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Roger Ebert dies at 70; Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic

Los Angeles Times
1 hour ago
Written by
John Horn
Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic whose gladiatorial "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" assessments turned film reviewing into a television sport and whose passion for independent film helped introduce a new generation of filmmakers to ...
Roger Ebert dead: Film critic had the soul of a poet - by Rick Kogan
Famed Movie Critic Roger Ebert Dies at Age 70
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Support for legal marijuana may have reached tipping point, poll finds

Christian Science Monitor
11 minutes ago
Written by
Linda Feldmann
Fifty-two percent of Americans support legalizing the use of marijuana, the first time polls have shown most Americans back legalization, a Pew Research Center poll reported on Thursday.
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Obama: Kamala Harris Is "Best Looking Attorney General"

NBC Bay Area - ‎34 minutes ago‎
US President Barack Obama smiles before boarding Marine One helicopter from a field overlooking the iconic golden gate bridge in San Francisco, California, on April 4, 2013.
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Scientists use 3D printer to make tissue-like material

AFP - ‎59 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - British scientists have used a custom-made 3D printer to make living tissue-like material that could one day serve medical purposes, according to findings released Thursday.
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Chipper Jones not done tweeting about Mike Rice

USA TODAY - ‎17 minutes ago‎
Chipper Jones. (PHOTO: David J. Phillip/AP Photo). Excuse me if this seems abstract: No two people learn and see and understand things in the exact same way, because everything we learn and see and understand is affected by our upbringings and ...
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'Cosmic yardstick': Record-setting supernova is from early universe

Los Angeles Times
1 hour ago
Written by
Deborah Netburn
Talk about a long trip: The explosion that created Supernova UDS10Wil, the oldest supernova discovered to date, took place more than 10 billion years ago, but light from the explosion only recently became visible to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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The younger Kim knows exactly what he's doing

Financial Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Sir, Gideon Rachman's article “North Korea tests the limits of a MAD world” (April 2) raised some excellent points regarding Kim Jong-eun, North Korea, and how the US should approach President Kim's most recent cage-rattling rhetoric.
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Britain Urges Saudi Arabia Not To Carry Out Paralysis Sentence

RTT News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Britain on Thursday voiced its concerns over a recent decision by a court in Saudi Arabia to sentence a man to paralysis as retribution for a crime he allegedly committed 10 years ago, and urged authorities in the oil-rich Gulf Kingdom to ensure that the ...
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African warlord Joseph Kony catches a break (+video)

Christian Science Monitor - ‎1 hour ago‎
As the State Department announced this week a $5 million reward for the capture of Lord's Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony and two of his top lieutenants, the on-the-ground hunt for the fugitive warlord took a step back with the suspension of the search.
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David Cameron: We need a nuclear deterrent more than ever

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎2 hours ago‎
This week marks the completion of the 100th patrol by the Royal Navy's Vanguard-class submarines, which carry our Trident nuclear missiles.
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Soldier detained in Fort Knox shooting

CNN International - ‎1 hour ago‎
(CNN) -- A soldier has been detained for questioning in Wednesday's shooting death of a civilian employee at Fort Knox, Kentucky, according to a news release from the U.S.
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Would Reagan support same-sex marriage? Daughter says yes

MSNBC - ‎1 hour ago‎
President Reagan's daughter Patti Davis says she believes her father would have supported same-sex marriage. “I don't think he would stand in the way of two people wanting to make a commitment to one another,” Davis said during an interview with public ...
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NYC fast food workers picket for higher pay

USA TODAY - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. ShareTwitterGoogle+LinkedIn. NYC fast food workers picket for higher pay.
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URI Ends Lockdown; Says No Gun or Gunman on Campus

ABC News
23 minutes ago
Written by
Erika Niedowski
Share. 0. The University of Rhode Island was under lockdown for about 2½ hours Thursday after reports of someone with a gun on its rural South Kingstown campus, but police said an investigation found there was no gunman, weapon or danger at any time.
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HP chairman Lane resigns; two other board members to leave

USA TODAY
18 minutes ago
Written by
Jon Swartz
SAN FRANCISCO -- There's been a shakeup on the Hewlett-Packard board of directors. Chairman Ray Lane just stepped down, to be replaced on an interim basis by Ralph Whitworth, according to HP.
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Corzine on Report: 'A Clear Case of Monday Morning Quarterbacking'

Wall Street Journal - ‎2 hours ago‎
Jon Corzine, through his spokesman, defended his actions in light of Thursday's new report on MF Global Holdings , saying he “worked tirelessly and in good faith to turn the business around,” before the company collapsed in October 2011.
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Leaked memo: Apple's iMessage crypto has DEA outfoxed

Register - ‎3 hours ago‎
Analysis An investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in February was temporarily thwarted when the surveillance targets began using Apple's encrypted iMessage system, according to a document leaked to Cnet.
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Samsung Sets Up Boutique in Best Buy

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
LEWISVILLE, Texas—Best Buy Co. has figured out what to do with some of the empty space in its cavernous stores: Turn it over to Samsung.
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PC sales set to plummet as tablet sales take over: report

Christian Science Monitor
1 hour ago
Written by
Matthew Shaer
Sales of traditional PCs are slipping and will likely continue to slip as consumers turn to tablets such as the iPad and Nexus 7. Skip to next paragraph.
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Conan O'Brien and Chelsea Handler Had A Shower Fight

Papermag
1 hour ago
Written by
Max Kessler
1. This Chelsea Lately sketch, which features Chelsea Handler and Conan O'Brien getting into a nude cat-fight in the shower, has got to be one of the weirdest things we've seen on the late night circuit in a while.
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AP honors Trey Burke and Jim Larranaga with national awards

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
ATLANTA - Michigan guard Trey Burke was named Thursday as The Associated Press national college basketball player of the year, a recognition that comes just days after his late-game heroics fueled Michigan's first Final Four appearance in two decades.
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Lions kicker Jason Hanson retires

ESPN - ‎47 minutes ago‎
The Detroit Lions' kicker is retiring after 21 seasons. The 42-year-old Hanson announced his decision Thursday. He said he thought about returning, but problems with his heel prompted him to call it a career.
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Defiant Emmert to reporter: Kept my job anyway

USA TODAY - ‎3 minutes ago‎
ATLANTA - Striking an often defiant tone, NCAA President Mark Emmert spent much of his Final Four press conference on Thursday defending his record and that of college sports' governing body as continuing controversy around the organization ...
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The Dolphins play the Cowboys, Saints, Buccaneers, Texans and Jaguars in the ...

Sun-Sentinel - ‎53 minutes ago‎
The Dolphins will play Dallas, at Houston, at Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and New Orleans in the 2013 preseason, it was announced today.
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NASA Pauses Mars Missions To Avoid Interference

InformationWeek - ‎4 hours ago‎
NASA will significantly scale back its Mars missions in April as the Red Planet moves behind the sun as viewed from Earth. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · J. Nicholas Hoover | April 04, 2013 02:00 PM.
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Western U.S. Created From Geologic 'Pileup' Says New Study

Latinos Post - ‎8 minutes ago‎
Scientists have long thought the land features of the Western North American continent were caused when two large tectonic plates shifted together, with geologic material pushed together in a relatively smooth manner --- as if on a moving conveyor belt --- to ...
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Face-sized tarantula lives in trees in Sri Lanka

Christian Science Monitor
2 hours ago
Written by
Eoin O'Carroll
Wired reports on what may be a new species of tarantula in Northern Sri Lanka, and it's unlikely to be appearing on the island nation's tourism materials any time soon.
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CDC to prepare bird flu vaccine just in case

NBCNews.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Reuters staff. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday it was monitoring a new strain of bird flu and has started work on a vaccine just in case it is needed.
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Dementia is highest cost disease and rising

Marketplace.org - ‎1 hour ago‎
A report in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine says the U.S. spends more on treating dementia than any other disease including cancer and heart disease.
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Walgreen clinics expand care into chronic illness

Denver Post - ‎6 hours ago‎
Family Nurse Practitioner Ruth Wiley examines Elizabeth Knowles at a Walgreens Take Care Clinic Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Indianapolis.
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