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A man is overcome by emotion during a ceremony for shooting victims at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse, southwestern France. Four people were killed when a gunman opened fire outside the school. (Photo by Remy de la Mauviniere / AP)

One Direction leads the way

Already a double-platinum sensation in the U.K., One Direction just became the first U.K. pop group to debut at number one on the U.S. Billboard chart with the album “Up All Night.”

USA TODAY

One Direction make American pop history

Telegraph.co.uk

A twisted battle over sanity ensues in Norway massacre

The trial of Anders Breivik, the extremist who killed 77 people in Oslo, Norway, is taking a new turn. Breivik wants his lawyers to argue that he is sane, which means he could get 21 years in prison.

CBS News

Raid on Toulouse shooting suspect

Police hunting a gunman suspected of killing seven people in France are laying siege to a flat in Toulouse. The suspect has said he belongs to al-Qaeda and acted to “avenge Palestinian children.”

BBC

French police in standoff with shooting suspect

Msnbc.com

Mitt Romney wins Illinois primary

The Republican presidential frontrunner, Mitt Romney, won an overwhelming victory over his main rival, Rick Santorum, in their Illinois showdown.

Guardian

Map:

Illinois GOP primary: a look at the county-by-county vote

NPR

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Election 2012

Washington Post

In wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, America is soul-searching

The shooting death of a 17-year-old Florida youth has become the latest flashpoint over how young black men are perceived in the U.S.

USA TODAY

Trayvon Martin’s parents speak out

Msnbc.com

NATION

America’s most trustworthy companies

Corporate scandals, bailouts and bankruptcies have damaged investors’ trust in the country’s largest public companies. However, many corporations are models of openness and integrity.

Forbes

Tax return scammers steal billions

Tax return fraud is a growing problem, with more than two million bogus returns filed last year with the Internal Revenue Service — returns filed by thieves who had stolen people’s identities.

CBS News

Phone logs reveal last moments before shooting of Fla. teen

A teenager on the phone with an unarmed teen, Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain, asked the boy to run and heard the confrontation, telephone logs reveal.

Toronto Star

POLITICS

The budget wars: Obama and the GOP are light years apart

If it seems like Republicans and Democrats are on different planets with their approach to budgeting, it is because they really are providing answers to a completely different set of questions.

The Atlantic

Paul Ryan introduces Republican budget’s sweeping Medicare reform

Congressional Republicans have proposed a budget of sweeping spending cuts, tax reductions and reform to health care for the elderly that may prove politically toxic for their party in an election year.

Guardian

BUSINESS

Apple sells 3 million new iPads in 3 days

Apple said it sold three million new iPad tablet computers over the weekend, setting a company record. By comparison, it took 28 days for the first iPad in 2010 to reach one million units sold.

USA TODAY

Do background checks for job candidates go too far?

With more than four unemployed workers per opening, the Great Recession has created a buyer’s market for labor. Employers now rely on background reports to help thin the applicant pool.

McClatchy Newspapers

Job seekers being asked for Facebook and social network passwords

Philadelphia Inquirer

ENVIRONMENT

A greener, cleaner office building

An office building that lasts 250 years with no monthly electricity or water bills? It is possible, say the builders of what they hope will be the biggest self-sustaining office tower in the nation.

Msnbc.com

Spring into summer: Unseasonable heat helps pave the way for violent weather

Spring is just beginning, but in many parts of the country, it already feels like summer. Warm temperatures and high humidity are putting much of the country in the path of violent storms.

Christian Science Monitor

The science of spring equinox

LiveScience

The fight to save the tiger

The great cat is disappearing because of habitat loss and illegal hunting, but a scientist in India may have discovered a way to avert extinction.

Smithsonian Magazine

EDUCATION

Strep throat and beer

The World Health Organization has long encouraged alcohol screening during a doctor’s visit, and recently, 32 institutions have been applying public health principles to college alcohol use.

Inside Higher Ed

CSU to close door on spring enrollment

California State University will accept no new admissions for the spring semester of 2013 — with a few exceptions — as part of a drastic, cost-cutting strategy to reduce enrollment by about 16,000 students.

San Francisco Chronicle

Hostile takeover: Parents seek control of failing school in education reform move

Desert Trails Elementary School has been failing kids for years. More than half the students can’t pass state math or reading tests. Now, the school board will discuss a radical fix: a parent takeover of the school.

Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholics eye Cleveland closures for national precedent

Catholics fighting church closings keep their eyes on the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, where Bishop Lennon was overruled by the Vatican for not following church law and procedures on closing churches.

USA TODAY

In the footsteps of the apostles

They were unlikely leaders. As the Bible tells it, most knew more about mending nets than winning converts when Jesus said he would make them “fishers of men.” Yet the apostles are still drawing people in.

National Geographic

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Crackdown on disabled parking abuse

Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Katherine Ramsland):

Trail of fears

(Psychology Today)

Shadow Boxing

Column (Bill McKibben):

90 degrees in winter: This is what climate change looks like

The Nation

Editorial:

China’s high-handed behavior on rare-earth exports

Kansas City Star

Cartoon (Jeff Darcy):

John Demjanjuk’s judgment

Plain Dealer

Editorial:

More thoughtful conversation is needed in public debate

Casper Star Tribune

Column (Robert Grenier):

Mitt Romney and the lure of neo-imperialism

Al Jazeera

Column (Tony Bradley):

Why the demise of print media is bad for humanity

PC World

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GOOD NEWS

Boy, 10, rushes into burning house to save younger sister

When fire broke out at a Louisville, Ky., home, 10-year-old Antoine Burks ran outside. But then he remembered his little sister and ran back in, braving the flames in order to save her.

Msnbc.com

Peace-minded Israeli reaches out to everyday Iranians via Facebook

Israeli graphic designer Ronny Edry wanted to speak directly to Iranians. On Facebook, he posted messages of peace, hoping Iranians would see them.

CNN

A London park devoted to those most worth remembering

Rare are commemorations of everyday heroes — the ordinary men and women who one day do something extraordinary. But there is a handful of neglected monuments that honor these heroes.

Smithsonian Magazine

WORLD

Mexico hit by 7.4-magnitude earthquake near Acapulco

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 7.4 and put the epicentre at 15 miles east of Ometepec, in the state of Guerrero.

BBC

Bombings in Iraq on 9-year anniversary of US invasion

Iraq was shaken by more than two dozen explosions across the country, which killed at least 49 and wounded 200 on the ninth anniversary of the U.S. invasion.

Slate

HEALTH

US travelers to Olympics may bring home measles, CDC warns

Health officials are bracing for the possibility of a measles outbreak in the U.S., fueled by unvaccinated American tourists returning home from this summer’s Olympic Games.

USA TODAY

Inside America’s drug shortage

How could hundreds, perhaps thousands of cancer patients suddenly find themselves without the drug treatments that could save their lives? The shortfalls are also not limited to cancer drugs.

TIME

Tuberculosis in the United States

CDC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Should the location of newly discovered species be hidden?

Discovering a new species can be the defining moment of a biologist’s career. For some, it can also mean exposing rare and vulnerable animals to the dark world of the wildlife pet trade.

BBC

To fix a heart, doctors train girl’s body to grow new part

Four-year-old Angela Irizarry was born with a single pumping chamber in her heart. To fix the problem, she is growing a new blood vessel in her body in a newly-pioneered experimental treatment.

Wall Street Journal

Satellites identify small hills as ancient human settlements

Satellites are typically thought of as spying devices, but two scientists wish to change this worldview after mapping more than 14,000 ancient human settlements in northeastern Syria.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Manning agrees to 5-year, $96M contract with Broncos

Peyton Manning will sign a contract that will mark a new era for both himself and the Broncos. The contract is for five years and $96 million, with the first year payout of $18 million fully guaranteed.

Denver Post

Special section:

AFC free agent moves

Sports Illustrated

Boos mar Chris Mullin jersey retirement

Chris Mullin didn‘t think he’d see his jersey hanging from the rafters in Oakland. But Mullin has found a way to overcome a lot in his life, including a contentious halftime ceremony.

ESPN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Leftovers: tasty or trash?

The food we throw away is getting more attention, as prices continue to rise. Still, it’s a challenge for home cooks to resist the temptation to eat out or order in.

Wall Street Journal

How the world’s 1st-ever rock concert ended in chaos

The world’s first rock concert was staged in Cleveland 60 years ago by two men whose passion for music bridged the racial divide in a segregated America.

BBC

The canine insiders on Capitol Hill

Congress really may be going to the dogs. Every day, dozens of dogs, the canine companions of members of Congress, are brought to the U.S. Capitol building to spend days alongside their masters.

ABC News

Presidential pets

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