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Martin case sparks new wave of protests

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MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry and Bob Herbert of policyshop.net discuss the state of the Trayvon Martin shooting case nearly a month after the incident.
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Santorum Looks For Rebound In Louisiana

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by AP SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Rick Santorum is looking to Louisiana for a much-needed rebound as Republican voters go to the polls Saturday in the state's GOP primary.

UPDATE 1-Six children, two adults die in West Virginia house fire

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(Adds details) March 24 (Reuters) - Eight people, including six children under the age of nine, died early Saturday in a house fire in Charleston, West Virginia, a fire official said.

Box office update: 'The Hunger Games' scores best opening day ever for non ...

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by John Young When Katniss woke up, the other side of the bed was cold covered with money. The dystopian action film The Hunger Games posted the fifth-best opening day ever with a staggering $68.3 million (including $19.7 million from midnight ...

Syrian troops continue assault in northwest

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By Bassem Mroue, AP / March 24, 2012 Syrian troops backed by tanks stormed a northwestern town on Saturday in the latest of a series of pushes by regime forces into rebel-held areas, but faced strong resistance from defending army defectors, ...

BATS exchange withdraws IPO after stumbles

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By Olivia Oran, Jonathan Spicer, Chuck Mikolajczak and Carrick Mollenkamp | NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a breakdown that resembled a mini version of the 2010 "flash crash," a series of glitches hit the market debut of BATS Global Markets Inc on Friday, ...

Iranian weapons help Bashar Assad put down Syria protests, officials say

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France shootings: Police quiz Merah's 'proud' brother

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A brother of Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah has denied helping him mount his deadly attacks in Toulouse and Montauban, a French police source said.

UN-African delegation tells Mali junta to go

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By David Lewis and Tiemoko Diallo | BAMAKO (Reuters) - A delegation of UN and African officials has told the military junta that seized power in Mali on Wednesday night to hand back power, saying its plan to fix Mali's problems and restore security ...

US still fixated by nuclear terror

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SEOUL - Visions of a mushroom cloud over a US city may have led America into a dubious war in Iraq, but the threat of nuclear terror has lost none of its power to fixate US leaders and shape foreign policy.

Pope arrives in Mexico, denouncing violence

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By NICOLE WINFIELD, AP - 3 minutes ago LEON, Mexico (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI landed in Mexico on Friday to throngs of faithful who gathered at the tarmac and lined more than 20 miles of his route into the city shouting the ultimate welcome: "Benedict, ...

View from abroad: US facing woes, but still No. 1

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By DAVID CRARY AP NEW YORK - Anyone worried about an erosion of America's global status might consider this modest fact: Facebook is the dominant social network in Mongolia.

Few California pot patients partake of voluntary registry that lawmaker aims ...

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SAN FRANCISCO - California has seven times as many residents as Colorado, but nearly nine times fewer medical marijuana users, at least on paper.

Ohio nursing home shuts doors, relocates patients after meth lab fire that ...

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ASHTABULA, Ohio - A nursing home in northeast Ohio where a methamphetamine lab fire in a resident's room killed a man has apparently closed.

Bank of America hopes underwater homeowners become renters to avoid foreclosure

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If you're seriously underwater and headed to foreclosure, what would you say if the lender suddenly offered you the chance to remain in your home as a tenant for an extended period plus have your mortgage debt wiped away?

College President Is Obama's Pick for World Bank Chief

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WASHINGTON - The White House on Friday named Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College and a global health expert, as its nominee to lead the World Bank.

Q&A: How health care case will unfold before the court

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By Jesse J. Holland | AP WASHINGTON • The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents.

Obama Urges Passage Of Transportation Bill

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In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama used his time to comment on the necessity of creating jobs to spur on recovery. He emphasized the importance of a transportation bill that focuses on rebuilding transportation systems throughout America.

Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User Logins

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By Caleb Garling Is your boss trying to peer through the window at your Facebook account? Photo: Scott Beale/Laughing Squid Facebook has spoken out against businesses that demand Facebook usernames and passwords from their employees and prospective ...

20 Great Retina-Ready New Apple iPad Apps

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By Sascha Segan Apple's new iPad ($499-829, 4.5 stars) has the highest-resolution screen we've ever seen on a tablet. And while all the existing iPad apps run just fine, apps with graphics designed for the new Retina display look especially spectacular ...

Reader's Respond: Fans Give Their 'Hunger Games' Review

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Theaters across the globes are packed with movie goers as The Hunger Games finally made its theatrical debut this Friday. The much anticipated flick set the record of biggest midnight showing for a non-sequel movie - raking in over $19 million before ...

Mad Men Season 5: It's Every Man for Himself

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By Adam Bryant, TV GUIDE There's really only one thing Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner wants you to know about Season 5: After 17 months, the show finally returns with a two-hour premiere Sunday.

Kim Kardashian may file charges against flour bomber, after all

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By Braden Goyette / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Kim Kardashian was covered in flour during arrivals at the "True Reflection" Fragrance Launch at The London West Hollywood.

Kentucky, Baylor back in familiar territory

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Indiana's Cody Zeller (40) attempts to shoot as Kentucky's Anthony Davis (23) defends during the second half of an NCAA tournament South Regional semifinal college basketball game Friday, March 23, 2012, in Atlanta.

Chipper Jones needs knee surgery, will miss Braves opener

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By Seth Livingstone, USA TODAY DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Chipper Jones needs knee surgery. The announcement by the Atlanta Braves came two days after Jones announced that 2012 would be his final season as a player.

Saturday setup: Keys to Louisville-Florida, Syracuse-Ohio State

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Jared Sullinger had his best game of the tourney against Cincinnati, scoring 23 points with 11 rebounds. If you like Cinderellas, you've come to the wrong Elite Eight.

West Region matchup: No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 7 Florida

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Florida's big concern: The Gators' big concern is the same concern that every Louisville opponent has had lately—can they handle the Cardinals' defensive pressure?

Astronauts scramble for escape pods as space junk threat gets serious

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Some 22000 chunks of space junk zip around the earth. On Saturday, six International Space Station astronauts scrambled for safety as a piece of a Russian satellite whizzed by.

'Warp-Speed' Planets Flung Out of Galaxy on Wild Ride

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by Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer Planets in tight orbits around stars that get ejected from our galaxy may actually themselves be tossed out of the Milky Way at blisteringly fast speeds of up to 30 million miles per hour, or a fraction of the ...

Breast cancer fundraising lags after abortion dispute

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By David Morgan and Anna Yukhananov | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure is feeling a pinch on donations following a controversy over its funding for Planned Parenthood, a leading provider of birth-control and ...

Merck blood clot drug in limbo after mixed results

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Impressive efficacy but worrisome bleeding was seen for a new type of blood clot preventer tested by Merck & Co in one of the largest heart-drug studies ever conducted, researchers said on Saturday, raising questions whether the ...

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