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An official scans a man and a child for radiation at an emergency center in Koriyama, Japan, two days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country’s northeastern coast. (Photo by Gregory Bull / AP)

Buddhist nun shares the sound of music

For more than a decade, Ani Choying Drolma — the most unlikely of rock stars — has shared Buddhism’s sacred chants with a growing number of fans worldwide.

NPR

White House urges Cuba to release US contractor after conviction

An outraged White House wants the Cuban government to immediately release an American international development worker sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Timeline: US-Cuba relations

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Latin America and Caribbean

Japan quake: race to avert nuclear crisis

A frantic effort is under way in Japan to avert a nuclear crisis after officials warned that hydrogen inside a second reactor at an atomic power plant damaged by the 8.9 earthquake was at risk of exploding.

Christian Science Monitor

Japanese death toll set to soar

Al Jazeera

Japan earthquake: Before and after

ABC News

Anatomy of a meltdown

CNN

Obama, other politicians trade barbs at journalists’ dinner

Searching for laughs — and finding them — President Barack Obama spared few targets, from Democratic allies to Republican antagonists to the journalists who cover him.

MSNBC

Pot docs face new rules in Colorado

Colorado’s dispute over which doctors can recommend medical marijuana could become more confusing when state health authorities consider tighter limits while lawmakers debate conflicting rules.

San Jose Mercury News

NATION

US issues 2nd post-spill permit for Gulf

The government has given BHP Billiton the second new permit to drill in the Gulf of Mexico since the Macondo oil spill, according to a statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

Reuters

East Coast keeps close eye on swollen waterways

Anxious officials from Maryland to Maine were closely monitoring swollen rivers that had or were poised to overflow the banks in their already flooded communities.

USA TODAY

Flooding: The worst is yet to come

MSNBC

POLITICS

Wisc. fight goes national

Democrats in Wisconsin are vowing to transform virtually every upcoming state and local election there into a referendum on Governor Walker’s administration.

Politico

Wis. governor signs bill restricting workers’ rights

CNN

Obama promises to continue fight for women’s equality

Two days after Senate Democrats demanded that President Barack Obama take a more public stance in the budget fight, Obama devoted his weekly address to honoring Women’s History Month.

The Hill

EDUCATION

Thousands of teachers, students, and parents protest cuts to school budgets

Thousands of teachers, students and parents are rallying at the Texas Capitol in Austin to protest school spending cuts of $10 billion. Experts say a third of Texas school teachers could lose their jobs.

Houston Chronicle

After criticism, University of Michigan reviews its trespass policy

Following criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups, the University of Michigan is considering reforms to a controversial practice allowing university officers to ban people from its campus.

Detroit Free Press

ENVIRONMENT

Mummified trees take climate scientists back to the future

Ohio State University Earth scientist Joel Barker spotted some pieces of dead trees scattered on the barren ground near a glacier in the Arctic, and knew he had found a looking glass into the ecological past.

LiveScience

Alaska Board of Game votes to add brown bears to snaring program

A controversial bear-snaring program designed to boost the moose population in an area on the other side of Cook Inlet from Anchorage was expanded to include brown bears.

Anchorage Daily News

SPORTS

NFL locks out players, who file suit

The NFL said it was certain the union would dissolve itself and players would head to court for antitrust lawsuits. All along, the union insisted the league’s owners were planning to lock out the players.

ESPN

Knight leads young Wildcats into big SEC title game

Brandon Knight finally got rolling at the Southeastern Conference tournament and No. 15 Kentucky looked like a young team peaking at just the right time with a 72-58 semifinal victory over Alabama.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

US Muslims find defending themselves from constant scrutiny exhausting

As the profile of American Muslims has been heightened by the 9/11 attacks and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, many are becoming more active in civic and political causes and reach out to law enforcement.

Seattle Times

Hindu deity Vishnu gets pioneering exhibit in Nashville

Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion and its oldest continuously practiced one, so it’s somewhat surprising there has never been a major museum exhibition on Vishnu, one of its most important deities.

USA TODAY

Minneapolis’ Wesley United: back, with new blessings

Closed for two years, a historic downtown Minneapolis church is open again. And in a tense time for Methodists, the Rev. Greg Renstrom says he plans to bless same-sex unions.

Star Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Bike cafés serve cyclists on the road

Travelers can stop for coffee, grab a bite to eat, get air in their tires or even a tune up, enhancing the experience for urban riders.

MSNBC

Lack of sleep punctuates Iditarod

The time for sleeping on the job is over for any musher hoping to escape from the cloud of teams at the front of the pack. Here come the bleary-eyed, waning days of Iditarod.

Anchorage Daily News

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2011 Iditarod

Alaska Dispatch

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GOOD NEWS

Social media assists earthquake donations, communication

The Twitter stream, which proved to be a vital link for anti-government protesters in the Middle East, turned into a worldwide forum for comfort, heartbreak and hope for the quake-stricken residents of Japan.

San Francisco Chronicle

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Twitter, Facebook become vital during Japan earthquake

Huffington Post

Japan disaster relief: where to give

ABC News

News organization uses its resources to end human trafficking

CNN is using its global resources for a major initiative that takes on human trafficking with the launch of “The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery.”

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