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Ahmadinejad Says Chávez Will Rise With Christ; Is Chastised By Cleric

Thursday, March 07, 2013

Just before leaving for Venezuela to attend the funeral of Hugo Chávez, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad penned a laudatory tribute for the late president.

"[Chavez] is alive, as long as nations are alive and struggle for consolidating independence, justice and kindness. I have no doubt that he will come back, ...

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Newtown, Conn. Students Are Granted A Waiver On Exams

Thursday, March 07, 2013

The student victims of the Connecticut school shooting rampage that left 20 first-graders and six educators dead in December have been granted an unprecedented one-time waiver on taking standardized tests.

The AP reports:

"The state Board of Education and state lawmakers voted Wednesday to approve measures allowing Newtown ...

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Facebook Unveils Big Changes To Your News Feed

Thursday, March 07, 2013

Update at 1:31 p.m. ET. Larger Images, Mobile Oriented:

Facebook announced today that it was overhauling its "news feed." This is significant on two fronts: First, this is truly the first big makeover for the feature since its inception. Second, its users — some 1 billion worldwide — are known ...

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Sen. Rand Paul Maintains Old-Fashioned Filibuster On Brennan Nomination

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul has been talking for hours on the floor of the Senate today in an effort to delay the nomination of John Brennan for CIA chief.

His main opposition to Brennan centers around the Obama administration's targeted killing program. As Krishnadev reported yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder ...

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Fossils Suggest Giant Relatives Of Modern Camels Roamed The Canadian Arctic

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Camels belong in the desert. That's what we've learned since grade school.

Today, NPR's Melissa Block talked to Natalia Rybczynski, a paleobiologist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, who tells Melissa that fossils she has unearthed tell a different story.

The fossils, found on a frigid ridge in Canada's High ...

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Thousands Line The Streets Of Caracas, Paying Respects To Hugo Chávez

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

A coffin holding the body of Hugo Chávez moved through the streets of Caracas, today.

The 58-year-old leader died yesterday after a battle with cancer. The flag-draped casket was moved from the military hospital where Chávez died to a military academy, where he will lie in state. The whole ...

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Has Died

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, has died, Vice President Nicolás Maduro announced in a televised statement.

Chávez died at a military hospital in Caracas at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday. He was 58.

In power since 1999, the former military commander became an icon of socialist policies in Latin America. With his country's ...

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14,253.77: Dow Rallies, Finishing In Record Territory

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Update at 4:09 p.m. ET. A New Record:

The Dow Industrials finished in record territory today. Gaining 89 points, it closed at 14,253.77, its highest level since Oct. 9,2007.

That is, the Dow has recovered all the losses it suffered during the Great Recession.

"It really does represent an achievement ...

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With Approval Of Committee, Brennan's Nomination Moves To Full Senate

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

By a vote of 12 to 3, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved the nomination of John Brennan as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency.

The nomination now goes to the full Senate for their confirmation. Reuters reports that timing of that vote is still unknown.

As we've reported, ...

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White House Backs Right To Unlock New Cellphones

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Following the lead of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, the White House said yesterday that it believed users should be allowed to unlock their cellphones without breaking the law.

The White House made the statement in response to an online petition signed by more than 114,000 people. R. David ...

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Venezuela Expels U.S. Diplomat For Attempts To 'Destabilize The Country'

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

During a long, fiery speech, Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro said the country had expelled American diplomat David del Monaco because of what Maduro said was his work trying to "destabilize the country."

"Mr. David del Monaco has 24 hours to pick up his bags and leave the country," Maduro ...

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VW Introduces 'World's Most Efficient' Car At Geneva Motor Show

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

At the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, Volkswagen introduced a futuristic-looking car that the company says is the "world's most efficient."

VW's XL1 is a two seater, plug-in, diesel hybrid that the company says gets 261 miles per gallon "with an all-electric driving range of a little over 30 miles," ...

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Fannie And Freddie Announce Plans To Merge Some Operations

Monday, March 04, 2013

The government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced today that they would try to merge some of the operations the two companies currently perform separately.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

"Edward DeMarco, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said the agency would begin forming ...

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'Batman' Turns Over Wanted Man To Police In England

Monday, March 04, 2013

Batman has apparently given up Gotham for a stint in the northern English town of Bradford.

West Yorkshire Police, today, released a photograph of a man dressed in a Batman costume turning in a wanted man. According to the BBC, after Batman turned the man in, the caped superhero ...

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Historic Election Day In Kenya Is Marred By The Killing Of 19

Monday, March 04, 2013

The historic presidential election in Kenya turned violent in two polling stations near the border with Somalia on Monday.

NPR's Gregory Warner reports from Nairobi that the attack marred what had been an otherwise peaceful day. He filed this report for our Newscast unit:

"Separate attacks in the morning ...

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Appeals Court Rules Arizona Day Labor Solicitation Law Is Unconstitutional

Monday, March 04, 2013

The sweeping anti-immigration law passed by Arizona in 2010, received another buffet today: A panel of the the San Francisco-based U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stood with a lower court, ruling that a ban on drivers soliciting day laborers violates the constitution's free speech guarantee.

Bloomberg News does ...

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Napolitano: Airport Lines Have Seen '150 to 200 Percent' Increase Since Sequester

Monday, March 04, 2013

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the across-the-board spending cuts that went into effect on Friday are already causing headaches at the nation's airports.

"Now that we are having to reduce or eliminate basically overtime both for TSA and for customs, now that we have instituted a hiring freeze... we ...

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Czech Parliament Impeaches Outgoing President Over Amnesty

Monday, March 04, 2013

Czech President Vaclav Klaus is due to leave office this week. But, today, the country's upper house of Parliament handed him quite a going-away gift: They impeached him for treason and referred his case to the Constitutional Court.

Reuters reports that his left-wing opponents are angry because he granted ...

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Judge Throws Out Half Of Jury Award In Apple, Samsung Patent Case

Friday, March 01, 2013

The judge overseeing the Apple/Samsung patent case decided to throw out about half of the $1 billion in damages awarded by the jury in a trial last August.

All Things D explains:

"Judge Lucy Koh ordered a new trial to determine damages for certain of the products in ...

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Updated: State Department Releases Keystone XL Environmental Report

Friday, March 01, 2013

Update at 4:08 p.m. ET. Report Released:

The State Department, which is ultimately charged with approving or denying TransCanada's plans to build a 1,700 mile pipeline from Canada and through the U.S., has released a draft report that details the potential environmental impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline.

The ...

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