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Ex-Head of Atlanta Schools Indicted in Cheating Probe

Wall Street Journal - ‎33 minutes ago‎
ATLANTA—The former superintendent of one of the nation's largest urban public-school systems and 34 teachers and staff were indicted Friday by a state grand jury here on multiple charges related to one of the largest school cheating scandals in U.S.
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Maine Zumba instructor pleads guilty to prostitution

NECN - ‎1 hour ago‎
(NECN: Alysha Palumbo) - Thirty-year-old Zumba instructor Alexis Wright plead guilty Friday to 20 counts in the prostitution scandal that rocked Kennebunk, Maine.
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Arizona: Parachuting Navy SEALs Collide, Leaving One Dead

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
A member of the Navy SEALs was killed and another was injured when they collided during parachute training on Thursday afternoon in southern Arizona, the authorities said.
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Richard Griffiths, Falstaffian English Actor, Dies at 65

New York Times - ‎56 minutes ago‎
Richard Griffiths, the rotund British actor whose stage career reached a pinnacle with his Tony-winning performance as an idealistic but tormented pedagogue in Alan Bennett's play “The History Boys” and who achieved popular fame in the movies as Harry ...
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State unemployment rate drops to 9.6%; employers add 41200 jobs

Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
California's economic growth revved up in February as employers added 41,200 jobs, one of the highest monthly gains since the Great Recession ended nearly four years ago.
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The Easter Message of Religious Freedom

Wall Street Journal - ‎Mar 28, 2013‎
As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Easter, they reflect on God's purposes amid suffering and death. They look forward to the hope of the resurrection.
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Three dead, 17 injured after building collapses in Tanzania

Xinhua - ‎13 hours ago‎
DAR ES SALAAM, March 29 (Xinhua) -- A 16-storey building on Friday morning collapsed in Dar es Salaam's sprawling central business district, killing three people and injuring 17 others.
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New York DA says sheriff is targeting him

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
CARMEL, N.Y. -- A district attorney accused the Putnam County sheriff of targeting him during an interview Friday, but he repeatedly refused to discuss the rape case against his former live-in trainer.
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'Timing couldn't be worse' for Young's racial slur

NBCNews.com - ‎10 minutes ago‎
Republicans are in desperate need of attracting more Hispanic voters, but recent comments from Rep. Don Young touched a nerve across the country and also unleashed a flood of condemnation from top Republicans.
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Chapin teacher in flag controversy resigns

The State - ‎58 minutes ago‎
The Chapin High School English teacher who stomped on an American flag during a lesson about symbolism last year resigned Friday, according to a press release issued jointly by the teacher and Lexington-Richland District 5. Scott Compton resigned from ...
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Judge Rejects Much of Libor Lawsuit Against Banks

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
The world's biggest banks won a major victory on Friday when a judge dismissed a “substantial portion” of the claims in private lawsuits accusing them of rigging global benchmark interest rates.
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Amazon to buy book-focused social network Goodreads

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Amazon.com Inc., which got its start as an online bookseller, went on to create the Kindle e-reader and has gotten into book publishing, is now pushing into the social side of reading.
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China: Landslide buries 83 in Tibet gold mine area

USA TODAY - ‎25 minutes ago‎
BEIJING (AP) - No signs of life have been detected at a gold mining site in a mountainous area of Tibet more than 24 hours after a massive landslide buried 83 workers, Chinese state media said Saturday.
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Facebook's Next Big Step: Its Own Phone

Forbes - ‎1 hour ago‎
After years of denying it would, Facebook now plans to introduce a smartphone designed for its social network. The Android-based device will be made by HTC, according to the New York Times and it will be unveiled on Thursday.
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Veterans Affairs BYOD Plans On Hold

InformationWeek - ‎9 hours ago‎
Department of Veterans Affairs will delay bring-your-own-device until it solves legal questions involving privacy with personal mobile devices used for work.
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Razer Edge Gaming Tablet Will Ship with Steam

Tom's Hardware Guide
1 hour ago
Written by
Kevin Parrish
Razer is saving you the trouble of downloading and installing Steam on the Razer Edge gaming tablet. Razer said on Thursday that its Intel-based gaming tablet, the Razer Edge, will come packed with Valve Software's Steam platform.
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Understanding the SpamHaus DDoS Attack

PC Magazine - ‎8 hours ago‎
Distributed Denial of Service is the topic of the day, due to a recent massive DDoS attack by Dutch Web host CyberBunker against spam-fighting agency SpamHaus.
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Lindsay Lohan's Twin for a Day, Noureen DeWulf, Explains Dressing Up Like ...

E! Online - ‎1 hour ago‎
Noureen DeWulf had a blast dressing up as Lindsay Lohan. And she's pretty sure Lindsay didn't mind too much. Earlier this week, DeWulf Instagrammed a pic from the Anger Management set of herself in full-on LiLo-style casual mode alongside Lohan in an ...
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After 21 Years, NPR Is Ending 'Talk of the Nation'

New York Times
5 hours ago
Written by
Brian Stelter
BOSTON - NPR is ending the 21-year-old call-in radio show “Talk of the Nation” and will encourage local stations to replace it with an expanded version of “Here and Now,” an afternoon news broadcast that is produced here, the organization announced on ...
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Real Housewives of Atlanta's Porsha Stewart "Standing Up for Herself" as She ...

E! Online - ‎1 hour ago‎
After being blindsided by her husband's divorce filing, Porsha Stewart has come back firing. In court documents filed today in Georgia, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star requested alimony and additional relief, as well as getting to stay in the home she and ...
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Tim Duncan's 3-point play with 2.2 seconds left lifts Spurs

ESPN - ‎19 minutes ago‎
SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan had a season-high 34 points, including a game-winning three-point play with 2.2 seconds left, and the San Antonio Spurs outlasted the Los Angeles Clippers 104-102 on Friday night.
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Buster Posey gets $167M, 9-year deal from Giants

Yahoo! Sports - ‎1 hour ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- At age 26, Buster Posey can envision one day retiring with the San Francisco Giants. For now, he is their new franchise man.
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Pat Riley says Danny Ainge 'needs to shut the [expletive] up.'

MiamiHerald.com - ‎55 minutes ago‎
In response to Danny Ainge's gibe of LeBron James complaining about hard fouls, Pat Riley said Ainge 'needs to shut the [expletive] up.
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LeBron James' Hot Hand Lifts Heat

ESPN - ‎26 minutes ago‎
NEW ORLEANS -- LeBron James scored 36 points, hitting six consecutive 3-pointers in less than six minutes during the first half, and the Miami Heat rebounded from their first loss in nearly two months to beat the New Orleans Hornets 108-89 on Friday night.
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Finally Beaten in Florida, Haas, 34, Isn't Stopping

New York Times - ‎15 minutes ago‎
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - One set into his Sony Open semifinal match against David Ferrer on Friday, Tommy Haas could almost taste his first Masters final since 2001.
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Robotic jellyfish named Cyro could one day work for the Navy [video]

Los Angeles Times
Mar 28, 2013
Written by
Karen Kaplan
Meet Cyro, the latest robotic jellyfish to emerge from the engineering labs at Virginia Tech. Cyro measures 5 feet, 7 inches across and weighs in at 170 pounds.
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Ants behavior mimicked by robots to change transportation networks (Video)

Guardian Express - ‎34 minutes ago‎
Seeing is believing, as robot swarms mimic how ant colonies navigate complex mazes relatively mindlessly. Researchers have found ― knowledge that could help to improve designs for manmade transportation networks in the future.
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Health Matters: No Link Found Between Newborn Vaccinations and Increased ...

Fox 2 KFXV - ‎27 minutes ago‎
Parents may be able to breathe easier thanks to a recent study regarding vaccinations and autism risk in newborns. The study published in Todays Journal of Pediatrics Finds, there is no link between newborn vaccinations and increased autism risk.
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Tests Start for Patients of Dentist in Inquiry

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
The unsanitary practices of a dentist in Tulsa, Okla., may have exposed thousands of patients to H.I.V. and hepatitis, forcing him to close his offices while health officials investigate and test about 7,000 people who had visited him since 2007.
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US FDA approves Johnson & Johnson diabetes drug, canagliflozin

Reuters - ‎8 hours ago‎
By Toni Clarke. March 29 | Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:25pm EDT. March 29 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved a new diabetes drug from Johnson & Johnson, making it the first in its class to be approved in the United States.

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