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Veterans wait to register at a job fair at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York. The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dropped in February, the latest evidence that the job market is strengthening. (Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP)

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The rise of solo living

During the past half-century, our species has embarked on a remarkable social experiment. For the first time in human history, great numbers of people have begun settling down as singletons.

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Guardian

Will a movement emerge from Trayvon Martin’s death?

In the wake of the shooting of Trayvon Martin, his parents have led a call for justice. Meanwhile, their lawyers have hired a marketing firm and Trayvon’s mother is trying to trademark slogans.

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NPR

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Martin supporters rally, demand justice

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CNN

Unemployment rates drop in 29 states

Unemployment rates fell last month in most U.S. states, including some hit hardest during the recession. Economists expect that the stronger job market will help growth later this year.

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USA TODAY

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Where are you on the global pay scale?

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BBC

Syria: troops to pull back ‘after peace’

The Syrian foreign ministry announced that the army will withdraw “once peace and security prevail” in an apparent rejection of a U.N.-backed peace plan that calls for an immediate ceasefire.

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Al Jazeera

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What’s behind Syrian violence?

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BBC

Obama administration proposes new rule for immigrant families

The Obama administration is proposing to make it easier for illegal immigrants who are immediate family members of American citizens to apply for permanent residency.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Deportations separated children from parents

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Huffington Post

NATION

Mega Millions winning tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland

Three lucky ticket holders in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas will share a $640 million prize, the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

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ABC News

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Convenience stores boom during lottery fever

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USA TODAY

Occupy Wall Street plans to spring back to action

Occupy Wall Street isn‘t dead, leaders of the movement say. It’s ready to emerge from a winter of hibernation with a spring of renewed activism.

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Christian Science Monitor

Secrecy surrounds Supreme Court as justices deliberate on healthcare reform

Supreme Court justices held closed-door deliberations on President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul law, likely casting preliminary votes on how they will rule on their highest-profile case in years.

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Reuters

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Health care hearings

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Guardian

POLITICS

Obama adds new sanctions to Iranian oil

President Barack Obama cleared the way for new sanctions against countries doing business with Iran, introducing yet another economic pressure aimed at forcing Tehran to yield on its nuclear program.

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Politico

GOP weighs changes to indefinite detention law

Facing a conservative backlash, House Republicans are working to change a new law that allows the indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects.

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U.S. News & World Report

Romney assuming tone of a nominee, turns focus on Obama

As Republicans begin to coalesce around his candidacy, Mitt Romney struck a new tone on the campaign trail, pulling together a sharper narrative about the kind of president voters can expect.

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CBS News

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General election: Romney vs. Obama

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RealClearPolitics

BUSINESS

Apple agrees to labor reforms

Apple has agreed to implement reforms following an independent audit that discovered major violations in the sprawling Chinese factories that produce iPhones and iPads.

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TIME

Stocks rise, extending best start since ’98

Strong hiring added up to the best jobs growth in two years while rising consumer spending boosted stocks as Wall Street closed its best first quarter since 1998.

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Lake County News-Sun

Stocks surge, investors ponder outlook

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Market Day

Honda recalls more than 500,000 SUVs over headlight issues

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. is recalling about 554,000 sport utility vehicles in the United States to inspect for faulty wiring in headlights.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Leaders of controversial neutrino experiment step down

The super-speedy neutrinos may have slowed, but they haven’t stopped creating turmoil in the physics world. Two leaders of the OPERA experiment behind the controversial result have stepped down.

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The ‘Mass Effect’ controversy: how video games have freed storytelling

Video games represent a very different kind of storytelling from the books, films and TV dominating modern culture. Gamers stand alongside the game creators at the storytelling altar in shaping the plot.

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LiveScience

HEALTH

Value of bringing your dog to work

Certain workplaces can be very stressful for employees. A new study has come out that says that employees bringing their dogs to work may be an effective way to relieve stress.

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Environmental News Network

US denies request to ban BPA in packaging of food

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected a request to ban a contested chemical from cans and other packaging because opponents didn’t provide enough data to support a rule change.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Leading Cuban dissident identifies protester at pope’s Mass

A leading Cuban dissident has identified the mystery man who yelled anti-government slogans just before a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI before being hustled away by security agents.

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USA TODAY

Passover prep takes spring cleaning to a whole new level

Some say the lengths to which many contemporary Jewish families go to avoid fermented grains has turned the “festival of freedom” into a season of domestic slavery.

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Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Jeffrey Rosen):

1 simple argument could have saved Obamacare

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The New Republic

The odds and ends of Mega Millions jackpot lottery

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Christian Science Monitor

Learning what really counts

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San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Tim Winter):

‘Bully’ deserved an R-rating

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Star Tribune

Column (Eugene Robinson):

Health care: Conservatives are their own worst enemies

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Truthdig

Column (Linda Campbell):

SAT cheating is about ethical lapses and security flaws

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McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Taylor Mali):

Don’t ever judge someone by their paycheck

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CNN

Column (Leonard Pitts Jr.):

Case is not about Trayvon Martin’s hoodie

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GOOD NEWS

Sun-catcher sculpture promotes solar power, aesthetics and art accessibility

Artist Deedee Morrison melds the latest technology with one of our most basic elements — sunlight. The result is an environmentally friendly creation useful to the public.

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Some are donating March Madness pool money to kids’ charities

The HuffPost Impact is encouraging March Madness poolers to give their bracket bounty to charities that promote activity for youth. It’s called a “Charity Hoopla!”

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Huffington Post

For tallest US man, the shoes finally fit

Scores of strangers have opened their hearts and their wallets to Igor Vovkivinskiy, the tallest U.S. man, by donating more than $37,000 to help him combat his Goliath-size shoe challenges.

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Msnbc.com

WORLD

US drones attack al-Qaida militants in Pakistan, Yemen

U.S.-operated drones carried out deadly missile strikes against suspected al-Qaida targets in Pakistan and Yemen, U.S. government sources said.

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Reuters

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Yemen pipeline sabotaged in drone retaliation

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Al Jazeera

Putin ally seeking top economic post is accused of massive corruption

Russia’s top anti-corruption blogger has singled out Kremlin official Igor Shuvalov as an example of the official corruption that has jumped sharply in the past four years.

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Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Gulf of Mexico dolphins sick, dying after BP oil spill

Bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay, La., now are showing signs of severe ill health after coming in contact with oily waters from the BP oil spill nearly two years ago, warn NOAA marine mammal biologists.

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Environment News Service

Analysis shows Gulf states not only pump oil — they burn it, too

The Middle East, home to six OPEC members, saw oil consumption grow by 56 percent in the first decade of the century, four times the global growth rate and nearly double the rate in Asia.

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Economist

EDUCATION

Fiction fodder: Community colleges are popping up in TV, film and books

Forget campus appearances by President Barack Obama and other politicians. A better sign that community colleges have arrived on the national scene may be their starring role in popular culture.

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Inside Higher Ed

Tracking violence against students

Colleges would be required to track and report claims of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking on campus if a bill before the Senate is passed.

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Inside Higher Ed

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Bullying programs need bystander action

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NPR

SPORTS

Rockies’ Jamie Moyer, 49, makes pitching rotation

Jamie Moyer officially resumed his career as a big-league starter with history beckoning as the 49-year-old joined the Rockies’ rotation and will attempt to become the oldest pitcher to win a game.

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Denver Post

Saints coaches, GM appealing NFL bounty penalties

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton is appealing his season-long suspension from the NFL for his role in the team‘s bounty system. And he’s not the only one looking for a little relief.

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CBSSports

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Current TV ousts host Keith Olbermann

Current TV has dismissed Keith Olbermann from its talk-show lineup after less than a year, as anonymous sources are stating the temperamental Olbermann had clashed with his bosses.

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BusinessWeek

Will personal apps be key to new celebrity branding?

As more celebrities flock to the app model, it will become harder to stand out from the crowd. Developers are pinpointing what is unique about their clients — turning them into digital interactive “brands.”

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PBS

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Solar storms build toward peak in 2013, NASA predicts

Solar flares like the huge one that just erupted on the sun will only become more common as our sun nears its maximum level of activity in two years, scientists say.

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SPACE.com

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Palestinian children pause near graffiti of Palestinian Leila Khader in the West Bank refugee camp of Aida near Bethlehem. (Photo by Bernat Armangue / AP)

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