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A Bosnian girl lays flower on red chairs displayed along main street in Sarajevo to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian War. City officials have lined up 11,541 red chairs arranged in 825 rows to represent those who were killed during the siege. (Photo by Sulejman Omerbasic / AP)

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Passover and Easter align on same day, enrich both traditions

The religious calendars coincide this week for two richly symbolic sets of holy days, Passover and Easter. But even when they do not fall on the same dates, these traditions are closely aligned.

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The Journal News

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To keep Passover seder relevant, take a lesson from matzo and seize the moment, rabbi says

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Detroit Free Press

Lust, lies and empire: the fishy tale behind eating fish on Friday

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Thousands of new gas wells coming to eastern Utah

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management intends to approve a major drilling project with air-quality controls and river canyon protection, which wins praise from the industry and environmental groups.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Bosnia-Herzegovina marks anniversary of war in Sarajevo

Ceremonies in Sarajevo are marking 20 years since the start of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a conflict that saw the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II.

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BBC

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The Bosnian conflict in photographs

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Navy jet slams into Va. apartments

Two pilots ejected from a Navy F/A-18D Hornet shortly before the plane slammed into an apartment complex. No fatalities had been reported.

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Virginian-Pilot

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Fighter jet crashes into Virginia neighborhood

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MSNBC

Why hospitals should treat you like a kid

Hospitals across the country are working to improve patients’ experiences. Many institutions now use smaller needles to draw blood and let loved ones stay by a patient’s side.

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ABC News

Flashback the largest Mac malware threat yet, experts say

Malware writers are targeting Mac OS X users through Java, altering the runtime technology to harvest user information that can be sold to third parties or for fraudulent activities.

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CNET News

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Secure your Mac from Flashback infection

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USA TODAY

NATION

Hiring slows, unemployment falls with March data

Hiring slowed dramatically in March, clouding optimism about the strength of the recovery. Employers added only 120,000 jobs, falling far short of economists’ expectations.

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CNN

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Hiring slows, but unemployment rate drops

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Associated Press

After recession, cities have been growing, but not exurbs

The nation’s prolonged economic downturn appears to have claimed another victim: the once-rapid expansion of the suburbs lying at the distant edges of America’s metropolitan areas.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Americans driving less, using public transit more, report says

For the first time since World War II, Americans are driving less, and have been doing so since the middle of the last decade. The average vehicle miles traveled per capita is down 6 percent.

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Denver Post

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Cyclists at center of debate over bike lanes

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NPR

POLITICS

Russia claims that a US sentence of an arms dealer is ‘political’

Moscow has condemned the U.S. prison sentence for arms dealer Viktor Bout as “political” and says the case will be a priority in relations with Washington.

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BBC

Critics say RNC aided Romney during primary races

The RNC was supposed to play the part of umpire in the GOP presidential primary, but critics argue that the national party took steps that helped tilt the contest toward Mitt Romney.

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Politico

BUSINESS

Occupancy in shopping centers gains amid slow US recovery

Occupied space in U.S. shopping centers rose by 2.96 million square feet in the first quarter, the second-largest increase since neighborhood and community retail centers began losing tenants in 2008.

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Bloomberg

Nokia town faces dim future

Salo — along with other Finnish towns inextricably linked to Nokia — is facing an uncertain future as Finland’s most famous corporation shifts its mobile phone assembly to Asia.

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Star Tribune

HEALTH

Could ‘pink slime’ be rebranded?

Three out of the four U.S. factories making “lean beef trimmings” are to be shut down following a public outcry. Is “pink slime” finished, or could it be relaunched under a new name?

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BBC

As doctors want to redefine autism, parents worry children might lose out

For the first time in nearly two decades, experts want to rewrite the definition of autism. Some parents fear that if the definition is narrowed, their children may lose out on special therapies.

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EDUCATION

CSU exploring two-tiered pricing plan

All eyes are on Santa Monica College, where a plan to offer a tier of higher-priced courses has been met with pepper-spray-tainted protests and legal questions.

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California Watch

Young generation of Danes undaunted by Europe’s problems

Successive Danish governments from the left and the right of the political spectrum have poured money into the young generation, particularly into education.

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BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Did the Shroud of Turin inspire the spread of Christianity?

An art historian says the Shroud of Turin, said to bear the imprint of the body of Jesus Christ, may fall in between a hoax and a miracle.

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LiveScience

Walking Jesus’ final path

From a hike uphill to a picturesque monastery to a historical theatrical production, the hills and churches of San Jose will resonate on Good Friday with meditations on the suffering of Jesus.

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San Jose Mercury News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Congress should put support behind an online sales tax

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San Jose Mercury News

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White bread kills

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Slate

Connecticut’s wise move against the death penalty

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Christian Science Monitor

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The JOBS Act signing: a giant step for entrepreneurship in America

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TIME

Currency disunion: Why Europe’s leaders should think the unthinkable

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Economist

Column (Steven Safyer):

Winning the battle against obesity

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The dark face of a cheap and easy online shopping habit

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Sydney Morning Herald

Column (Leonard Pitts Jr):

Shielding New York’s kids from dinosaurs and dancing

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GOOD NEWS

Farm helps heal vets

In 2009, Purple Heart recipient Sergeant Adam Burke launched Veterans Farm in Florida, an unconventional setting where veterans can heal from their injuries through “horticulture therapy.”

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CNNMoney

PJ Library builds gateway to Jewish culture with free books for kids

PJ Library, funded by philanthropist Harold Grinspoon and Jewish communities, sends free children’s books about Jewish life, heritage and culture to 100,000 families across North America.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Drilling fees pay for national forest lands

Offshore drilling fees are financing the purchase of $41.6 million worth of new national forest lands. The purchases will help to protect fish and wildlife habitats and support outdoor recreation spending.

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Houston Chronicle

WORLD

UN steps up pressure on Syria

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that Syria‘s conflict is deepening, though President Assad’s government insists it is withdrawing troops before an April 10 U.N. deadline to end the violence.

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Al Jazeera

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UN chief: Syria crisis getting worse

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CBS News

China looks to prevent attack on Iran

A senior Chinese diplomat said an attack on Iran would invite devastating retaliation that would destabilize the global economic recovery and envelop the region in conflict.

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Reuters

Malawian President Mutharika dies

Malawi‘s President Bingu wa Mutharika has died after a heart attack, doctors who treated him said. The troubled African nation awaits official word of who will succeed him.

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Time

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Japan sets new safety standards for nuclear plants

Japan is setting stricter, clearer safety guidelines for nuclear power plants to ease public concern about restarting reactors idled after the disasters struck a year ago.

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North County Times

No argument against God — just another view about origins of the cosmos

Professor Lawrence Krauss, who is hailed by Scientific American as a rare scientific “public intellectual,” wants to convey the extraordinary new findings that have been made about the origin of the cosmos.

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Sydney Morning Herald

ENVIRONMENT

Ice Age study delivers a blow to global warming skeptics

A new study finds that rising levels of carbon dioxide drove rising temperatures at the end of the last ice age, which contrasts previous studies that said CO2 levels were not an important factor.

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Christian Science Monitor

California at top in preparedness for climate change

Scarce water supplies and coastal flooding may be part of California’s future, but the Golden State is as ready as any state to tackle those and other problems caused by climate change.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Guardian

SPORTS

Major League Baseball: going west to see the best

As a new baseball season begins, there has been a power shift from the East Coast, with TV deals, star names and big bucks going to Los Angeles.

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The Independent

Sights from around MLB’s opening day

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San Francisco Chronicle

Wind greets leaders at Masters

Wearing long sleeves, Masters leader Lee Westwood opened his day with an easy par after being greeted by blustery winds and temperatures in the 50s — a stark contrast to the warm opening day.

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ESPN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

He reaches out to his friends, the old-fashioned way

Wayne Frank, 61, has called everyone he knows for their birthdays and anniversaries. Even his wife did not know how important this was to people until she spoke with some who received them.

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Rock hall inductees offer 2 takes on New York attitude

The Beastie Boys and Laura Nyro — future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees — both emerged from New York. The artists offer contrasting styles, but both have a love for music from the streets.

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NPR

Best-selling author Greg Mortenson must pay back $1 million

An investigation has found that author Greg Mortenson mismanaged and personally benefitted from the funds of his charity, the Central Asia Institute.

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CBS News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Millions of Web pages have been hijacked and are hacker landmines

Some eight million Web pages, published mostly by smaller merchants and professional firms, have been hijacked this summer and set up to usurp control of the PCs of unsuspecting site visitors.

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USA Today

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Penitents from the “Jesus Yacente” brotherhood take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, before sunrise. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP)

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