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NYT: Obama on Economy: Pain Now, Gain Later Reuters: Pirates: Still Feeling Froggy, Still Jackin’ Ships (Not US Ships, But Still) CSM: For N. Korea, Sanctions Hold Little Sway Because…Well…Come On Man, It’s the UN AP: Blago Gets Indicted, Pleads “Dude, I Didn’t Do It” USNWR: Depression Increases Risk of Heart Failure WP: Number of…

AP: Sri Lankan Civilians Stay in War Zone Despite Lull ABC: Face Transplant Patient Doing Well; No Longer Responds to “Michael Steele” BBC: Obama to Lift Cuba Restrictions; Lovers of Freedom Hate This, Not Sure Why JJ: An Anti-Gay Marriage Commercial Parody CK: Watch the White House Easter Egg Roll; No, It’s Not a Dance…

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The big winners in the NBA’s annual 82-game marathon are either jockeying for playoff seeding or tweaking their rosters for the two-month sprint to a title. Lesser winners, like point guard Devin Harris of the New Jersey Nets, are probably clearing space on the mantle for a Most Improved Player Award, and the fan base…

It’s April again, and Tiger Woods is in the hunt for his fifth Masters title at Augusta this weekend, 12 years after he became the first person of color to win at a previously whites-only golf course. Tiger’s chase comes at the end of a week in which we marked the 35th anniversary of Hank…

ABC: Fires in Southwest ‘Like a War Zone’; People in Gaza: “Define ‘War Zone’ Exactly.” USAT: BHO: “Hey America, Remember that $83B I Didn’t Want Bush to Use for Iraq? I’ma Need that Right Quick…” LAT: License to Il: Kim Jong Spends $0 Campaigning, Keeps Job Anyway NYT: Standoff with Pirates Shows US Has Limits;…

PHILADELPHIA Both ladies move about rather gingerly. It’s all the years behind them. It’s the long struggle on behalf of their Marian. Blanche Burton-Lyles and Phyllis Sims are fiddling with the coffee maker in Marian Anderson’s kitchen. “Marian had this whole kitchen put in — even the bars around the windows — and it’s still…

NYT: It’s Foreign Night at Club US! Obama Pushes for Drink Specials, Immigration Before 11 BBC: ‘Good’ Baby Fat Keeps Adults Slim; America Chock Full of Naughty Babies AP: In a Move Not to Be Confused with a Vendetta, French Agency Accuses Armstrong of Doping NYDN: Obama Gets His Lost Tribe On, Will Celebrate First…

The three boxing matches between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier were the most galvanizing sporting events of the 1970s. They took on a cultural significance that readily transcended the world of sports. Each man became an icon with contrasting images. Ali—brash, articulate and handsome, easily won the war for the hearts and minds over the…