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1. A Race Against Time
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<p>Authorities are desperately searching for signals from MH 370&#8242;s data recorder before the battery runs out of power, estimated to happen on Monday, but without any confirmed debris fields for clues, or established flight path, the job is virtually impossible</p>

2. It's 'Reality-Check Time'
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<p>Secretary of State John Kerry warns the U.S. role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is &#8220;not open-ended&#8221; after moves from both sides jolted the negotiations</p>

3. They Knew 10 Years Ago
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<p>Snohomish County once considered buying out the Washington state neighborhood that was devastated by a deadly mudslide last month</p>

4. Tornadoes and Hail Batter Midwest
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<p>Springtime sees the seasonal return of severe weather to the Midwest, with tornadoes, heavy rain and baseball-size hailstones hitting the heartland as other parts of the country prepare to warm up after months of snow</p>

5. Lupita Nyong'o Becomes New Face of Lancôme
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<p>The 31-year-old Academy Award winner for <i>12 Years A Slave</i> lands her first big endorsement as the face of the French luxury brand, saying she&#8217;s proud to push the idea that &#8220;beauty shouldn&#8217;t be dictated,&#8221; but rather be &#8220;an expression of a woman&#8217;s freedom to be herself&#8221;</p>

6. Feds Probe Florida State's Handling of Rape Claims
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<p>The U.S. Department of Education&#8217;s Civil Rights Office has begun to investigate whether the university violated Title IX laws while looking into allegations of sexual assault against Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston</p>

7. The Economy Grew Just Slightly in March
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<p>The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.7%, unchanged from February, and that more than 190,000 new jobs were added in March, just under economists&#8217; predictions of 200,000</p>

8. North Korea's Newest Weapon: Sexist Attacks
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<p>Misogynistic name-calling from Pyongyang seems to be in response to South Korea President Park Geun-hye&#8217;s recent trip to a speech she made in Dresden, which was once part of East Germany, extolling the merits of reunification on the Korean peninsula</p>

9. David Letterman Ends Late Night's Greatest Run
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<p>During a taping for his <i>Late Show</i> program Thursday, host David Letterman announced that he will be retiring in 2015, so ending more than three decades in late night entertainment and perhaps the most influential run in talk shows and comedy</p>

10. Veteran Journalist Killed in Afghanistan Ahead of Vote
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<p>Anja Niedringhaus, the acclaimed German photographer with the Associated Press, was killed when an Afghan policeman opened fire on a car she was sitting in with another AP reporter, who was wounded, in the latest in a string of pre-election attacks on the press</p>

11. The Party Drug Molly Can Make You a Racist
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<p>Far from being a recipe for peace on earth, a new study for the Netherlands suggests that the &#8220;love hormone&#8221; oxytocin, triggered by the party drug MDMA, only makes you love people in your in-group, and contributes to conflict with outsiders</p>

12. White House to Samsung: Stop Using Obama!
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<p>President Barack Obama may be a devoted Blackberry user, but a snap with Boston slugger David Ortiz that&#8217;s doing wonders for Samsung has prompted a terse response from Obama&#8217;s inner circle at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue</p>

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