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March 20 2010

Pope to sex abuse priests: Submit to ‘justice’

In a letter to Irish Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged that victims had suffered "grievously" from "sinful and criminal" abuse at the hands of priests, brothers and nuns. Pope Benedict XVI tells priests who have abused children to submit to the “demands of justice,” according to an open letter addressed to Irish Catholics.






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March 20 2010

Obama appeals to Iranians in online video

In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.



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March 20 2010

No. 8 California cruises past No. 9 Louisville

California's Jerome Randle scored 21 points in the Golden Bears' victory over Louisville on Friday.Golden Bears build big early lead en route to 77-62 win, will face Duke next.






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March 20 2010

Web produces new generation of China activists

In this file photo, people use computers at an Internet cafe in Fuyang, in central China's Anhui province. Chinese Internet users are being targeted for their budding grass-roots activism.There is a vibrant community of tech-savvy users who can easily hop over China’s “Great Firewall” that blocks access to sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. They are a minority of the 384 million people online in China but among the most vocal.






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March 19 2010

Anna Nicole estate denied piece of oil fortune

The short, tragic life of the former Playboy playmate and model.A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith’s estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her.






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March 19 2010

Whew! No. 4 Wisconsin survives scare

Wisconsin's Jon Leuer, right, scored a game-high 20 points in the Badgers' victory over Wofford on Friday.Badgers defeat No. 13-seed Wofford 53-49, will face Cornell next.






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March 19 2010

Homeowners who get aid see credit scores dive

Some homeowners who sign up for the government’s mortgage assistance program are getting a nasty surprise: lower credit scores.



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March 19 2010

Vehicle sales to surge in March: analysts

Automakers will see steep increases in March sales as steep discounts and incentives are luring recession-weary shoppers back into showrooms, market research firms said Friday.



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March 19 2010

World’s biggest particle collider hits a new high

Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider's control center point to the readings on a computer screen that indicate proton beams are running at an energy of 3.5 trillion electron volts — their target level for this year's science experiments.Operators of the world’s largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe.






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March 19 2010

9 major changes in the new health care bill

March 19: Democratic leaders are demanding crucial “yes” vote commitments in the House after the estimated $940 billion cost of health care overhaul was announced. NBC’s Savannah Guthrie reports. (Today Show)In their attempt to pass a sweeping health care overhaul this weekend, House Democrats are pushing a package of legislative fixes to lure undecided or opposed members of their party to the “yes” category.






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