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Bernard Madoff arrives at federal court in New York. Madoff pleaded guilty to charges that he engineered one of the largest investment scams in U.S. history and was ready to face a prison sentence of up to 150 years. (Photo by Mary Altaffer / AP)

Madoff: a guilty plea, but no catharsis

If Madoff's victims were looking for catharsis in U.S. District Judge Denny Chin's court, they got nothing close. Several of them gathered in a courtroom in Lower Manhattan for Madoff's hearing.

TIME

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Madoff 'deeply sorry and ashamed'

The Smoking Gun

Madoff pleads guilty

CBS News

In Mexico's seething drug wars, new alarm about violence moving north

The ferocity and duration of Mexico's drug war shocked U.S. government officials, who see some of the violence spill over the border into cities like San Diego, El Paso, and Phoenix.

U.S. News & World Report

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Mexican drug lord makes Forbes list

Foreign Policy

69 percent of US small businesses were profitable last year

A new survey found 69 percent of U.S. small businesses were profitable in 2008. Nearly 50 percent of small-business owners believe the economy will improve or remain unchanged in 2009.

MSN Money

Can tech industry save the economy?

MSNBC

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Obama must tap growth power in American small businesses

All Business

Astronauts take shelter from debris

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took refuge inside their Soyuz lifeboat when a potentially life-threatening piece of space debris zipped too close to their orbiting laboratory.

Space.com

Space station evacuation

CNN

US stocks post biggest 3-day gain since November as GE rises

U.S. stocks posted the biggest three-day gain since November as General Electric Co. said losing the top credit rating at Standard & Poor’s won’t hurt business and Bank of America Corp. said it’s profitable.

Bloomberg

NATION

Activist to advise Obama on green jobs

Bay Area environmental activist Van Jones will join the Obama administration as adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation, the White House Council on Environmental Quality announced.

San Francisco Chronicle

Tough going for Geithner on Capitol Hill

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner faced a firestorm of criticism as lawmakers repeatedly accused Geithner of failing to convince Americans that he had a plan to rescue the country's economy.

ABC News

POLITICS

Obama on spot: Rulings aid gay partners

President Obama confronts one of the most sensitive social and political issues of the day: whether the government provides health insurance benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.

MSNBC

No quit: campaign to boost Bush

Even though former President Bush is keeping quiet in Texas before heading out on a lucrative speaking tour, an informal network of former aides is keeping his views in the political bloodstream.

Politico

Still striking a chord

Politico

ENVIRONMENT

Weather acts mad in March

The trees are blooming, grass is greening up and spring flowers are popping through the soil — a perfect recipe for ... snow?

The Leaf Chronicle

Chimps use geometry to navigate

New research suggests the great apes keep a geometric mental map of their home range, moving from point to point in nearly straight lines.

New Scientist

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Earth warming faster than thought

The worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged by the U.N. are already here, say scientists at an international meeting in Copenhagen.

BBC

Google's new behavioral ads already raising privacy worries

Google's new "interest-based" advertising strategy goes beyond current targeted advertising to track your Internet usage to serve an ad better suited for you.

Ars Technica

HEALTH

Report: Toxins common in baby products

You aren’t likely to see the chemicals formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane listed on the labels of baby bath products, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there, a consumer group warns.

WebMD

Americans scramble to pay medical bills

As the economy fell, people having trouble paying for health care in the previous 12 months rose from 18 percent in January 2008 to 21 percent in December.

USA Today

EDUCATION

Boom amid bust: Med schools grow as economy tanks

Responding to warnings of a looming doctor shortage, medical schools are increasing enrollment and new ones are opening or under development.

San Francisco Chronicle

Denver fails to fire worst teachers

Quality teaching is the top reform initiative for Denver Public Schools, yet the district's worst teachers are rarely formally removed from the classroom.

Denver Post

Md. school districts explore tracking performance of teachers, students

Baltimore Sun

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Time to change 'climate change'

Guardian

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Thomas Friedman’s 5 worst predictions

Vanity Fair

Column (David Paul Kuhn):

Profit, patriotism and bear raiders

Real Clear Politics

Column (Walter Shapiro):

Americans like big government

The New Republic

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Michael Steele: Tick, tick, tick, tick

Salon.com

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Taking their brains and going home

Modesto Bee

Editorial:

School's in for the Obama administration

San Francisco Chronicle

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Pundits wrong, all the time, about everything

Huffington Post

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Why I love the World Baseball Classic

Hardball Times

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GOOD NEWS

Pharmacist starts his own stimulus effort

A small-town pharmacist intrigued by the government's economic stimulus plan decided to launch his own version with $16,000 in $2 bills. Area stores have already felt the impact.

Montgomery Advertiser

WORLD

Sharif capitalizes on lawyers’ march

Nawaz Sharif has become the man of the hour in Pakistan, poised to add tens of thousands of followers to a nationwide protest against the government.

Christian Science Monitor

Pakistan bans protests, arrests activists

Bloomberg

UN chief seeks to smooth over comment

Criticized by the White House, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tried to smooth over his criticism of the United States' late payments to the world body.