whisper of politics could land you in jail.

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Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Business group accepts tax hikes as part of any deficit deal

An influential business group called on Congress to stop playing politics with federal budget deficits and put “everything on the table,” declaring that both tax increases and spending cuts are needed.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Justice Department eyes energy industry over gas prices

Prodded by growing public frustration over sharply rising gasoline prices, the Justice Department announced the formation of a new team — the “Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group.”

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CNN

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$4 a gallon gas prices: Who’s to blame?

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With gas prices rising, Obama announces new gas task force

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High gas prices lead to stealing

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ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hundreds of islands new to science

Islands that suddenly appear may sound like something out of a pirate myth. But a new survey has found hundreds of islands needing to be marked on modern maps.

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Laser sparks revolution in internal combustion engines

Automakers are now one step closer to being able to replace spark plugs with laser igniters, which will enable cleaner, more efficient and more economical vehicles.

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ScienceDaily

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Film study shows that men talk and women show skin

Women tend to be seen and not heard in movie roles. An analysis of the 100 top-grossing movies of 2008 shows that men had about 67 percent of the speaking roles while women had only about 33 percent.

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USA TODAY

Photographing the horrors of conflict

The instant of emotional detachment — setting his aperture as a man is murdered a few feet away — is at the heart of the book “The Bang-Bang Club” by Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva.

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CNN

Why do so many journalists risk their lives in war zones?

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Scenes from culture wars

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has mounted an exhibition inspired by the controversy over an artwork that had to be pulled from the National Portrait Gallery’s own “Hide/Seek” exhibition.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Christians celebrate ‘simple’ Easter

“House churches” have long thrived in third world countries where clergy and funds are scarce. Now they are attracting a small but loyal following across the U.S.

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USA TODAY

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Just how long did Jesus stay in the tomb?

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Religion News Service

Anti-Israel, anti-Semitic or both?

Leaders in the Jewish and higher education community have issued a letter that urges greater scrutiny for claims that anti-Israel statements amount to illegal intimidation of Jewish students.

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Inside Higher Ed

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Wandering minds less happy

There‘s a good chance your mind is drifting right now, suggests a new study. You’d likely be happier if you just focused.

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Photo of the Day

Penitents of the Santisimo Cristo del Salvador y el Amparo brotherhood take part in an Easter Holy Week procession on a beach in Valencia, Spain. (Photo by Alberto Saiz / AP)

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