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Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Breakthrough Is Reported in US Arms Pact With Russia
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama and his Russian counterpart, President Dmitri A. Medvedev, have broken through a logjam in their arms control negotiations and expect to sign a new treaty in Prague next month that would slash ...
Russia says it has reached deal with US to cut nuclear arsenalsWashington Post
New arms control deal to be signed in PragueCNN
White House: Nuclear Treaty With Russia Is 'Very Close'Voice of America
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Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Budget 2010: Cider drinkers hit hardest by tax rises on alcohol
Times Online
Cider drinkers were left with a bitter taste in the mouth yesterday after the Chancellor singled them out for a punitive tax rise. From midnight on Sunday duty on cider will increase by 10 per cent above inflation. The price of a bottle of cider will ...
Budget 2010: growth and borrowing figures 'too optimistic'Telegraph.co.uk
Britain Unveils Budget During Election CampaigningVoice of America
Budget 2010: reaction from politicians, pressure groups and charitiesThe Guardian
BusinessWeek -BBC News (blog) -Sydney Morning Herald
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Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:15 AM PDT

US 'report card' on reading: 8th-graders gain, 4th-graders don't
Christian Science Monitor
Reading among 4th-graders did not improve for the first time since 2003, the latest NAEP scores show. The report, known as the 'nation's report card,' shows a slight gain among 8th-graders. For the first time since 2003, America's fourth-graders failed ...
Reading Scores Lagging Compared With MathNew York Times
Florida test scores in reading are upMiamiHerald.com
Wash. scores on national reading test hold steadySeattle Post Intelligencer
The Associated Press -WBUR -Detroit Free Press
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Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:20 AM PDT

Irish bishop John Magee resigns over sex abuse scandal
Telegraph.co.uk
The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal claimed its most high profile casualty as an Irish bishop who served as a private secretary to three popes resigned. By Nick Squires in Rome Bishop John Magee, 73, stepped down in the wake of revelations that the ...
High-profile resignation in Irish church abuse scandalWashington Post
Bishop resigns over child sex abuseThe Press Association
Irish Catholic Bishop Tenders Resignation; Pope AcceptsAHN | All Headline News
Catholic News Agency -Irish Central -KGMI
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Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:13 AM PDT

Commercial ship strikes back in deadly shootout with Somali pirates
Christian Science Monitor
The attack by Somali pirates on the MV Almezaan Tuesday, in which one pirate was killed, highlights how more commercial ships are hiring private armed security groups for protection. The Somali pirate attack on the Panamanian-flagged MV Almezaan, ...
Security guards shoot dead Somali pirateTimes Online
Private guards kill Somali pirate for first timeThe Associated Press
Somali pirate killed in cargo ship hijack shootingReuters
BBC News -New York Times -CNN International
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Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:56 AM PDT

Sticks and Stones and Americans Behaving Badly
NEWS JUNKIE POST
Americans have just witnessed an important moment in our history with the passage of President Obama's health care reform bill. It seems that there is a smidgen of awareness of the American Commons and the people's welfare ...
New Poll Shows Tea Party Could Hurt GOP In November ElectionsRTT News
GOP US Sen. Bennett preparing for primary fightLocalNews8.com
Tea Party 'racism': Truth or fiction?The Week Magazine
Salon -AOL News -Washington Post (blog)
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